That's not really "banning."

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TB — 1/10/2009 10:23:27 PM (archived)

The word "ban" implies some action that prevents others from trading a product. A large number of people who don't buy something does nothing that prevents others from buying it if they want. No force is involved, but the results are usually positive for the marketplace.

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Coulter's new book is the same old strategy. - Bowser - 1/7/2009 3:42:05 AM
- Trashing Coulter by channeling Franken? Oh, the hilarity! (n/t) - The Silent Majority - 1/9/2009 6:37:37 AM
- Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. - Eri - 1/8/2009 3:35:08 AM
  - It doesn't matter where she appears. It matters whether anyone looks at her. - Mary Anne - 1/8/2009 12:54:09 PM
    - Banned by "the" consumers? True consumer choice is deciding for yourself, not for everyone else. - The Silent Majority - 1/9/2009 7:36:26 AM
      - Oh, please. - Mary Anne - 1/10/2009 11:37:07 PM
        
        And look up the word "boycott" in an etymological dictionary sometime. - Mary Anne - 1/10/2009 11:45:35 PM
      - I think you missed the point. - Laurie Street - 1/10/2009 9:09:04 PM
        
        That's not really "banning." - TB - 1/10/2009 10:23:27 PM
        
        And, for the record... - TB - 1/10/2009 10:24:59 PM
      - I don't listen to Franken, either. But he doesn't offend me like Coulter does. - Eri - 1/10/2009 1:52:10 AM
    - You wouldn't happen to have NBC's Today Show's e-mail address, would you? I remember trying to find it once. (n/t) - Eri - 1/9/2009 2:48:20 AM
      - Never mind. Found it and sent an e-mail. - Eri - 1/9/2009 2:55:58 AM
    - Ann - Lindy - 1/8/2009 1:04:51 PM
      - I trust you use the pages for toilet paper. (n/t) - Eri - 1/9/2009 2:46:49 AM
        
        re: I trust you use the pages for toilet paper. - Lindy - 1/9/2009 3:35:43 AM
      - She's not a big old bald white guy - Socrates II - 1/8/2009 1:49:12 PM
- But someone got it off his chest.... - Lindy - 1/7/2009 9:36:59 AM
  - For the record... - TB - 1/7/2009 6:15:40 PM
    - She's wickedly funny, but her books should be renamed "The Dead Horse Beating Chronicles" - The Silent Majority - 1/9/2009 7:58:38 AM
    - Their presentations - Lindy - 1/7/2009 6:53:59 PM
      - Q. E. D. (n/t) - TB - 1/7/2009 7:45:47 PM

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