Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> Warp wrote:
> >   I was referring to "If they want lunch counters completely free of persons
> > with dark skin, then the marketplace will provide it."

> Oh, OK. You realize it wasn't *that* long ago in the USA that such things 
> were mandated, and somewhat later disallowed, yes? Near enough in time that 
> there's some people around who really would want to have such a thing 
> available?  I read it as just one example of things regulated by the 
> government that wouldn't be regulated under a completely free market, and 
> that might very well show up in that situation.

  I realize that, and I'm not defending it. I don't think capitalism implies
such discrimination, and it was not because of capitalism per se that there
was (and is) discrimination in the US (or in other countries).

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                                                          - Warp

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