 oliphantI Have 8 BoobiesPremium
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Corona, CA | Last time I checked... AOL and Yahoo aren't Congress. So much for the "free speech" argument. |
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| Last time I checked, McDonalds and Burger King weren't' Congress. So I guess they don't have to serve black people.
Where in the world did you get the idea that companies aren't held to the constitution? (and the constitution is the basis of the law). When did we give up the concept of 'equality' just because it's a corporation? When did discrimination become a legitimate business process?
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Yep, last time I checked (tonight just to make certain) The First Amendment to the US Constitution is:
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances."
As nongovernmental organizations, these companies can do as they wish. As a consumer with free choice, you can change providers as you wish. If you wish to receive spam, and your ISP blocks them - change ISPs.
In the USPS example cited above - this is not valid as companies that send mass amounts of mail get discounts (bulk mail) to send the same sized letter that an individual person sends. So their mail gets sent at a cheaper rate per piece - and it still gets there, just as the individual person that does not get this bulk mail discount.
»www.goodmailsystems.com/certifie···orks.php
And from reading how it works, it seems that if someone is willing to pay then the email is guaranteed to be delivered. If not, then it is sent through filters and traps as it would be today - and blocked if those filters are in place. |
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Different argument - discrimination is prohibited by the 15th amendment.
Section 1. The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
Section 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
I know that this mentions voting - but I do belive that this was used as the basis for most antidiscrimination cases.
And if you go into most places of business you will note that they reserve the RIGHT NOT to serve someone. |
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"If you wish to receive spam"
the next line should be - you should be taken out back and beaten  |
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| Yeah - I would have to agree. But I was just playing devil's advocate here. |
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