--- steven meldahl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was wondering when someone was going to mention > anything about the infamous ...
(full post: http://www.mnforum.org/pipermail/mpls/2002-August/015808.html) Guilt by association? None here, please. It may be easy, it may be tempting, but it's something that has been rejected by any truly free society for very good reason. (At least by the laws of the societies.) If someone commits a crime, then they are a criminal. Even if 100 family members have become criminals, number 101 bears no guilt for their choices. You can replace family members with people from the same neighborhood or people wearing the same shoes or following the same sports team or any other common factor. To do otherwise is profiling and discrimination. To do otherwise becomes self-perpetuating. If there are people encouraging or compelling other people to do something illegal, that is a crime in its own right (whether they are related or not), but condemning someone just because they have the same last name is a REALLY bad idea. - Jason Goray, Sheridan, NE __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes http://finance.yahoo.com _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
