On Thu, Mar 25, 2021 at 06:28:36PM -0400, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: >On Thu, Mar 25, 2021 at 10:20:33PM +0000, Steve McIntyre wrote: >> On Fri, Mar 26, 2021 at 12:09:40AM +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote: >> >On Thu, Mar 25, 2021 at 09:38:56PM +0000, Steve McIntyre wrote: >> >>... >> >> We *entirely* have the freedom to discriminate based on >> >> what people say and do around us. We're not a government. We are *not* >> >> in the situation where we *have* to support people saying things that we >> >> believe to be bad, wrong and hurtful. It is *entirely* within our >> >> rights to evaluate people by their words and actions and to decide >> >> whether we wish to talk or work with them in future. >> >>... >> > >> >You are saying companies should always have the right to fire employees >> >if they join an union. >> >> Not at all, please don't twist my words. >> >> Unfortunately, there *are* many places around the world where >> companies can do exactly that. There are many others where rights like >> this are enshrined in other laws. Debian is not an employer here, so I >> don't think your point is relevant? >> >I would hardly call it twisting your words. > >Either private individuals and entities have freedom of association, or >they do not. You can't have it both ways.
ACK, true. I'll hold my hand up to that one. My bad. I still don't think this is relevant. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. st...@einval.com "I've only once written 'SQL is my bitch' in a comment. But that code is in use on a military site..." -- Simon Booth
