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2ndAmForComputers

(3,527 posts) Mon Jul 23, 2012, 10:21 PM Jul 2012

Memo to those a bit slow on the uptake.

Telling people they should not spend money on business X because of Y (as long as Y is a true fact) is not, I repeat not an infringement on anyone's freedom.

Got it?

Good.

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Memo to those a bit slow on the uptake. (Original Post) 2ndAmForComputers Jul 2012 OP

Got it .. Trajan Jul 2012 #1

Hitting a business in the wallet is VERY EFFECTIVE DontTreadOnMe Jul 2012 #2

And completely democratic. With a lowercase D. 2ndAmForComputers Jul 2012 #3

No more than a business is infringing Tsiyu Jul 2012 #4

Trajan

(19,089 posts)

1. Got it ..

Reply to 2ndAmForComputers (Original post)

Mon Jul 23, 2012, 10:24 PM

Jul 2012

Good ...

DontTreadOnMe

(2,442 posts)

2. Hitting a business in the wallet is VERY EFFECTIVE

Reply to 2ndAmForComputers (Original post)

Mon Jul 23, 2012, 10:30 PM

Jul 2012

Don't fuck with consumers!

2ndAmForComputers

(3,527 posts)

3. And completely democratic. With a lowercase D.

Reply to DontTreadOnMe (Reply #2)

Mon Jul 23, 2012, 10:33 PM

Jul 2012

You can truly get the Will of the People with this.

(It's a fact that sometimes, just sometimes, the Will of the People truly sucks. But it's a price we have to pay.)

Tsiyu

(18,186 posts)

4. No more than a business is infringing

Reply to 2ndAmForComputers (Original post)

Mon Jul 23, 2012, 11:10 PM

Jul 2012

when they choose to hire one person over another.

We consumers can choose whom we hire using our own personal criteria.

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