Boycott Clearwire

[Bryan Irvine]

yup!

Now can this be moved to another mailing list somewhere...please?





On 12/26/06, Gary <gary at eyetraxx.net> wrote:
> Hi Todd,
>
> I actually agree with most of the sentiments and politics expressed in
> this thread. However, I also recognize my place in the local and global
> economies that I participate in as an individual and as a member of the
> company I work for (we make font mgmt. software that's sometimes sold to
> companies that I don't necessarily agree with like Hearst, Random House,
> etc.). I live two miles from my office, ride the bus, bike or walk to work
> during the week, then drive my car on evenings and weekends when I'm doing
> things with my family that would be difficult but not impossible to do via
> mass transit. I know parents with small children that commit themselves to
> never driving a gas powered vehicle and I applaud them. However, not
> everyone can put up solar panels in the city (esp. those of us that rent),
> get Internet service that's completely free of corporate money, etc.
> Somewhere along the line you're funding someone's political beliefs that
> are opposite if your own. So you might boycott ABC for airing a docudrama
> you disagree with, or you might boycott Starbucks for buying coffee beans
> through non fair trade methods (or for just being an eyesore on every
> other corner of most urban sprawls), and you might only invest in mutual
> funds that are very picky about who they invest in, etc. But I'll bet that
> the flat panel LCD you bought was probably built buy someone that was only
> paid three dollars a day in Taiwan. And that shirt you're wearing may have
> come from Goodwill or a local consignment store but it could have been
> sewn in a sweatshop staffed by non-citizen immigrants in Los Angeles. So
> until you move without your current possesions to a completely
> self-reliant commune on a remote island whose government and all its
> citizens never spend a single penny that can be traced back to the U.S.,
> please don't try to tell me that I'm personally funding the war in Iraq if
> I choose to buy service from an up and coming WISP that is headed by some
> bored rich guy in the suburbs that founded several tech companies and
> spends his free time glad-handing Republicans.
>
> -Gary
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