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Re:SQL Workbench – Republicans not welcome by energywut on Thursday May 29, 2025 @06:47PM (#44131114)
People are allowed to choose who they associate with and who they vend stuff to. This seems fine to me?
Re:SQL Workbench – Republicans not welcome by zzo38computer on Thursday May 29, 2025 @07:15PM (#44131295)
Yes, I agree they can choose who they associate with, although my opinion is that it should not restrict others from using it if they obtain a copy indirectly (because I think that copyright and patents should be abolished).

(The actual license seems to only restrict the government from using it, though.)

Re:SQL Workbench – Republicans not welcome by readthenotes1 on Thursday May 29, 2025 @07:50PM (#44131481)
I was talking about that with my grandfather and he recalled that no Ford dealer would sell a car to a Black person in the region he grew up in. They could only buy Pontiacs.

There is of course A distinct difference between discrimination based on characteristics you were born with and those you appear to have chosen.

But then, you get the slippery slope of sociopath and schizophrenics who have a genetic tendency towards certain behaviors... Who's to say that MAGAs or Nazis aren't born with a genetic tendency towards that behavior?

Re:SQL Workbench – Republicans not welcome by Hyperboreanal on Friday May 30, 2025 @03:25AM (#44133825)
Yeah not being mentally ill and self hating does have a genetic component.
Re:SQL Workbench – Republicans not welcome by SAI_Peregrinus on Friday May 30, 2025 @03:14PM (#44139104)
Mountain lions are born with a genetic tendency to want to bite through the back of my neck, killing me. I have no moral obligation to assist them in exercising their genetic tendencies. I'll try to ensure they have safe habitat, with access to their natural non-human food sources, but I won't sacrifice myself for them.

Same deal with MAGAs and Nazis. Their genetic tendencies (if any) don't give them a right to harm others. When they do so, they break the social contract that gives others a reason to tolerate their behavior, just like anyone else breaking that social contract.

Re:SQL Workbench – Republicans not welcome by Hyperboreanal on Friday May 30, 2025 @03:25AM (#44133822)
I agree. We should be free to not associate with non-Whites.