(June 10, 2015 at 11:22 am)Dystopia Wrote: 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.
The problem I see with this is that it basically aims to outlaw being an asshole, protecting the worker by infringing the business owner's freedom. It's my business, my rules. If I don't want to hire someone I shouldn't be forced to.
Bigotry is wrong and also bad for business, granted. But protecting the worker from discrimination like this gives way to suing anybody who doesn't hire you and claiming discrimination, much like this case.
Just the way I see it. I don't expect to reach any consensus, I know it may not be a popular opinion. Agree to disagree?
