Catspaw -

I think you have misunderstood my remarks. I am not knocking radicials - everything you said was very true. We could list a number of additional cases where it took radicals to bring about important change.

While the radicals may have been instrumental attention to Civil Rights issues and the Vietnam War, it took the buy-in of those in the middle to bring the issues to a head.

However, radical reaction is not necessary in every case. The NAACP DID call off the boycott at one point, apparently as part of the negotiations.

What I was trying to say is that we are 6 months away. Not a long time, but we are not at the point where we need to make a snap and possibly irrational decision. IT is good to see that people are sharing opinions and ideas here at Mudcat. Somewhere in all this we can each draw some conclusions.

The boycott is surely affecting dozens of other conventions and meetings that are scheduled in before the FA takes over that ONE hotel. Surely the boycott's success doesn't rest on the FA's handling of this AT THIS POINT IN TIME. If the FA conference was taking place next week, this issue would have a heightened sense of urgency. As it stands TODAY, we need to make our voices heard to the Adams Mark. In February, we may have to make another decision.

Ron