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 snicoud@Boeing.com (Stephen L Nicoud) writes:
> xanthian@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG (Kent Paul Dolan) writes:

>>Flawed analogy; a city bus is a public accomodation within the scope
>                   ^^^^
>Perhaps I wasn't clear in my analogy.  I never claimed a "city" bus.

Doesn't matter; I just said "city" to make the point clear.

>>of the law, either operated or licensed to operate by government
>>entities to whom the anti-discrimination statutes apply.

> I think you missed my point. ... I don't believe
> that [analogous situation] has the right to
> violate that person's civil rights

> The claim was made that "improper" behavior, as
> determined by the owner/operator, was enough for
> the owner/operator to take action ("kick those
> people off"). If the owner/operator decides that
> the person's race is "improper", does s/he have
> the right to take that action because of it?

Nope.  Like many considering the US law from a dewy
eyed liberal viewpoint, you have an overwhelmingly
overlarge concept of what constitute your "civil
rights".  It is not the case that whatever you think
you should have constitutes a civil right.

Your civil rights exist by inclusion, not exclusion;
if it isn't in the law, then it isn't protected.

Nowhere does the law give you, implicitly or
explicity, a civil right to have a Usenet account
on Kevin Lowey's private and personal BBS system.

Kevin has reserved to himself the right to toss off
whomever he wants, without providing any explanation
whatever, and you and others have tried to drag in
sex and race and religion and a lot of other red
herrings.  Kevin _doesn't_ _have_ _to _tell_ _you_
why he won't let you use his system, and there's
exactly nothing you can do about it.  Your suspicions
that you were being discriminated against for race
and not for the illegal chain letters you posted will
avail you nothing; he doesn't _have_ to defend his
reasons.

Kent, the man from xanth.
<xanthian@Zorch.SF-Bay.ORG> <xanthian@well.sf.ca.us>