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To: Neocon who wrote (77474)	10/13/2003 1:56:00 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 82486

Good grief, Neo. He confirmed her appointment assuming she was a man. There are no unforeseeable consequences there. If he had any reservations about her gender, he should have asked. No one else could possibly have been expected to take that into consideration. Leave the concierge out of it and quit picking at the scenario. Forget the scenario. He made a commitment and he broke it through no fault of anyone else, certainly, and someone was damaged. Does freedom of conscience obviate his responsibility? The reason this example came to mind is that I've been reading a book of short stories over lunch. The story I was reading the other day was about a newspaper editor who lost his job, sent out feelers, and managed to snag an interview with a major paper, lunch on him. So he asked the food editor for a restaurant suggestion, made a reservation, then left his job for a leisurely week drifting down the Thames by boat. When he arrived by boat at the dock, he was told that they did not accept patrons who came by boat. He said he had a reservation. They said he should have told them he was coming by boat. He asked how it could possibly have occurred to him to tell them that and that if they had odd rules, it was their job to ask before giving him a reservation. Anyway, the rest of the story was about the restaurant getting its comeuppance. And that was the genesis of my example.

To: Neocon who wrote (77474)	10/13/2003 2:10:07 PM
From: The Philosopher	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 82486

I do not think that anyone can be responsible for unforeseeable consequences of default on an agreement. The issue of foreseeability in law is a complex one, and differs for contract and tort.

To: Neocon who wrote (77474)	10/13/2003 2:10:32 PM
From: one_less	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

It was conceded over a month ago that binding contracts of this nature are not standard for the massage industry. I don't know why mojo, who has more detailed standards, would be so negligent in making service agreements. If he were, breach of contract would be arguable and some or all of the liability may lie elsewhere in the confusion. I don't think his particular 'freedom of conscience' issue should get him off the hook or be a consideration at all. He is, once again, at fault of something unethical, bad contracting,(an extrapolation) but it isn't related to his 'freedom of conscience' claim.