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claude@trc.mew.mei.co.jp (Claude Huss) writes:

>>There is no justice involved in credit cards.
>>Credit card is a business, an economic activity;
>>there are simply give and take, get and loose.

>Dave> Good point. I don't know of any law giving people 'rights' for
>Dave> credit cards.

>The point wasn't "rights" for credit cards, but "protection" against
>deliberated prejudice.

Perhaps. But how to separate "prejudice" from "business practices"?

>However, I still think that the law should (and do in some countries)
>prevent deliberated discrimantion against some groups. For instance,
>in the US we have Equal Opportunity, Privacy Act, etc.etc. All those
>laws were created to protect "people".  

This may sound like heresy, but has that *law* had made the U.S. a
kinder gentler place to live? I don't think so. 

IMHO, since people's behavior can be quite different that what the
law says it should be, as long as they are prejudiced in their
hearts and minds, passing laws isn't going to do a lot of good to
change the situation for the better. 

Dave

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