On May 6, 2010, at 10:54 AM, Rick Schummer wrote:
> Naturally I am hopeful it won't affect Southwest Fox too.
>
> Which conference was canceled?
IIRC, it was a social media conference scheduled for July. They had
more than half of their attendees withdraw (the law was passed before the
deadline), and it wasn't financially feasible to continue.
> I know of an Immigration Lawyers Association fall conference that was
> canceled as it is related to the industry in question. I guess there are 5
> others not mentioned by name, and I don't see if the reason was the boycott
> or other business reasons.
>
> Canceling a conference costs real money so these decisions cannot be done in
> haste, especially when this controversy is barely wet behind the ears, and
> the legal challenges have not been raised. Polls show that people actually
> favor the law.
Depends on the poll, of course.
> I am hopeful that intelligent people should understand boycotting the state
> does not affect the politicos who make the rules, and it really only hurts
> the people they are trying to allegedly help. Boycotting the state will hurt
> the tourism, specifically hotel and catering industries and the many people
> who are "targeted" by the legislation who serve as employees in those
> industries. Ironic, I know.
Unfortunately, that's pretty much the same argument that was used
against the boycott of South Africa in the '80s. The idea of a boycott is to
"vote with your wallet", and if it hurts tourism, well, the politicos should
have seen that coming.
-- Ed Leafe
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