Government regulation of opinion…

Posted on January 9, 2007
Filed Under Politics |

The latest step in the British government’s attempts to regulate opinion and restrict the freedom of businesses to deal with whoever they choose (or not) can be seen here (BBC). What business is it of the state to decide what services a business offers to its customers? This is something that the market should be left to regulate. If a hotel, taxi firm, or adoption agency refuses to deal with homosexuals then they will lose out in the long run and may find themselves struggling to get heterosexual business as a side effect. Hotel owners have every right to refuse anyone on any grounds and the state has no right to interfere with that. To do so is to restrict the freedoms of businesses and also indirectly discriminates those who would choose (or not) to use their services. Its as if the state has decided that gay couples are incapable of standing up for themselves and choosing to deal with businesses who are more sympathetic to their desires. Any businessman worth his salt would not exclude himself from a lucrative market (Gay couples generally have more disposable income) for the sake of a principle, if they do then that is their choice and they will suffer the consequences of it.

On another note, I’ve deactivated the ability of users to register accounts on this blog due to the influx of phoney and spurious users being created. If you want an account (which allows you to bypass the Turing anti-spam hoops for commenting, and may lead to other contributors in future) please feel free to email me at webmandrill-at-gmail-dot-com and I’ll make one up for you.

On yet another note, I’m currently reading Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance after years of hearing about it. I really should have read this book by now as it is my kind of thing. So far I can heartily recommend it. Expect to read ideas and thoughts gleaned from it in future.

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