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Re: Brad - TLC needs to minimize packaging
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Fri, 31 Dec 1999 14:53:38 GMT
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On Wed, 29 Dec 1999 19:32:27 GMT, Frank Filz <ffilz@mindspring.com>
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> To a pure Libertarian, laws telling you that your store must serve
> anyone regardless of race (ect), are an infringement of the store owners
> rights. I agree with this basic point, which is why my statement of
> wondering where we would be without such laws. How could we have
> improved the lot of minorities without laws _forcing_ people to deal
> with minorities. From a pure rights oriented point of view, these laws
> are just as bad as "quota" laws.
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> Of course I have also seen evidence that society will correct problems
> in dealing with minorities when the market is sufficiently free to
> expose the true economics (costs and benefits). I have heard my manager
> at IBM state that while he _personally_ finds homosexuality
> distastefull, he would fully support IBM's initiatives to be more
> friendly to the gay population. Reason: pure economics. The gay
> population has a lot of money to spend, and the market has proven that
> they are willing to spend more of it on products from gay friendly
> companies.
So how would the situation be in the southern states? The black
population _didn't_ have cash to spend, and they didn't have much
chance of improving that either.
Would gays be open about being gay like they are now, without the
entire society's movement towards tolerance of everything?
Jasper
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| (...) Simplistic answer is that they DID have cash to spend, it was economic boycott that finally broke the "back of the bus" thing with buses, and was going to break down a great deal more quite soon. As for the legal barriers, Laws REQUIRING (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) In your original statement, you said "hose" when I assume you meant "house". I was just making fun (sorry for being off-topic...) (...) To a pure Libertarian, laws telling you that your store must serve anyone regardless of race (ect), are an (...) (25 years ago, 29-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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