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Re: Illinois plan to cut mortgage debt is making waves 

By: Decomposed in ROUND | Recommend this post (1)
Mon, 23 May 11 8:29 PM | 64 view(s)
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clo,

Businesses that take taxpayer monies DO have an obligation to treat every citizen fairly. I wouldn't change that. But if they are independent of government, their right to operate... to extend their "fist" howsoever they choose without interacting with another person's face... must be protected.

Who are you, or I, or the government, to judge the private behavior and decision-making process of another person or business?

Privacy matters. As corrupt as government officials keep showing themselves to be, they need to by and large BUTT OUT.




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Re: Illinois plan to cut mortgage debt is making waves
By: clo in ROUND
Mon, 23 May 11 8:19 PM 		Msg. 33044 of 45510

Decomp,

I would fight tooth and nail to preserve the right for private entities to discriminate. It's one of those "I might not like what you say, but I'd fight to protect your right to say it" sort of things. After all, every human discriminates. It is a fundamental part of being a free human being. We have freedom of thought.

"Private entity" means any entity that is not a unit of government, including but not limited to a corporation, partnership, company, nonprofit organization or other legal entity or a natural person.

Having "freedom of thought" is a FAR stretch to comparing that with "discrimination".
Besides, many "private entities" do business with the "government" = taxpayers money, thus are legally bound NOT to discriminate.

Decomp, "discrimination" is different from making a rational decision about a person. clo

dis·crim·i·na·tion/disˌkriməˈnāSHən/Noun

1. The unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people or things, esp. on the grounds of race, age, or sex. 

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