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LanternWaste

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23. It may just as easily be desire for money-- which is not consent, but merely greed.

Thu Apr 2, 2015, 04:28 PM

Apr 2015

"If silence is consent, isn't service agreement?"

It may just as easily be desire for money-- which is not consent, but merely greed. Silence (in your scenario) beings no advantage to the quiet, hence the agenda may be predicated more easily. Service however, may bring profit. And profit/greed allows for very little discrimination.

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Is there anyone you would refuse to serve? [View all] 3catwoman3 Apr 2015 OP

Anyone in the Bush Crime Family geomon666 Apr 2015 #1

one example, Dick Cheney. PowerToThePeople Apr 2015 #2

I would serve anyone so long as Takket Apr 2015 #3

Sure. A couple examples... Adrahil Apr 2015 #81

Open carry gun nuts would not be welcome at my business. Avalux Apr 2015 #4

The reason I would refuse service would be for behavior. Hell Hath No Fury Apr 2015 #5

I'd toss Assholes.... fredamae Apr 2015 #6

Nugent. Arugula Latte Apr 2015 #7

Nope. I serve everyone including those I disagree with yeoman6987 Apr 2015 #8

you(')r(e) as bad as the teaparty PowerToThePeople Apr 2015 #15

Big time comparison yeoman6987 Apr 2015 #20

What specifically do you base that statement on? LanternWaste Apr 2015 #18

They discriminate against others we don't or shouldnt yeoman6987 Apr 2015 #21

Denial of service to an individual who distinguishes themselves due to their own behavior is not dis LanternWaste Apr 2015 #25

We should refuse service to NON protected groups who are assholes or who act improperly NoJusticeNoPeace Apr 2015 #51

Well said. Lead by example. Sarcastica Apr 2015 #33

hmm. PowerToThePeople Apr 2015 #42

Post removed Post removed Apr 2015 #47

Swims. Quacks. Gotta be a duck. marble falls Apr 2015 #60

Whatever you do, don't call anyone a "dumbass" because your reply will be hidden. NYC_SKP Apr 2015 #56

Really? Adrahil Apr 2015 #83

I would, have, refused service for behavior but that is all. I've learned that some of the scary uppityperson Apr 2015 #9

I'm with you on that, except for guns. Avalux Apr 2015 #24

Do you post a 30.06 today? metalbot Apr 2015 #44

Thanks for the info. Avalux Apr 2015 #46

I agree with you. I'd err on the side of caution if you see a open gun on a stranger, call 911. Sunlei Apr 2015 #86

What if you owned a tee-shirt business Yupster Apr 2015 #62

Well, that is behavior and a good example of what I wrote. Thanks. uppityperson Apr 2015 #63

Well Hitler. And not just because of the Nazi thing. el_bryanto Apr 2015 #10

I often hear on this forum that dumbcat Apr 2015 #11

It may just as easily be desire for money-- which is not consent, but merely greed. LanternWaste Apr 2015 #23

"desire for money" could also be trying to pay the rent, buy food vs "greed" uppityperson Apr 2015 #28

No, and that's the problem. Igel Apr 2015 #48

good post n/t Psephos Apr 2015 #66

I wouldn't sell a sedge meadow to a developer... HereSince1628 Apr 2015 #12

Yes. I declined to represent a woman who slapped her small child in my waiting room. Shrike47 Apr 2015 #13

Anyone visibly drunk or under the influence of drugs, that's it (n/t) Spider Jerusalem Apr 2015 #14

Bigots, Racists, Homophobes, Misogynists.. yuiyoshida Apr 2015 #16

Many individuals, yes-- sometimes an entire group of individuals; but never a by-birth demographic. LanternWaste Apr 2015 #17

Refusing based on WHO they are is discrimination - WHAT they do is not underpants Apr 2015 #19

That's well stated. nt el_bryanto Apr 2015 #34

Mike Pence KamaAina Apr 2015 #22

Anyone that I know had stolen something from the business. logosoco Apr 2015 #26

Federal law allows you to refuse service to anyone for any reason BainsBane Apr 2015 #27

Certainly not based on any characteristic they were born with - race, gender, sexual orientation, pampango Apr 2015 #29

That is the distinction by which I would justify... 3catwoman3 Apr 2015 #37

I'd refuse to serve this remorseless eating machine Brother Buzz Apr 2015 #30

Let's say you own a restaurant... Bay Boy Apr 2015 #31

I would but up the price by about triple. leftofcool Apr 2015 #36

Let's turn it around now... Bay Boy Apr 2015 #39

I'd be cool with that Art_from_Ark Apr 2015 #67

So this would be a form of religious discrimination Bay Boy Apr 2015 #75

I take it you've never really experienced Hicktown, USA Art_from_Ark Apr 2015 #89

my list Man from Pickens Apr 2015 #32

I have thrown out far right whackjobs out of my shop Doremus Apr 2015 #35

I'd toss them out for hate speech. ismnotwasm Apr 2015 #38

Man Warren DeMontague Apr 2015 #40

Cheney larkrake Apr 2015 #41

I once refused to do business with a Republican jerk csziggy Apr 2015 #43

Pedophiles lunatica Apr 2015 #45

serve/cater Lurker Deluxe Apr 2015 #49

someone with no shoes or shirt on. KittyWampus Apr 2015 #50

A fair number of my daily customers have swastika Codeine Apr 2015 #52

No. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Apr 2015 #53

I would serve anyone and everyone, even if they made my other customers uncomfortable, except: Jenny Red Eye Apr 2015 #54

This would depend on my business. ZombieHorde Apr 2015 #55

As a general rule DefenseLawyer Apr 2015 #57

You have the legal right not to serve anybody as long as your refusal isn't based on race... DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2015 #58

Anyone disrespecting my staff ProudToBeBlueInRhody Apr 2015 #59

And you're on DU? Yupster Apr 2015 #64

I'm pretty sure you know the difference between rudeness on a message board and in a business. n/m ProudToBeBlueInRhody Apr 2015 #65

Zombies. I won't serve their kind. Katashi_itto Apr 2015 #61

I'll serve anyone who is not a clear and present danger and immediate threat. Zorra Apr 2015 #68

Droids Telcontar Apr 2015 #69

same thing went through my mind! flobee1 Apr 2015 #71

Any One Who is Disruptive Sparhawk60 Apr 2015 #72

This can't be finessed by distinguishing identity from behavior. Vattel Apr 2015 #70

Yes, there is---but it is not illegal to be anti-Semitic. You would lose more than future customers. WinkyDink Apr 2015 #74

There's nothing illegal with lots of stuff that should Vattel Apr 2015 #84

You serve them. What's it to YOU what they believe, as long as they aren't trashing the place? WinkyDink Apr 2015 #73

Someone who entered my business armed with a weapon. Vinca Apr 2015 #76

Yes, it is still a discretionary item as to whom you will serve. glowing Apr 2015 #77

No shoes, no shirt, no service Renew Deal Apr 2015 #78

Hating people that hate us solves nothing. Don't be like them. modem77 Apr 2015 #79

LBJ or Nixon H2O Man Apr 2015 #80

No, as a rule we never discuss politics, religion or any customers sexuality around here. Sunlei Apr 2015 #82

Let me answer the opposite question Dale Neiburg Apr 2015 #85

Only one type... pipi_k Apr 2015 #87

If they want to discriminate then do it right damnedifIknow Apr 2015 #88