And here is where I lose my righteous sureness. (Which does not happen often)
Where does a person end and a corporation begin? Is any commercial transaction inherently corporatist? Can a one-man sandwich cart deny service based on race? Can a one-man plumber? Can he deny service to his ex-wife's new boyfriend? Can he deny service to the man who he believes is a child molester? Can he deny service to the man who was convicted of molesting the plumber's kid? Can a pharmacist refuse to fill a prescription? Can a doctor refuse to treat Democrats? Who can legitimately shout "No Soup For You!"? I don't get the same answers in my head each time I ask these questions of myself. But for me it usually comes down to "Was I personally sinned against" when making the decision if I could justify it. On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 6:50 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > > A question for you: is it an individual's right to be racist? Do > people have a right to hold odious opinions? I would say that, yes, > they do. I will shun them and be disgusted by them, but I believe that > individuals have a right to hold opinions with which I stridently > disagree. > > Now, Rand Paul seems to believe that a corporation (a non-person) has > a right to not only hold a racist opinion, to the extent that a > non-corporeal entity can hold an opinion, but also to act upon it in > the form of refusing to do business with a person of a given race. I > believe that corporations do not have the same rights as individuals > and I believe that refusing to serve individuals goes beyond opinions > to actions as well. > > Hence I disagree with Rand Paul stridently but I don't think it is > necessarily because he, himself, is a racist (though he may be, I > don't know) but rather because I disagree with the tenants of his > philosophy. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:319360 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
