On Tue, 6 Aug 1996, C. Lee Burwasser wrote:
> >>I don't go out my way to ORGANIZE massive boycotts, which I think is the
> >>correct distinction.
...
> If I don't like John Norman's rape stories, I don't buy them or read them. I warn
> other people about them; perhaps I suggest picturing one's sister or mother or
> daughter in the place of the slavegirl. I don't buy anything he writes or edits.
> What I do *not* do is urge people not to buy anything published by his
> publisher, or anything advertised by magazines that advertise his books, or
> anything sold by stores or newsstands that sell his books.
Which was and is my stated position about boycotting writers or
anybody/thing else. I just don't buy an offending author or whoever, but
I also don't urge people to follow my lead.
glw
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