So, what is the difference?
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Imagine that you're a leftist and an employee of Wal-Mart. You've been assigned to the sporting goods section and, since it's 2 PM on Monday, you don't have many customers. Feeling dejected by the capialist behemoth's massive presence around you, you're just sitting there, rereading the Communist Manifesto for the third time in absolute wonderment of its genius. In walks a middle-aged gentleman who, except for his dishevelment, is otherwise well-dressed. He tells you, "This weekend I caught my wife having an affair with my brother. Afterwards, I went home to find my house had burned down. Just 20 minutes ago, I was fired from my job. I would like to buy the most powerful rifle you have and a box of bullets because I want to go to my now-charred home and shoot myself in the head." Do you, as that cashier, have a right under your moral pretenses to refuse that sale?
Sounds like a slam-dunk to me. Of course you sell him the rifle. Afterall, a sale is a sale, and there will be one less weak-minded asshole to deal with on the freeway. -- modified at 11:47 Tuesday 27th March, 2007
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 -
Imagine that you're a leftist and an employee of Wal-Mart. You've been assigned to the sporting goods section and, since it's 2 PM on Monday, you don't have many customers. Feeling dejected by the capialist behemoth's massive presence around you, you're just sitting there, rereading the Communist Manifesto for the third time in absolute wonderment of its genius. In walks a middle-aged gentleman who, except for his dishevelment, is otherwise well-dressed. He tells you, "This weekend I caught my wife having an affair with my brother. Afterwards, I went home to find my house had burned down. Just 20 minutes ago, I was fired from my job. I would like to buy the most powerful rifle you have and a box of bullets because I want to go to my now-charred home and shoot myself in the head." Do you, as that cashier, have a right under your moral pretenses to refuse that sale?
As an employee you have the right to refuse service. As far as I know, that right doesn't come with conditions. But then, your employer has the right to fire you. Is it legal to sell a rifle to someone stating an illegal purpose?
This statement was never false.
