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- From: phil@netcom.com (Phil Ronzone)
- Subject: Re: Fear, hate, and the eternal companion, hate
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.080426.5286@netcom.com>
- Organization: Generally in favor of, but mostly random.
- References: <lm0nu9INN9jt@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM> <14065@optilink.COM> <lmbsbpINNpk1@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM>
- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 08:04:26 GMT
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- In article <lmbsbpINNpk1@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM> flar@bendenweyr.Eng.Sun.COM (Jim Graham) writes:
- >In the case of anti-discrimination in employment and housing
- >laws, the majority of society decides which they would
- >prefer:
- >
- >1. Any employer or property owner may discriminate against
- >any applicant for any reason. 2. An employer or property
- >owner may choose which of many applicants they employ/house
- >provided they do not use any of a short list of fixed
- >criteria in that decision. Currently that list usually
- >contains race, creed, etc.
- >
- >It seems that the majority of society would prefer the
- >consequences of case #2. They view the ignorant whining of
- >some employers or property owners as being less worthy of
- >consideration than the real needs of those who might be
- >discriminated against.
-
- Wrong.
-
- Are you REALLY this stupid or just really dishonest?
-
- The passage of the above laws DOES NOT indicate that the majority of
- society approves of them. Indeed, the majority do NOT approve of them.
- Colorado just affirmed that if you are really dense.
-
- What else do you believe along these lines? That the majority wants to
- drive at a maximum of 55 MPH. They must according to you because that law
- is on the books.
-
- Or hey, how about the way Congress spends money. The majority must approve
- that too because it's happening.
-
-
-
- --
- There are actually people that STILL believe Love Canal was some kind of
- environmental disaster. Weird, eh?
-
- These opinions are MINE, and you can't have 'em! (But I'll rent 'em cheap ...)
-