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- From: mfriedma@uucp (Michael Friedman)
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- Subject: Re: Moral Defintion/Confusion ( Re: Is this wrong, or what?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan28.025956.18426@oracle.us.oracle.com>
- Date: 28 Jan 93 02:59:56 GMT
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- In article <1k4lgfINN9sn@darkstar.UCSC.EDU> stephen@orchid.UCSC.EDU (coram populo) writes:
- >In article <1993Jan18.024557.10913@netcom.com> phil@netcom.com (Phil Ronzone) writes:
-
- >>Eh? Why not? Anytime you or I do business with another individual, we most
- >>certainly do judge thier personal lives. I would bet that if three
- >>individuals came up to you on some business or another, and if those
- >>three individuals were dressed as:
-
- >> a. typical "college student"
- >> b. American white power/NAZI uniform
- >> c. SWAT team/DEA/Narc outfit
-
- >>that you would treat them considerably different.
-
- >Well, I would say in general, that b. and c. would not be a very
- >common event.
-
- >Let's change it a little and see if discriminating in these cases
- >seems rational.
-
- > a. typical white housewife
- > b. black man poorly dressed.
- > c. a jew in typical orthodox wear.
-
- >So, now I see these people and believe that there is no rational
- >reason to treat or react to them diffrently in a drastic way.
- >There is no reason for me to think or say that I will not do
- >business with b. or c., it just doesn't make sense.
-
- Well, I agree that you should do business with them, but your method
- of dealing with them will be different.
-
- For example, if you run a high class jewelry store that doesn't sell
- anything with a pricetag under $10,000 are you really going to be
- interested in talking to anyone - black or white - who is poorly
- dressed? If you run a restaurant are you going to inform the jew that
- today's special is barbequed ribs? If you run a prostate care clinic
- are you going to offer the housewife a free examination?
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