I posted the following on the other boycott AZ thread, but if there's going to be more than one post....

Boycotts can work when they have a high profile. It's one thing to refuse to recognize Dr. King; I'm not sure enough people (specifically businesses and tourists) will get worked up enough over this. After all, the anti-Amendment 2 boycott didn't result in much here in Colorado, other than losing a few conventions and having "Frasier" be set in Seattle rather than Denver. But we'll see.

I'm tempted to say fuck those idiots, let them keep their stupid law and suffer the consequences.

@1: Haha, oh damn. That boycott kinda backfired on us, then. Fuck Frasier. You can have it back.

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This law will cost them money even without the boycotts, as it screws the businesses and individuals who depend on inexpensive, low-maintenance, hard-working undocumented laborers.

@ 3, no doubt. But it doesn't mean that such hardship will cause the state to rescind these laws, which is the goal here.

Sorry, my post @ 5 is intended for @4.

Sell locally-sourced T-shirts that say "Boycott Arizona" on the front and "Only Nazis Demand Papers" on the back.

People vacation in Arizona, from outside Arizona?

@7, locally-sourced t-shirts, eh? Care to point out some? Any?

@9, the Grand Canyon is a pretty big attraction. Been there myself. Besides the canyon, it's well-known for its controversial policy of stocking kook Creationist literature in the gift shop, supporting the "other viewpoint" that the canyon is 6,000 years old, was put there by an apparently deceptive God just to fool us, or whatever the idiot theory is these days.

Hmm, I never went into the gift shop. Too bad - that would have been good for a laugh. And yeah, the canyon's a "must-see" thing.

@9 The native lands in Arizona are really spectacular, Google Havasu Falls, Antelope Canyon or Monument Valley ('The Wave' is in Arizona too but access is from Utah)

great, so now millions of Arizona business men and women will be losing revenue all for a law that the citizens of Arizona DID NOT VOTE FOR.
Please don't take out your hate on Arizonans just yet. You realize that the only thing this new law does is make it a criminal offense to be here illegally instead of a misdemeanor? All of that stuff about "probable cause" has been in effect for a long time and is the same on a federal level as well, not just here. Before if you were pulled over, a police officer could ask for proof of citizenship if they had reasonable doubt. But if you couldn't produce it, you drove away with a fine they would never be able to make you pay if you weren't a documented citizen. Now you can actually be arrested.
Obviously racial profiling is not an ethical tactic. But this bill actually gives our police officers more training so that they understand that "probable cause" does not mean "brown skin"
It is a very VERY tough issue. read this please
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-d-…