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Entry: Big Brother in Brussels Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/big_brother_in_brussels#6846 Post contents: @Andy capp I think that you have a righ to sell or not to sell to whoever you want. On the other hand, for a salesperson to start saying "no I won't sell to you" to customers on his own personal biases would be a) bizarre on the extreme, because he is there to get rid of stock as fast as possible and get green stuff in return. He is not there to pass judgement on people he meets briefly for a short transaction. b) likely to give offense to people who only want ice cream, and some of those people might be quarrelsome (like some Irish after a couple of beers), so he might be giving near occasions to sin, in theological parlance and in police parlance, disturbing the peace. So, basically, what right has the state to stop bizarre, obnoxious behavior? That depends on how bizarre and how obnoxious. That a whole portion of the country had the state actualy encourage bizarre and obnoxious behavior makes you wonder if democracy is the best political system, after all... Sent at: 2008 09 06