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- From: stephen@orchid.UCSC.EDU (coram populo)
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- Subject: Re: Moral Defintion/Confusion ( Re: Is this wrong, or what?
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- Date: 28 Jan 93 23:20:05 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan28.025956.18426@oracle.us.oracle.com> mfriedma@uucp (Michael Friedman) writes:
- >In article <1k4lgfINN9sn@darkstar.UCSC.EDU> stephen@orchid.UCSC.EDU (coram populo) writes:
-
- >>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.
- >
- >>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?
- >
-
-
- Well this shows you that maybe you have made a discrimination based
- upon lack of information. There are many eccentric rich people who
- go around poorly dressed. I met many of them in Palo Alto, and have
- one in the family.
-
- Just because someone is Jewish does not mean they do not eat pork.
- I have Jewish friends who eat pork, and ride in VW's.
-
- Now on the last one, you have the correct facts- so you probably
- would not offer a free prostate examination to a woman.
- I could stretch the last one, and say that 'woman' involved is actually
- a person who is a transsexual, but never completed the physical trans-
- formation.
-
- But, please look carefully at your other statements. You have made
- assumptions based upon irrational ideas. Poorly dressed, Jewish
- person in a restuarant. This is no different than simply saying,
- well, they are black and why are they in my nice clothing store,
- or I know they are gay, and I don't want those kind in here.
-