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MelissaW@Fdimensional.com (Melissa) writes:

> marpo9NOmaSPAM@excite.com.invalid (Lily) wrote in <28b1320f.20f8dc97@usw-
> ex0106-044.remarq.com>:
> 
> >You might not want to come to Boston, no resturaunts here accept
> >checks. 
> 
> I'd also heard the ban guns there too, very socialist authoritarian.

Unfortunately, it's idiotic comments like that which make
libertarians who otherwise might make sense look stupid.
The _government_ here bans guns.  Private restaurants have
every right to choose which methods of payment the accept.
And libertarians have every right to avoid restaurants which
don't accept payment forms they prefer.  I personally don't
care whether a restaurant accepts checks or not, and that
won't affect my choice at all.  Vote with your feet and
dollars - that's the beauty of the free market versus
government decree.

> No trust 
> at all for your fellow people. Yes, I might not want to come there, though it 
> might be interesting to visit one day, just to reminisce about where our 
> country's liberty originated.

It's rather sad how fast MA is to throw off its liberty-oriented
heritage.  (ie. guns, taxes, etc).


> >There is no
> >reason that you should get offended, because the truth is there are
> >criminals out there and there are scummy people who will walk out on a
> >tab.
> 
> Oh, so blame me for it. :-)

> And next time someone steals a car in your neighborhood, we can send the cops 
> to arrest you. :-)

Again with the idiocy.  Nobody's blaming you.  Just choosing
not to trust you.  And in a place where many are not trustworthy
that's a rational policy.

> It's not a fine food restaurant so I don't deserve to be treated decently?
> Well, we'll just have to eat only at the Ritz from now on. :-)

You get what you pay for.  You want fine dining service,
it costs money.  You want cheap, expect cheap service.
Again, rational pricing in a market.

--d