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Politics : Impeach George W. Bush -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: sea_biscuit who wrote (81147)	5/31/2007 6:41:45 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93284

You said that one has a right* to exclude black/brown people from a commercial establishment.* Yes, a natural right, but not a legal right. Others of course have the right (both natural and legal) to protest against such obnoxious actions, and to refuse to do business with you until you change them. After I expressed my opinions about freedom of association, you attacked me for defending the right to be a racist. Note "the right to be a racist", is different from the right freedom of association for everyone including racist bar owners. In other words you where slightly changing the topic, and I replied to the new topic you brought up. You may not have meant to change the topic, but the words you used have the meaning which implies another topic. As I've already pointed out, I can't read your mind I have to go by the words you use. Do you still think that people do not have the right to be racist? Also you can clarify whether your changeling the topic was deliberate or not. Did you mean the comment to be about the idea of a right to be racist, or where you still talking about the earlier issue, freedom of association for bar owners?