-=> Quoting Lyle Knox to Rd Thompson on 06-23-96  11:14 <=-
 Re: RE: KICKED OUT OF DENNY'S
 JD>> While I agree with what you say, there is one reason for boycoting all
 JD>> Deneys.  we need to put enough pressure on all of them to see that
 JD>> baning handguns would be economicly unsound.  let them get a taste of
 JD>> guilt by association, if one dennys is anti-gun, then they all must
 JD>> be, so they won't get me money.
 RT>  IOW, if I owned the Denny's in your area and *allowed*
 RT>  firearms, you would boycott me because of some Denny's in
 RT>  Boston or somewhere?  Isn't that kind of like cutting off
 RT>  your nose to spite your face?
 LK> One problem that might crop up is that your franchise might be pulled
 LK> by the parent corp., then where are you?
Out here, Denny's is claiming to be removing their signs - though I
haven't checked yet. Same as several other notable chains.
Sounds like the non-posted guys won, sort of.
As a more explicit example, our local Blockbuster Video (and Blockbuster
Music) never did post. When the national decided to drop their policy as
unenforceable, the local guy was interviewed and was solidly on our side.
Should we have been boycotting him over the shortsightedness of others?
Of course not.
You can argue about boycotting local stores if the national chain is
posted, but only when the local is not really on our side. It is nonsense
to boycott someone who is actually on our side, regardless of the
national chain's policies. So at least try and make sure that you aren't
hurting your friends before you boycott an unposted store.
Steve
... and if Silver Tips don't work, then I use Wing Tips!
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