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From: brewster@watdcsu.UUCP
Newsgroups: ont.general,can.general
Subject: Re: Sunday openings
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Date: Tue, 2-Dec-86 17:33:57 EST
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>>  I have no particular interest in keeping stores closed on Sunday
>>  because it is the day or rest,  long term analysis just indicates
>>  that there are no advantages to staying open.
	
>	You just admitted to having no justification for preventing
>	Sunday openings, other than you can't see any reason that anyone
>	would want to stay open.  Unfortunately for you, we happen to 
>	live in a free society, and in such societies, it is the general
>	rule that no action of any citizen should be prohibited unless
>	there is an overwhelming compelling reason to do so.  If it is
>	not advantageous for someone to open on Sunday, then LET THEM
>	FIND THAT OUT FOR THEMSELVES!  It just might be the case that
>	there are those who would disagree that there are no such
>	advantages.

>	Justificattion of laws using logic like you presented really
>	scares me.  It can be used to justify just about anything.

  Did you read the whole posting or just choose to flame for the
  thrill of it ?  I clearly stated that in the short run there
  is an incentive to stay open, and any rational merchant would
  choose to do this, if the criteria for operation is profit
  maximization.   In the long run, there are several reasons why
  Sunday openings are undesirable, but these reasons are not
  entirely related to profit, i.e. any single merchant who
  doesn't open in the long run loses money; if all merchants
  don't open in the long run they all make money.  Given your
  free society would you prefer the government limit Sunday
  openings or all the merchants get together (can you spell
  monopoly) and decide to profit maximize by not opening
  Sunday, or better yet, really profit maximize  by opening only
  a few predetermined hours every week. 

  Therefore, it is perfectly within the realm of responsible 
  government to limit Sunday openings given that there exists this 
  compelling reason.  I agree in general with your comments about
  free society, etc, etc, I just disagree about the existence of
  the overwhelming compelling reason.

  Justification of posting based on briefly skimmed articles like
  you did really scares me.  It can be used to justify responding
  to just about any posting.

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