Why not BOYCOTT Georgia? (Troy Davis)

[Bennyboy]

Screw them. I won't ever set foot in the state Again. Don't an awful lot of airlines use ATL as their hub? BOYCOTT THEM TOO.

[Shagbark Hickory]

1. That's stupid. unrec. And besides. I'd like to see you try to avoid hartsfield!!!

Good luck with that!

[EOTE]

2. Sounds good to me.

I don't want the good people of Georgia to suffer, but this kind of thing CANNOT happen in civilized countries. There needs to be a strong message sent to the people who would allow this to happen.

[EFerrari]

4. The people of GA are suffering under a homicidal justice system. n/t

[EOTE]

5. I understand that. But what else can be done?

How else can a clear message be sent that civilized countries don't murder people, much less innocents?

[EFerrari]

8. We have to shame them in public.

We need a campaign to drag GA into the 21st Century. Maybe we need to find out who is profiting from caging and killing black people in GA.

[izquierdista]

29. There's your jobs program right there

One-on-one tutoring for every stupid cracker in the state. Since living here, I've perfected my vacant stare. That way I don't have to listen to their diatribes, since they figure I'm a little slow on the uptake.

[MicaelS]

10. Pass a Constitutional Amendment, or

persuade SCOTUS to declare it Unconstitutional. That's how.

[EOTE]

26. I somehow don't see that happening before tonight at 7. NT

[MicaelS]

27. Yout think a sudden boycott is going to work before 7pm? N/T

[EOTE]

28. No. I believe it's too late for Troy Davis, unfortunately.

But I believe that a boycott might be the only way to prevent something like this from happening again. I think a constitutional amendment might be very far away.

[RebelOne]

63. I am a resident of Georgia, and I and most of the residents

of this state did not choose to execute Troy Davis. It was our state government. The residents had no say in the decision. Did you not see all the protesters on TV? Why punish us?

[EFerrari]

3. It's not clear that a threat like that right now would be helpful.

I hear you, though. There's something there.

[teddy51]

6. It's not the State of Georgia at fault here, it's 5 Loonies that are about to

take a man's life. I seriously would like to see the death penalty done away with, Period. It's Barbaric at best.

[EFerrari]

11. The State of GA is the moving party.

And a boycott could build pressure on those 5 loonies.

[teddy51]

13. I suppose its' worth a try, and your right, the State needs to alter something

to make certain this doesn't come close to this again.

[EFerrari]

15. If they do this, there is going to be a huge backlash.

And we need to ride it somehow.

[cyclezealot]

57. When a state executes someone..

Does not the death order say in the name of the state.. ?. What more be said.. I won't go there if I can help it..

[librechik]

7. I already do

but I doubt even a mass response will do much good.

[cordelia]

16. You're not missed in the least.

[librechik]

18. of course not--what does Georgia need with folks who didn't grow up in Georgia?

They are obviously just fine without me and anybody else.

[tnlefty]

56. As a born and raised GA female, who hopped the border

into TN, I'll say we need all the help we can get, as opposed to the rightwing transplants over the past 2+ decades. I'd be more than happy to see you around here.:bounce:

[ProdigalJunkMail]

9. and we'll miss you lots...i promise...i might cry... n/t

[sinkingfeeling]

12. Been boycotting Georgia for years. Also, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Iowa.

[cordelia]

14. Because that would be STUPID.

[Thirtieschild]

17. Pepsi would love that

If you boycott Georgia, you have to boycott Coke.

[Bennyboy]

25. No Problem there fo sho..

I hate Coke with the heat of ten thousand suns anyway. The public poisoners.

[mfcorey1]

19. People already avoid the state like the plague. Most of the immigrants have fled

because the new idiotic law they passed. Now they don't have enough labor to harvest crops. They have had to use prisoners who refuse to do the work because it is too hard.

[Shagbark Hickory]

35. Farmers could try paying a fair living wage. Oh no. Of course not.

Can't do that.

[MADem]

20. So, you're going to punish an entire population for the actions of their government.

I have friends who work for DELTA (with a hub and HQ in ATL) who live in NY, MA, NH and ME.

Why should I screw them over because of the decision of one idiot? (EDIT--five idiots!)

Boycotts only make sense when they push back at people who are CAUSING injustice--not when they screw over innocent bystanders.

Count me out.

[hack89]

21. Because it is an idiotic idea? nt

[tblue]

22. I thought of that, too.

I never go there so they'd never miss me tho. But if we put pressure on the $$$ interests there, maybe...?

[RZM]

23. Regional or state boycotts seem kind of silly to me

For one, they rarely seem to get off the ground, so they are often comprised of little more than scattered actions and noise that affect nobody.

Second, a real boycott would do nothing to harm the relatively small number of people who have made the decisions that led us to tonight's execution. But it would have an impact on a whole lot of working families.

I just don't see the point. There are other ways to register your displeasure with what is going on there (protest, write letters, support certain candidates). Are they all that effective? Probably not. But they aren't any less effective than a boycott (let alone a halfhearted mini-boycott) and they don't come with collateral damage to regular folks either.

[EFerrari]

30. The AZ boycott cost their travel industry millions and is still ongoing.

And, you're wrong. It's a good way to galvanize public pressure against people who usually lead very protected careers.

[RZM]

31. Technically it's still ongoing. But for how much longer now that La Raza has pulled out?

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/15/us/immigration-advocates-are-split-over-arizona-boycott.html?pagewanted=all

And what did it accomplish exactly? What have been the victories that resulted? The court ruling that watered down the law would have happened anyway. It sure didn't stop similar legislation from popping up elsewhere either. Maybe you're right that it hurt the travel industry a little bit, but is that a good thing?

[EFerrari]

33. Whenever you get the public to act on something together like that

it's a good thing. And it's not clear to me that ruling was not influenced by the public outcry, not at all.

[WI_DEM]

24. Boycott GA the homestate of President Jimmy Carter and the Carter Center and MLK's birthplace

and King National Historical Site & MLK Center for Non-Violent Social Change? No, better that the people of GA and elsewhere work to change the laws or the lawmakers who put them on the books.

[Zax2me]

32. Oh, man, this is getting rich!

Would be comical if not for a murdered innocent man's family being denied timely justice by people who could not know less about what they think they know.

[ProdigalJunkMail]

34. ooooh...be careful...you'll be called a racist...

ask me how I know...

sP

[PeaceNikki]

36. You think killing him is "timely justice"?

:puke:

[Militant_Liberal]

37. Good for You!

An economic boycott of places that do things or support things that you do not agree with is the only form of protest that has any real impact today.
Always vote with your wallet, it is the only vote you can make that actually matters.

[Shagbark Hickory]

38. Everyone enjoy your made-in-china peaches then.

:hi:

[Militant_Liberal]

41. My peaches do not come form China

They come from Europe and places that do not murder its citizens for sport.

[Shagbark Hickory]

42. peaches from europe??

They taste like poo.

[Autumn Colors]

43. I prefer locally grown ones from here in Connecticut anyway

Less than 1 mile from my house....

http://www.marchfarm.com/

Michael Moore is also calling for a boycott of your state, too, so it isn't only one person on DU with that idea.

Statement on Moore's website:
"A STATEMENT FROM MICHAEL MOORE ON THE EXECUTION OF TROY DAVIS:

"I encourage everyone I know to never travel to Georgia, never buy anything made
in Georgia, to never do business in Georgia. I will ask my publisher to pull my
book from every Georgia bookstore and if they won't do that I will donate every
dime of every royalty my book makes in Georgia to help defeat the racists and
killers who run that state. I ask all Americans with a conscience to shun
anything and everything to do with the murderous state of Georgia."
– Michael Moore"
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Followup explanation from Moore in a series of tweets on Twitter:

- "Why blame all of Georgia?" I don't want 2 do business w/ a state that allows such heinous things to exist. The good ppl in GA must fix this

- What happened last nite to #TroyDavis cannot happen without the consent & will of the majority of Georgians whose reps make the laws

- When the world boycotted South Africa, that boycott also hurt (temporarily) the good ppl in SA who opposed apartheid. But the boycott worked

[Shagbark Hickory]

44. Thanks for letting me know. Michael Moore is- no make that WAS, my hero. Now I'mma boycott him. n/t

[cordelia]

47. Ditto.

[Autumn Colors]

50. I'm sure he's shivering in his boots (nt)

[Shagbark Hickory]

52. Classy.

Real civilized.

[Shagbark Hickory]

39. Everyone enjoy your made-in-china peaches then.

[crazyjoe]

40. My dad lives in jonesboro, I am going in Oct. for a visit.

This may not be popular with my DU friends, but I love it there. It is quite beautiful, and the people are extremely pleasant.
And, I have to say, I see much more racial tension up here in Boston than I ever have down there. The neighborhoods seem very diverse, and everyone seems to get along fine.
Have a group of young black men take a stroll through Wayland or Newton, and see what the reaction is.
I think it's a joke how in this very blue state of Massachusetts we are so "enlightened".
Just sayin'

[pipi_k]

45. How will that help? He's already dead...

Not to mention that it's not right to punish a whole state for something a bunch of dipshits did.

[cordelia]

48. It won't help. However, if anyone wants to carry out their

little boycott, they should keep in mind it could also hurt the over 2.5 million African Americans that live in GA, comprising 30.5% of the state's population according to the 2010 US Census.

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[Fumesucker]

49. Bless your heart..

I have a friend here in Atlanta who works for a small company that mostly makes one-off and very limited production medical devices for orthopedic surgeons, you're welcome to boycott their products if you happen to need bone surgery.

[SoapBox]

51. The Troy Davis story...from Wikipedia

I needed to know more.

Read about the hearing by Judge Moore...I think THAT is part of the crime.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troy_Davis_case

[RebelOne]

53. Sorry, I cannot boycott Georgia. I live here. n/t

[ellie]

54. Done and done!

I'm way ahead of you!

[ChadwickHenryWard]

55. What would the ultimate goal be?

When would the the boycott end? I was just on Michael Moore's website, and he didn't say what the goal being pursued was. A friend of mine just moved down to Georgia. I was planning on visiting in the next year, but if I didn't, what would I be hoping to achieve?

[Throd]

58. Are we still boycotting California for proposition 8?

[kctim]

59. I really hope this works

I've been looking for a nice quiet place to go for vacations.

[TacoD]

60. Michael Moore is on board

http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/mike-friends-blog/statement-michael-moore-execution-troy-davis

[Phentex]

61. Did you click the link?

?

[TacoD]

62. Not sure what your point is about the AJC article, but I edited my post to link to MM's own site -nt

[Phentex]

64. Then you got the point...

and thanks. :)