It wasn't the protests that got him to back down though. According to that article it was the government. On Sep 19, 2012 1:56 PM, "Judah McAuley" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Isn't that the point of boycotts and social pressure in general? > > Extortion, to my mind, happens when you threaten to make something > illegal or unsavory public unless they give you money. In cases like > this and with boycotts and public pressure on companies like Apple and > Nike for conditions in overseas manufacturing, it isn't extortion > because the fundamental goal is to bring the information to light and > change the behavior rather than ask for money to let the behavior > continue and remain secret. > > Cheers, > Judah > > On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 10:48 AM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I have to say...I am torn by this. > > > > While I appreciate the fact that CFA will no longer donate money to > > anti-gay groups, it kind of feels like...extortion - for lack of a > > better word. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:355380 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
