Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!accuvax.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: Clayton Cramer Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: AT&T Change in Corporate Donations Policy Message-ID: <6198@accuvax.nwu.edu> Date: 9 Apr 90 16:41:33 GMT Sender: news@accuvax.nwu.edu Organization: Optilink Corporation, Petaluma, CA Lines: 17 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 242, Message 7 of 9 In article <6131@accuvax.nwu.edu>, gast@cs.ucla.edu (David Gast) writes: > AT&T which has donated money to Planned Parenthood for years recently > decided to stop donating money. I recently called AT&T to find out if > it was true that they had capitulated to right wing extremists. Tell me, if a company decided to stop doing business with South Africa, because of protests by customers, would you say they had "capitulated to left wing extremists"? Companies look for ways to avoid irritating any organized group. Clayton E. Cramer {pyramid,pixar,tekbspa}!optilink!cramer Disclaimer? You must be kidding! No company would hold opinions like mine!