Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 UW 5/3/83; site uw-beaver Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!zehntel!tektronix!uw-beaver!mager From: mager@uw-beaver (Gary Mager) Newsgroups: net.invest,net.flame Subject: Re: Gold Purchase Message-ID: <811@uw-beaver> Date: Wed, 1-Feb-84 12:06:36 EST Article-I.D.: uw-beave.811 Posted: Wed Feb 1 12:06:36 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 8-Feb-84 02:03:52 EST References: <641@pyuxhh.UUCP> <551@ariel.UUCP> Organization: U of Washington Computer Science Lines: 27 I have never bought gold, but I am considering buying some before the elections, since I expect the economy to burst at the seams the following year. The argument against boycotting South Africa is often used whenever boycotts or any type of political expression is brought up - "If you can't be 100% politically pure, don't even try". One has only to look at how social/political changes are made to see that this doesn't hold water. Look at the Nestles boycott, which has been going on for so long I didn't even know it was still going until a few days ago. It was in the news that Nestles finally gave in and decided to stop many of their practices that were resulting in deaths of babies in Latin American countries. When a country or company knows they are being boycotted and can see the results (which is the case in South Africa) there is a good chance of some type of change. It is really no more difficult to buy Canadian gold as it is South African. For the little extra effort it takes to remember to say "Canadian" to your broker, you may be making a (tiny) contribution towards sending a message to S.A. Every little message brings a little more pressure on them. It's not like anyone is asking you to stop driving your car or make a major change in your life. The tiny message of a few ounces of gold may not be significant in itself, but neither is one vote in a national election, yet there are a lot of people who think that the latter is important to do. Gary Mager uw-beaver!mager