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- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 12:03:00 EST
- Sender: Forum for the Discussion of Politics <POLITICS@UCF1VM.BITNET>
- From: "Peter J. Schledorn" <UNCPJS@UNC.OIT.UNC.EDU>
- Subject: Re: Queens controversy yet again
- Comments: To: Forum for the Discussion of Politics <POLITICS@UCF1VM.CC.UCF.EDU>
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- > >You'd better throw that analogy away before it explodes on you. If the
- > >local Ferrari dealership refuses to sell you one because you're a _____
- > >(fill in the blank), even though you have the money in your pocket, they
- > >_are_ restricting your ability to own one.
- >
- > No, they aren't. They're merely refusing to sell one to me.
-
- Hmm. They're not letting you buy one, but they aren't restricting your
- ability to own one. How do you own one without buying it? What if all
- of the Ferrari dealerships do the same thing? Is it a restriction then?
-
- > A friend of mine wants to have sex, but Madonna hasn't answered his
- > letters. Is she restricting his ability to have sex? Another person
- > I know can't get anyone s\he knows to sleep with him/her. Who is
- > restricting her\his "right to have sex with a consenting adult"?
-
- Welcome to another episode of Andy's Asinine Examples. Will someone
- please explain to Andy that the inability to find a consenting adult
- does not restrict one's right to have sex with a consenting adult?
-
- (Hmm. Andy seems to have trouble recognizing a difference between
- transactions that involve having sex and those that involve buying a
- car. Remind me never to buy a car from Andy.)
-
- > >If the local circus refuses to give you a job as a juggler because you
- > >can't juggle, you've got no complaint.
- >
- > The Ferrari dealer thinks that its biz depends on controlling the
- > "quality" of Ferrari drivers. The circus thinks that its biz depends
- > on controlling the quality of its jugglers. What's the huge difference
- > here?
-
- The difference is that the circus is in the business of hiring and
- presenting competent jugglers. The dealership is in the business of
- selling cars to the public. If the dealer wants to sell cars one at
- a time from his living room, he is free to restrict his clientele as
- he wishes. When he makes a public offer he should be prepared to
- serve the public.
-
- Best,
- Peter
-
- > -andy
-