Boycott the Amish? (or what boycotters could learn from acting class)
February 24th, 2006Uncott.org: Battling Bogus Boycotts
The Amish are considered an icon of peaceful and old fashioned values, which is why one animal rights group apparently believes they can get mileage out of portraying them as evil.
Set in the heart of picturesque Pennsylvania Dutch country, a large component of Lancaster County’s economy is tourism, as people flock to see the Amish and Mennonite communities that call the area home. According to the group Last Chance For Animals, Lancaster County is also the puppy mill capital of the East Coast. They’re asking tourists to take their dollars elsewhere and have even put up a highway billboard to shame the county.
No information as to whether the Amish are predominantly responsible,
just a cyber-savvy campaign against people they know can’t defend against it…
Boycotts, unless they’re well thought out, are usually counter-productive -
and even when they are, they have a lower shelf life because of a problem
that crops up in acting class - the problem of playing a negative intention.
Playing a negative intention is when you’re trying to not do something.
The problem lies in the question “So, what am I doing?”
Without a specific something else to do,
the goal of not doing something becomes harder to achieve,
much less maintain for any resonable duration…
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