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Do people bash Microsoft because they don't agree with Bill Gate's political affiliations?
I can think of better reasons to bash Micro$uck, like shoddy OS's and gaping holes patched way after the fact, etc...
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IF you don't let the media hype leave you feeling that CURVES donates to organizations you don't agree with rather than the FOUNDER of Curves.
Curves, the organization, does not. But the CEO of the organization DOES. With money that he makes from the women who join Curves.
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He's going to make his money in one form or another, whether you join Curves or not.
You're right. Just like Walmart isn't going to close down just because I don't shop there. But the loudest voice I have, as a consumer in this country, is with my money and where I spend it. So for the sake of MY conscience, I'm going to put my money towards businesses - and therefore the people who run them - that are oriented towards the things that I believe in. Throwing one's hands up and going with the crowd just because "it's going to happen anyway" is no solution.
Thanks for the links, Maria. I had not ever seen that stuff before - which is kind of surprising considering I work with my local Students for Reproductive Justice, and that's just the sort of thing we usually hear about.
I love the *concept* behind Curves. I enjoyed working out there, all those years ago. It's helped my mom immeasurably, because I KNOW she wouldn't be comfortable in a regular gym, and I'd rather she be doing *something* than nothing, even if I may prefer she do that something somewhere else. Priorities, y'know?
But I cannot in good conscience ever give my money to that organization again, knowing that it will (eventually) make its way upstream to a man who donates to those kinds of....organizations.
Again, thanks for the heads-up, Maria and baffled.