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From: leiby@masscomp.UUCP (Mike Leibensperger)
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Subject: Re: Other Ayn Rand Devotee's
Message-ID: <154@masscomp.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 27-Nov-84 19:31:21 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov 27 19:31:21 1984
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Ross Greenberg says:

> ... if the political atmosphere in this country turns to 
> incarceration or murder of those whose sexual preference 
> may not be the norm, I'll be there to try to prevent it.
> That is my duty as a human being, regardless of religion 
> or sex.

Glad to hear it.  But if you consistently deny someone the 
opportunity to earn enuf bucks to eat, well, life won't be
much fun for that person, will it?  

I admit this is an extreme argument and could well be used
both ways---suppose Ross's company was about to go under and
he desperately needed the $9K bucks to be able to keep his
home and not have to sell the kids---but still, I have a bad
feeling about denying someone work on the basis of really
irrelevant personal details.

Ross, if you are personally unoffended by gay coworkers, how
come you didn't stick up for your contract programmer a little
more instead of immediately caving in to the wishes of your 
wrong-headed client?

I guess in these Real World conflicts between Ethics and
Cash, Cash often wins out---but it would be nice if Ethics
at least went down fighting.

		Mike Leibensperger
		{decvax,tektronix,ihnp4}!masscomp!leiby