Jim Bernstein wrote: Point of interest: Simon Delivers is the creation of Brian Sullivan, the candidate who made Gov. Tim Pawlenty look like a moderate. Mr. Sullivan is the darling of ultra-conservatives. When he was running against Mr. Pawlenty for the republican nomination, he made it pretty clear that he believes government is bad, taxes are bad, liberals are bad, and opposing republicans is bad because only republicans know what is right and good for you! Simon Delivers may provide a useful service, is probably a good company. I for one, will never give Brian Sullivan and his politics of poison one penny!
Mark Anderson replies: I do not understand why people would refuse to do business with someone because of their politics. I would never in a million years consider driving far out of my way to do business at Wal-Mart just because shopping at Target enriches our left-wing Senator, who in my opinion is doing lots of bad things in Washington. I'd be cutting off my nose to spite my face. I can understand boycotting a business if the business itself is doing things that you consider unethical. If I found out some company was enslaving workers in a foreign country, I wouldn't buy from the company even if they had the best value, because then I'd be benefiting from the slavery. But I certainly don't worry about agreeing with the company owner's beliefs, or even necessarily respect how they act in their personal lives. The attitude that results in personally boycotting a business because you disagree with them is the sort of thing that has caused so much polarization in politics these days. Apparently the theory is that the right wing is so evil that allowing a member thereof to gain wealth is bad, even if a left wing member also gains? And I think there are a bunch of people on the right who also feel this way about the left. If government wasn't bad before these polarizing politics started, it certainly will be if the two sides find more value in punishing the other side than in trying to improve the "commonweal." Mark V Anderson Bancroft REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
