tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253054492011-04-21T14:05:57.302-07:00Everyone who believes in the principles of free speech should boycott Borders during April and May because of its decision not to sell the April and May issue of Free Inquiry magazine due to its publication of pictures of the Prophet Mohammed.true believerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11476775763937080350noreply@blogger.comBlogger41100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25305449.post-1144166024050723612006-04-04T08:45:00.000-07:002006-04-04T08:55:59.106-07:00I first read the following quote in Raleigh's "Metro Magazine" and liked it. The author of that article quotes what cartoonist and novelist Doug Marlette wrote in an article in Salon.com. Marlette was not writing about or referring to Borders in any way. But the quote seems to fit my opinion of the Borders situation.<br /><br />"When we withhold information in the name of a misguided sensitivity, by default we allow nihilistic street mobs from London to Jakarta to define the debate in this country. In effect, we have capitulated to intimidation and threats and negotiated with terrorists. No need for Zarqawi to behead us. We do it ourselves."<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/25305449-114416602405072361?l=boycottborders.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>true believerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11476775763937080350noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25305449.post-1144111544316876832006-04-03T17:44:00.000-07:002006-04-03T17:45:44.510-07:00Check out the posting "<a href="http://zasinjersey.blogspot.com/2006/04/why-we-should-boycott-borders.html">Why We Should Boycott Borders</a>" on the blog Z as in Jersey.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/25305449-114411154431687683?l=boycottborders.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>true believerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11476775763937080350noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25305449.post-1144083289728173982006-04-03T09:53:00.000-07:002006-04-03T09:57:32.970-07:00I found this Web site today and smiled. I'm not the only one annoyed with Borders' patrionizing decision not to sell Free Inquiry, a magazine it normally carries each month. Visit <a href="http://www.boycottborders.com">boycottboders.com</a>. This isn't my Web site and is not affiliated with me.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/25305449-114408328972817398?l=boycottborders.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>true believerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11476775763937080350noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25305449.post-1144083131817461162006-04-03T09:51:00.000-07:002006-04-03T17:49:37.130-07:00<a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2006/03/29/national/a163611S00.DTL&amp;type=printable">According to the Associated Press</a>:<br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;">"</span><span style="font-size:100%;">Borders and Waldenbooks stores will not stock the April-May issue of Free Inquiry magazine because it contains cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad that provoked deadly protests among Muslims in several countries."</span><br /><br />Someone should tell the wise executives at Borders that they operate stores in the United States, not in the Middle East. But, no, they have decided to cave into extremists and not allow you or I to buy a copy of Free Inquiry, which of course we have every right to do in America. They claim they believe in and value free speech, but I think their actions speak for themselves.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/25305449-114408313181746116?l=boycottborders.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>true believerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11476775763937080350noreply@blogger.com0