I don't think it was just him. Emanuel and the Mayor of Boston both said they would block store there as well.
On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 2:05 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > > Ah, I missed that. I went back and re-read the article. I really doubt > that the whole organization would change it's philosophy based on one > restaurant siting decision in Chicago, so I think this is just an > Alderman trying to make himself look bigger than he is. However, I > agree with you, it is wrong for a city official to be telling a > company to change a legal activity if they want to do business in your > town. Decisions on a business being allowed in a certain area should > be based entirely on zoning rules already in place. You should not > ever have a city official be able to say yes or no on the basis of "I > don't like you". > > Thanks for pointing that out, Tim. > > Cheers, > Judah > > On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 10:57 AM, LRS Scout <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > 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:355385 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
