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No Vested Interest

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107. Stickers are one, inexpensive way of reaching the public who are right there

Sun Mar 29, 2015, 01:09 PM

Mar 2015

in front of your door. They are certainly effective, especially for the smaller businesses.

Newspaper ads reach out to those still considering whether they will visit the region, and if so, where they will stay, eat, etc. Ads are something a Chamber of Commerce can organize and put together.

It's not necessarily either/or.

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Why on Earth would any business refuse to serve anyone? [View all] MineralMan Mar 2015 OP

Exactly SickOfTheOnePct Mar 2015 #1

So far, I can't find any reports of any Indiana business refusing MineralMan Mar 2015 #2

And away we go.... Adrahil Mar 2015 #49

They didn't state the name of the restaurant world wide wally Mar 2015 #55

Nope. The caller didn't say... Adrahil Mar 2015 #74

Stupidity much like religion geomon666 Mar 2015 #3

True. Most of the cases I've seen reported have been MineralMan Mar 2015 #8

this law is supposed to create more incidents like that, emboldening a Christian Spring to rise. TeamPooka Mar 2015 #48

Time to open the lion pits! No wonder they did that! n/t RKP5637 Mar 2015 #68

Hey, don't forget there were lots of Abrahamic laws well before Mohamed started his cult erronis Mar 2015 #76

And like religion, it has its own practices and rituals the rest of us don't understand. nomorenomore08 Mar 2015 #43

And often one in the same! n/t RKP5637 Mar 2015 #67

99.9% of them won't. nt B2G Mar 2015 #4

I grew up in exactly that environment Fumesucker Mar 2015 #5

The gay guys I know spend tons of money! I gues their money is no good in Indiana. leftofcool Mar 2015 #6

And last I knew, their money spends just as good as mine. AngryOldDem Mar 2015 #16

You bet! leftofcool Mar 2015 #38

Two incomes... awoke_in_2003 Mar 2015 #39

To be clear, the vast majority of Indiana businesses will be happy to serve them... Adrahil Mar 2015 #51

Excellent suggestion!!! n/t RKP5637 Mar 2015 #69

I can see for certain things but not this. allforone Mar 2015 #7

Yes. I'm very selective about clients for my web content MineralMan Mar 2015 #11

I think the words of Robert A Heinlein sum it up nicey: 99Forever Mar 2015 #9

Hate is a powerful motivator. Zorra Mar 2015 #10

Well, places of public accommodation already are MineralMan Mar 2015 #12

I was pointing out that Jim Crow laws that discriminate against blacks, and Jim Crow Zorra Mar 2015 #32

But in general blacks had less wealth than whites mythology Mar 2015 #73

Irrelevant. The sole motivation behind Jim Crow laws is still hatred, also Zorra Mar 2015 #83

So The Montgomery Bus Boycott Proved Nothing (n/t) wellst0nev0ter Mar 2015 #102

If you refused business on behavior AwakeAtLast Mar 2015 #13

Well, yes. MineralMan Mar 2015 #14

Don't get it, either. AngryOldDem Mar 2015 #15

That would be a strange request, indeed. MineralMan Mar 2015 #19

I can think of one group of people I would tell to get the hell out of my place allforone Mar 2015 #21

A wise decision. Still, if they weren't carrying a sign, I don't MineralMan Mar 2015 #23

Without a sign I would't either but I remember reading where allforone Mar 2015 #28

Lawsuits are how they get money. MineralMan Mar 2015 #29

For one who had the Wellstone ruled Mar 2015 #17

Wow! Morons abound, I guess. MineralMan Mar 2015 #20

My mother told me that her grandma committed suicide because she hated being called a Nazi. I jwirr Mar 2015 #33

Small town life in the forties and fifties was not Wellstone ruled Mar 2015 #36

IMO it's still much the same today, laced with family clan behavior, cliques and religion. I would RKP5637 Mar 2015 #72

My dad owned a small business left is right Mar 2015 #18

Yup. Most business owners are glad for every customer. MineralMan Mar 2015 #22

Dp we have the same father? left is right Mar 2015 #45

Hate isn't "Logical".... hlthe2b Mar 2015 #24

You assume these people are logical FLPanhandle Mar 2015 #25

Doesn't have to make sense. moondust Mar 2015 #26

And many IMO would love to have full fledged ISIS judging from their comments and activities. n/t RKP5637 Mar 2015 #75

And from this. moondust Mar 2015 #80

It's very concerning. And then when the gov. wanted more investigation the republicans RKP5637 Mar 2015 #84

Expanding on that.... TheCowsCameHome Mar 2015 #27

Yup. I'm selective that way, too. MineralMan Mar 2015 #34

Cause God. nt edhopper Mar 2015 #30

Exactly, makes absolutely no sense... daleanime Mar 2015 #31

As a young man living in the South, I once had to stand mmonk Mar 2015 #35

It is headscratcher, isn't it? hifiguy Mar 2015 #37

Who can truly understand Teh Stooooopid? It's a belief system that valerief Mar 2015 #40

Playing devil's advocate - Ms. Toad Mar 2015 #41

exactly DrDan Mar 2015 #95

That's an even more appropriate example than mine. n/t Ms. Toad Mar 2015 #96

It might serve the Indiana businesses who do not and will not discriminate No Vested Interest Mar 2015 #42

Stickers are cheaper than full-page ads Jim Lane Mar 2015 #105

Stickers are one, inexpensive way of reaching the public who are right there No Vested Interest Mar 2015 #107

What happened to 'The customer is always right". benld74 Mar 2015 #44

I used to refuse service to drunks all the time when I was a bartender Cleita Mar 2015 #46

I don't discriminate at all. It is Tuesday Mar 2015 #47

Pence is a chickenshit, spineless "moderate" repuke! wolfie001 Mar 2015 #50

It makes zero sense.. mountain grammy Mar 2015 #52

I would refuse service under certain circumstances. Adrahil Mar 2015 #53

Because they're bigots, or they know their customers are mostly bigots. /nt Marr Mar 2015 #54

Always wondered about that too, but then we managed treestar Mar 2015 #56

Because they are zealots. eggplant Mar 2015 #57

HATE RUNS pretty DEEP MM!! yuiyoshida Mar 2015 #58

Some people get the idea that owning a business makes them a king.... Spitfire of ATJ Mar 2015 #59

why does that remind me of Cal ... yuiyoshida Mar 2015 #65

He'll eat a bug! MineralMan Mar 2015 #93

and stand on his head yuiyoshida Mar 2015 #97

IT'S THOSE UPPITY GAYS, GETTING MARRIED Skittles Mar 2015 #60

Same here! In our businesses we were open to anyone, we wanted the business and to be friendly. RKP5637 Mar 2015 #61

So a KKK members walks in? Serve them? If black customers were in the restaurant? nt Logical Mar 2015 #64

In my restaurant, yes, everyone one is equal! n/t RKP5637 Mar 2015 #66

Wow, not that is some evil shit. nt Logical Mar 2015 #78

Let's see, in my restaurant eveyone is treated the same, regardless of who they are. n/t RKP5637 Mar 2015 #86

Hooded KKK members? Classy! nt Logical Mar 2015 #99

There would be exceptions, of course, what would yours be? n/t RKP5637 Mar 2015 #100

More reasonable than yours. nt Logical Mar 2015 #106

What do "remotely gay" people "look like" in your mind? LOL. bettyellen Mar 2015 #85

LOL, errrr, from a distance??? The manager in that place was RKP5637 Mar 2015 #87

Bigoted stereotypes are hilarious to you? Got it. bettyellen Mar 2015 #91

What does that mean? RKP5637 Mar 2015 #92

if you lived in a conservative area dominated by a homophobic church being a bigot could be dembotoz Mar 2015 #62

Good point. n/t DebJ Mar 2015 #101

Serve Racists? Nazi's? Homophobes? Get it yet? nt Logical Mar 2015 #63

I've been wondering the same thing. Vinca Mar 2015 #70

Considering in the 50's and 60's places refused service to "long-haired" and "barefoot" LiberalArkie Mar 2015 #71

So, how do they know if one is LGBT? Like in a restaurant. Is everyone supposed to carry an RKP5637 Mar 2015 #77

Because they feel their "worldview" is "the majority" view BumRushDaShow Mar 2015 #79

K & R Thespian2 Mar 2015 #81

Gay folks have an astonishngly small footprint outside big cities AngryAmish Mar 2015 #82

For the self-righteous pleasure. Almost always associated with religion. nm rhett o rick Mar 2015 #88

Especially since Conservatives, by and large... randome Mar 2015 #89

Depends. Igel Mar 2015 #90

last columbus day my friend & i got kicked out of 2 places because we were barefoot. pansypoo53219 Mar 2015 #94

I was surprised to see a "we reserve the right to refuse service to anyone" sign this morning IDemo Mar 2015 #98

This Indiana bill was designed to solidify the religiously insane voter B Calm Mar 2015 #103

Economic pressure by a loud, local asshat who says "Don't eat at Joes. He serves____s" McCamy Taylor Mar 2015 #104