tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9314453.post7290159690106842287..comments2023-08-21T05:04:54.793-07:00Comments on Turning the Wheel of Wonder: BOYCOTT AMAZON!Alan Gregory Wonderwheelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00186755261777539572noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9314453.post-39897769553628458632010-12-02T02:37:03.028-08:002010-12-02T02:37:03.028-08:00Good stuff Alan. I'm not particularly close to...Good stuff Alan. I'm not particularly close to your political positions (I'm of the antiwar anti-authoritarian right), but I share your hostility towards enabling a warmongering fascist like Lieberman, and anyway it's always good to see someone standing up for his principles.<br /><br />Seems to me the key to a successful boycott is to identify a list of alternative providers of Amazon's services and promote it. That way it's less inconvenient to maintain the boycott and more damaging to Amazon, so they are more likely to respond.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9314453.post-61054516646154911162010-12-02T01:17:15.385-08:002010-12-02T01:17:15.385-08:00Julian Assange is a hero risking his life in the n...Julian Assange is a hero risking his life in the name of truth. <br /><br />I never knew my fellow Americans would be so quick to call for the death of someone like him, but I see that it is indeed being called for all over the ultra-conservative part of the web.<br /><br />I fear for his safety. Perhaps its not a very good analogy but it feels like the days of old Rome when the reformer Tiberius Gracchus was beaten to death with bits of chairs.Dr. Vnoreply@blogger.com