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- From: johnf@apollo.hp.com (John Francis)
- Subject: Re: Waldenbooks fires staff for refusing to sell racist book!
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- Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 17:15:19 GMT
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- In article <1992Sep15.072427.4516@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> mycroft@hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Charles Hannum) writes:
- >
- >In article <1992Sep11.195625.10024@tss.com> burke@tss.com (Jim Burke)
- >writes:
- >>
- >> While we both agree that the manager was wrong to try to control what
- >> his employer sold,
- >
- >You're confused. It's not the manager who was trying to censor the
- >book; it was some peon clerks who found it "offensive". The clerks
- >absolutely *do not* have a "right" to decide what the store will sell.
-
- You're also confused. The issue was not whether the shop would sell
- the book (which is what most people are defending) - it was whether
- the book (or calendar) in question should be put in a highly-visible
- display alongside other, more popular, calendars.
- I see nothing wrong with refusing to actively promote sales of a book,
- provided no attempt is made to refuse to sell (or order) copies.
-
- Note that I have redirected followups to remove misc.books.technical
- from the list of newsgroups.
- --
- John Francis johnf@apollo.hp.com
- Seen passing on the net: Spotted Owl - the *other* white meat!
-