Comments on: Boycott, schmoycott (why there isn't going to be any boycott of Arizona)

By: StevefromSacto

StevefromSacto — Thu, 06 May 2010 00:01:18 +0000

We’ll see, John. Corporations–even banks–are often swayed by public opinion. And when even the Phoenix Suns start wearing “Los Suns” on their uniforms in protest, the tide may be turning.

By: John Seiler

John Seiler — Wed, 05 May 2010 17:58:28 +0000

Ain’t gonna happen, StevefromSacto. The economy was pretty good in those MLK Day controversy days. Today, everybody’s broke. When you’re deep in hock to the banks, they dictate policy, not you. Democracy goes out the window. Ask Greece.

— John Seiler

By: StevefromSacto

StevefromSacto — Tue, 04 May 2010 20:01:34 +0000

“The law passed isn’t going to stop the real problem which are drug runners and smugglers, It isn’t even going to slow them down…”

Hey You is right on target. Nice to have some company on this blog.

Seem to recall a few years back, when Arizona was the only state in the union not to recognize the MLK birthday as a holiday. There was an uproar on that also, including a boycott. As I remember it, Arizona lost a Super Bowl and a number of other conventions and events because of it.

And that was just “passive” racist on Arizona’s part. Some might say this is a lot worse.

By: Hey You!

Hey You! — Tue, 04 May 2010 02:40:41 +0000

The real flaw in the logic here is that some folks believe that the violence and illegal activity is due to undocumented workers. In reality, violent crime is down in Arizona but the media and the hard-liners in AZ make sure that if an undocumented worker is involved, it’s big news, but the facts are that violent crime has slowed in the last few years in AZ. The law passed isn’t going to stop the real problem which are drug runners and smugglers, It isn’t even going to slow them down.

There was a great article in the LA Times featuring an interview with an ex-Phoenix cop who had to deal with these issues. (http://www.latimes.com/news/local/immigration/la-me-0502-lopezcolumn-20100502%2C0%2C2732982.column)

And he said it very plainly after a white cop was killed: “I told people that it’s not whites or Hispanics who killed Marc,” he said back then. “It’s drug-dealing cop killers. The issue isn’t ethnicity — it’s crime and drugs.”

And this is the real problem with this law is that it doesn’t address the real issue, at all.