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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank
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To: Lane3 who wrote (77155)10/10/2003 9:18:35 AM
From: epicure  Read Replies (1) of 82486
 
It wouldn't be worth the intrusiveness entailed, for the government to ferret out people discriminating in their small businesses (as I said ages and ages ago). That doesn't mean government "should" even tacitly approve such behavior, but it does mean that if someone wanted to discriminate quietly, then they could do so (for whatever their personal motivation). I don't think the personal motivation of the discriminator matters much. I doubt we could have a loophole in the laws to allow for discrimination based on religion (practically- I mean, obviously we could have anything we want in theory- but I'm talking about what would work best)- it would be too disruptive to our society. I think the message our law sends pretty clearly is that you may discriminate in your private life, but not in your business life- a nice compromise, I like it- I can see why people wouldn't, if they want to discriminate, but from a utilitarian perspective it's hard to justify their position.
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