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To: TimF who wrote (1441)	6/4/2004 12:44:44 PM
From: Bill Ulrich	Read Replies (1) of 2534

I would look at net effects in determining (anti)discrimination policy. The "Ladies Night" case is not an issue of true discrimination, but instead a fallacy by imagination. More women will go to bar with some women in it rather than a bar flowing over with testosterone, because there is safety in numbers from the predatory neanderthal types. In fact, many men themselves will leave a predominately male bar crowd to find — a bar with chix in it! Smart and experienced bar owners have known this for decades, which is why the landscape of the bar biz has so many more "Ladies Nights" than "Guys Nights". This perceived "discrimation" of promoting women into a bar actually leads to a more balanced and equitably mixed crowd (and a money-making night for the bar owner). Those are good, positive net effects. The net effect of this New Jersey tinkering is to simply screw up a perfectly working balancing mechanism. The real discrimination occuring here is to favour one clown with a chip on his shoulder, who spent 6 years complaining about a $5 cover charge and wouldn't even accept the full refund that was initially offered to him.

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