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George Clooney, actor and activist, to the critics who say his call for a boycott of the Dorchester Collection, hotels owned by the government of Brunei, after Brunei announced it would implement a “death by stoning” punishment for gay sex, would hurt hotel staff:
“I share those concerns, but to equate their situation with the fact that this week the 5th richest country in the world would take a young woman who is found to be gay, bury her up to her neck and have 25 men throw stones at her head until she is dead seems unfathomable. This exact argument was used during the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955. And yes, a lot of hard working, presumably innocent bus drivers were hurt… but no one would argue that the boycott was for the far greater good. These are very expensive hotels, but the bulk of their business isn’t individuals but companies. I’ve been to these hotels when I was doing press events set up by the studios. I don’t know any companies that want to put money in the pocket of a murderer once they know.”
He’s right; while it may hurt the employees, I think trying to stop the death by stoning of gay people is worth that.
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