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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank
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To: Lane3 who wrote (76306)10/7/2003 2:23:24 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) of 82486
 
If you have a group of people who are the subject of painful systemic discrimination, then anyone who is not part of the solution is part of the problem

It makes for a nice political slogan and it might motivate people to help achieve a solution and if so it has done good, but unless you are defining the problem as apathy, or laziness , or lack of commitment to solving some other problem then I don't think those who are not part of the solution are part of the problem. I you do so define the problem then I would say that not being committed to solve bad situations doesn't amount to doing harm to someone else.

We've talked about an aspect of this on another conversation. I seem to find the distinction actively doing something that can cause and just not doing anything to be more important then many people on this thread.

In response to your last paragraph I think there is a potential for harm, or more specifically that the person denied service may feel harm. I don't think that if "Mojo" handled the situation discretely, honestly and politely that he could reasonably have been said to have caused harm, but even then its possible someone else may feel harm, I just wouldn't put the responsibility for it on Mojo. Of course if Mojo behaved obnoxiously or dishonestly then he might be properly blamed for harm but I don't think that was part of the initial scenario.

Tim
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