09-01-2005, 10:55 PM
Sorry Guppy, I just clicked on reply to your message because it was just above mine. I was referring to comments above yours.
As far as public funds for protest, I feel they are no different than public funds for promotion. Public funds were used to put forth the feelings of some of the people who pay those taxes. Other times public funds are used to put forth the feelings of a different group of people. It's all good.
As far as the economic repercussions, for every group that will not come because of the actions of Rocky an equal # of groups will choose to come because of Rocky. You can't make all the people happy all of the time. The leader of the VFW even said the protest would have no effect on the VFW's choice of coming to SLC in the future. They are veterans and understand that even though they may not agree with the message, they fought and many died for the right which Rocky exercised.
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As far as public funds for protest, I feel they are no different than public funds for promotion. Public funds were used to put forth the feelings of some of the people who pay those taxes. Other times public funds are used to put forth the feelings of a different group of people. It's all good.
As far as the economic repercussions, for every group that will not come because of the actions of Rocky an equal # of groups will choose to come because of Rocky. You can't make all the people happy all of the time. The leader of the VFW even said the protest would have no effect on the VFW's choice of coming to SLC in the future. They are veterans and understand that even though they may not agree with the message, they fought and many died for the right which Rocky exercised.
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