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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: one_less who wrote (76569)	10/6/2003 1:05:43 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

I seems to me that the harm crowd has clarified it's perception sufficiently for you to take a crack at it if you choose. Feel free to either do so or to ignore it. Your choice. Since you rejected the options previously proffered to MOjo--another line of work or retraining in this one--I've been working to come up with some middle ground option. It would seem that his attitude is tolerable as long as it never turns into a business practice that conveys the attitude to potential clients. You may not like it any better than the other two, though. Best I can do given the Mojo's tenacity. To review-- Neo said of freedom of conscience "Ordinarily, we are talking about adherence to a set of beliefs and practices that may be characterized as religious or philosophical, or the rejection thereof." So I offered a religions exemption. Seems to me that Mojo could legally justify his aversion to massaging women and gays that way. But you rejected the religious exemption. You said "An issue of conscience should be founded upon some genuine grounds of not wanting to cause harm to self or others. " So that's where the harm thing came from. It seems to me that, if Mojo's objective is avoid harm, the best thing to do would be to practice massage therapy according to his strong ethics and the professional standards. No client is at risk of sexual misconduct from him, therefore, the more clients he services, the less chance there is of them being serviced by someone less ethical. The most harm is avoided by him servicing the most vulnerable, namely women. If he wants to take an even stronger stand, he could become an activist for upgrading the professional standards, but you say he's not interested in that, just wants to practice. IMO the best solution for Mojo and the community would be for him to take on as many at-risk clients as possible. If he can't see his way clear to do that, then his issue is not really avoiding harm but his own aversion to massaging certain classes of people. If he won't take a religious exemption for that, then his only alternative is the under-the-radar approach, maintaining his attitude, but effecting no discriminatory business practice. If you don't like that option either, seems to me the guy is SOL.