RE: Free enterprise

[eevans@moscow.com]

> Greetings Visionaires -
> 
> Lucy Zoe stated:
> 
> > Are you saying that invoking your rights as a property owner
> > is racist and it perpetuates oppression? So, if I come home
> > and someone is sitting on my couch, and I ask them to leave,
> > I'm racist and oppressive?
> 
> No.  In that instance you are not a racist.  That person sitting on your 
couch 
> is possibly guilty of breaking and entering (or at least trespass).  If he 
> refuses to leave after you tell him to leave, I assume he is still guilty of 
> trespass.

Don't get caught up in the example. The general question is: If you want 
someone to get off your property, are you then a racist, or are you 
perpetuating oppression?

> > 	Where do you draw the line Rosemary? And I'm not talking about
> > 	Lesbians holding hands, so don't go there. I'm asking you how
> > 	a property owner can exercise his/her ownership without being
> > 	labeled a racist and an oppressor? Who gets to draw the line?
> 
> This brings up a very interesting question.  If a proprietor has a sign 
> conspicuously posted that readss "We reserve the right to refuse service to 
> anyone", how much legal protection does that sign provide if he/she simply 
> refuses to serve a group of fully decked out klansmen (without giving any 
> reason?  
Good question. 

> If the proprietor is totally protected against any criminal or civil 
> litigation when he/she simply refuses to serve somebody for absolutely no 
> reason at all, this could develop serious problems within a community.

The proprietor will always have a reason. The question is, to whom does the 
proprietor have to supply the reason? And, who, if not the proprietor, decides 
if the reason is valid?

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Cheers,
-Ed Evans


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