Assault On Free Speech

[Darth]

And the mayor and the PEOPLE of Boston can stop the business from entering THEIR city;
As is THEIR right.

(Is there any reason we're putting those words in capitals?)

Nope, that's why you have a constitution, just because 51% of people wan't something, doesn't mean they should get it, you have rights that cannot be taken away regardless of what the majority wants. The majority in the south wants/wanted tones of stuff, fuck em, they can't.

A good businessman never uses his business as a platform to push forward a political or religious agenda and nor should he. The role of a business is supply and demand, nothing more and nothing less. Anything more isolates segments of the market, alienates customers and makes the business a target to opposing political or religious agendas. It puts the entire business at risk through a practise that is neither practical or ethical.

Does anyone here disagree with this statement?

I do. Look at the south, I daresay it's a good strategy for down there at the moment, and a terrible strategy for up north. Also, the politicians wielding the power as they do (picking winners, banning companies from the city as some propose) means that companies involving themselves in politics is inevitable. At the moment I'd say its bad business planning to NOT involve yourself with politicians at some level.

And you're right to do that but you wouldn't rave about your political standing through your business and expect it not to effect you negatively would you?

Thats my point. The moment you use your business as a platform for a religious or political statement then you are subjecting your customers and potential customers to bias.
This is what Chick-fil-A did. The second they subjected their market to this bias they lost the right to not be subjected to the same in return.
A business must be politically and religiously neutral to be both ethical and successful.
Soooo.... A Theist, Clive, Lion... you lose. Deal with it. :-)

They subjected the market to their bias you say? Right, ok, so let the market subject them to bias right back. Getting a politician to ban a business from a city is not market forces at work, as someone else said, if the people of that city really don't want that business there, it will fold in a few months.




Who wan't mayors to be able to ban business?
For every mayor that bans chick-fil-a, you'll get a fuckwit mayor who bans gay-rights supporting business. Why let mayors ban businesses at all? It's a recipe for disaster.