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- Organization: Computer Science Department, Stanford University.
- Message-ID: <9212232231.AA23843@SAIL.Stanford.EDU>
- Newsgroups: bit.listserv.politics
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 14:31:55 -0800
- Sender: Forum for the Discussion of Politics <POLITICS@UCF1VM.BITNET>
- From: Andy Freeman <andy@SAIL.STANFORD.EDU>
- Subject: Re: Queens contorversey yet again...
- In-Reply-To: <01GSNSVR9VQABB32OD@RCNVMS.RCN.MASS.EDU>
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- >>Sure. After all, I'm using similar criteria when deciding to buy that
- >>Ferrari. I'm using similar criteria when I'm deciding what housing to
- >>buy/rent. So does EVERYONE. It isn't a problem, yet it has exactly
- >>the same effects as the "evil" discrimination that offends O'Andy.
- >>Sauce for the goose....
- >
- > Not exactly. I don't think the house or the car
- > (even if it *is* a Ferrari :-) ) care too much
- > that they are being passed over. People tend
- > to be more sensative to these kind of slights.
-
- The seller is a "people". If I only had to worry about what
- the car/house thought, I wouldn't have to pay anything.
-
- So, why is the sensitivity of the buyer more important than the
- sensitivity of the seller?
-
- Why are by-buyer boycotts acceptable when by-seller boycotts aren't?
-
- > Hell, it could
- > affect the "discriminators" quality of life, too.
-
- So? I did get a giggle out of the "protecting" the discriminator idea,
- because we're doing it by jailing him....
-
- > They could miss living near someone very special and
- > as for the car salesperson, I would say they are
- > gambling with a hefty commission.
-
- And O'Andy wants to protect that commission by jailing them if they
- refuse to accept it from the "right" people.
-
- -andy
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