(June 10, 2015 at 11:11 am)Neimenovic Wrote: It's a privately owned business. It can hire or refuse to hire anybody on whatever basis. I don't see why it's such an issue. There are requirements for every job, and if you don't meet them, you're not hired-simple as that.
This is the kind of stupid mentality I can't understand - It's basically saying "fuck labour rights and let corporate dictatorship reign". So can I refuse to hire someone because their black? What if it's because they are atheist? Can I refuse to hire women because I think they're incompetent? What counts as a requirement? What if every private business has prejudices and refuse to hire someone of a certain group? In any civilized society the government ought to approve anti-discrimination laws and, if necessary, coerce people into hiring people who they wouldn't have hired otherwise if the reason is irrelevant (like race). Being privately owned means you are not subject to state authority to run it and have more freedom - It doesn't mean you can discriminate against anyone for whatever reason. Reasonable requirements are ok, "any reason" is stupid.
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