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Originally Posted by Derwood
Pan, I disagree with several of your points. I'm pretty sure you CAN'T open a restaurant and post a sign saying "no blacks allowed".
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I Think you can but that then becomes a "CIVIL" lawsuit not a "CRIMINAL". One can sue the owner if they feel unjustly discriminated against and it is up to that person to prove it, not the owner. But it is NOT nor should it be "ILLEGAL". The same applies for signs that say "No Whites Served". A business has that right, legally. Ethically and morally I may detest it and not frequent such a place BUT, they have that right, legally.
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Also, your idea of "personal responsibility" in studying businesses is rather naive. The current regulations are in place so that a customer can enter a restaurant or business with the reasonable belief that the products sold and the shopping environment are safe and legal. I'm not sure why you push so hard to absolve the business owners of their illegal activities while blaming the customers for not doing some sort of due diligence in their patronage of the stores.
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And I believe I stated government's purpose is to protect consumers in the aspect that what they buy is safe.
If you are going to pick and choose what you want to argue about with me.... make sure you read ALL of what I write.
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Laws such as labor (protecting the rights of workers), chemicals and food additives, transportation etc (safety of the consumer) those are up to legislature.
Legislature is to protect the people as a whole. Other than that moral laws and laws affecting personal rights should be left up to the voters in that community since they are the ones living there and not the politicians, who live in Columbus or DC and visit when it suits them.
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I just love people who use the excuse "I use/do this because I LOVE the feeling/joy/happiness it brings me" and expect you to be ok with that as you watch them destroy their life blindly following. My response is, "I like to put forks in an eletrical socket, just LOVE that feeling, can't ever get enough of it, so will you let me put this copper fork in that electric socket?"
Last edited by pan6467; 02-28-2010 at 06:54 PM..
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