Subj : Re: Computer Kits
To   : Arelor
From : Jeff
Date : Sun Jan 30 2022 16:08:20

On 30 Jan 2022, Arelor said the following...
 Ar>  >  Ar> You didn't get the people from village X try to boicott into nothi
 Ar>  >  Ar> some leathersmith from village Y for something he thought in the 1
 Ar>  >  Ar> Century. The leathersmith in question might draw the rage of his o
 Ar>  >  Ar> village folks at best. There is a definitive difference in scale.
 Ar>  > This is true. However, the people in village X were not buying anything
 Ar>  > the leathersmith in village Y anyway, so the point is moot.
 Ar> I think people used to travel to cities to sell their wares every now
 Ar> and then in order to trade at a bigger market.

Then it would have been possible for word of the leathersmith's misdeeds to
travel, as surely he wasn't the onlyone making this journey.

 Ar> I mean, people in cities consumed a lot of stuff which was only produced
 Ar> in rural areas, right?

Sure, and from a number of people, too. It would certainly have been possible
for a multi-village boycott to occur. Of course, it wouldn't have been called
a boycott, as Charles Cunningham Boycott hadn't been born yet. It would more
likely have been referred to as an embargo.

Jeff.

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