[117012] in Cypherpunks
Re: Cowards?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (James Donald)
Wed Aug 25 03:43:19 1999
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Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 00:24:21 -0700
To: Eric Cordian <emc@wire.insync.net>, cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
From: James Donald <jamesd@echeque.com>
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At 09:26 AM 8/23/1999 -0500, Eric Cordian wrote:
> When you're talking about big corporations, then discrimination
> based on unalterable personal characteristics, or a perception of
> ones sexual interests, or political beliefs, is probably not a good
> idea.
I doubt that you can restrict the rights of big corporations to speak,
edit, or associate, without first restricting my rights to speak,
edit, or associate.
> What if Western Union announced you couldn't wire money if you were
> living with a person of the opposite sex you were not married to?
That is not likely. What is likely that Western Union would choose
not to place ads in a magazine that shouted "Boy Love" on the cover.
You are not proposing to restrict Western Union from doing things it
would never do and I would never do. You are proposing to restrict it
from doing things that it is likely to do, and that I am likely to do.
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James A. Donald
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