RE: Assault On Free Speech
August 2, 2012 at 12:00 pm
(This post was last modified: August 2, 2012 at 12:04 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
You know, ever since the whole "buycott" bit was brought up, and since you made the quip about dinner at Chick-Fil-A A T, I have to suggest something here.
The population of Boston is roughly 625k. While Boston apparently spends far less on fast food than the national average, I'd be willing to wager that the amount is still significant. For some odd reason, being that C-F-A is in the business of cornering themselves a share of that market, and those dollars -and not the business of printing bible tracts-, it seems to me that Chick Fil A's interests here are more along the lines of eliminating any impediment to their expansion and potential profits than they are about freedom of speech in the first place. My personal opinion here, is that their legal team advised PR to invoke the first amendment to lay the grounds for any legal action that might be taken. Seed the clouds, so to speak. That other organizations have seized upon this manufactured opportunity to further their own agendas is unsurprising. I definitely wouldn't have participated in any "buycott", because that almost seems like someone might be leveraging my beliefs or views in order to turn profit. I'd probably use my free speech, rather than my currency, to voice my opinion. It always seems to come back to money though, doesn't it?
(If the bastards would stop charging me so much for the same shit offered by anyone else I might eat there more often - I do loves me some yardbird)
The population of Boston is roughly 625k. While Boston apparently spends far less on fast food than the national average, I'd be willing to wager that the amount is still significant. For some odd reason, being that C-F-A is in the business of cornering themselves a share of that market, and those dollars -and not the business of printing bible tracts-, it seems to me that Chick Fil A's interests here are more along the lines of eliminating any impediment to their expansion and potential profits than they are about freedom of speech in the first place. My personal opinion here, is that their legal team advised PR to invoke the first amendment to lay the grounds for any legal action that might be taken. Seed the clouds, so to speak. That other organizations have seized upon this manufactured opportunity to further their own agendas is unsurprising. I definitely wouldn't have participated in any "buycott", because that almost seems like someone might be leveraging my beliefs or views in order to turn profit. I'd probably use my free speech, rather than my currency, to voice my opinion. It always seems to come back to money though, doesn't it?
(If the bastards would stop charging me so much for the same shit offered by anyone else I might eat there more often - I do loves me some yardbird)
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