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Originally Posted by Fletch XXX
the guy thinks businessess should still be allowed to not serve blacks LOL
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Every human being has the right to use his own property the way he sees fit as long as he doesn't cause any damage to another person or another person's property.
This means that in a free society every human being has the right to discriminate.... I know that sounds strange/wrong/whatever....
If Person A owns a shop, that shop and everything in it is his property... Person A has the right to do business with whoever he wants and has the right to refuse to do business with whoever he wants. If person A refuses to do business with (for example) Canadians then ethically there's nothing wrong with that. Person A merely uses his own property the way he wants without causing harm to another person or another person's property. If Person B doesn't agree with the fact that person A refuses to do business with Canadians, then person B can either talk to person A or use social or economic discrimination (a boycott) to 'convince' person A to to business with Canadians. However, the second person B uses actual force (violence / fines ( = theft)) to force person A to do business with Canadians then person B commits an act of aggression.
That's the difference between ethics and morality. Ethically there's nothing wrong refusing to do business with certain groups of people. Morally of course we are opposed to this and we should fight it every way we can (without committing an act of aggression that is).
(Just take a look at the movie 'Milk' for example where the gay community boycotted shops that were anti-gay....)
It's very important to understand the difference between 'ethics' and 'morality'. Ethics are universal, morality is personal. Just imagine what would happen to the adult industry if certain groups of people were allowed to force their idea of morality onto others....