Cougar Allen
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I've been thinking about this.
Maybe its an insurance issue?
I mean owners of a certain grocery store chain are of a certain religion that prohibits consumption of alcohol, caffeine and tobacco, but you can still buy it all in the store.
Business is all about money. Political beliefs aside.
Maybe there are issues that are just beyond the whole PC crap of "no guns or knives", etc.
Maybe its an insurance issue?
I mean owners of a certain grocery store chain are of a certain religion that prohibits consumption of alcohol, caffeine and tobacco, but you can still buy it all in the store.
Business is all about money. Political beliefs aside.
Maybe there are issues that are just beyond the whole PC crap of "no guns or knives", etc.
Cougar Allen
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They don't just choose not to participate in transactions in (items they choose to define as) weapons -- they refuse to do any business at all with anyone who sells (an item they choose to define as) a weapon. That can't possibly be excused as an insurance issue.
Thats an entirely different matter.
If they don't do weapons for some legitimate business reason (ie: liability insurance) ya can't fault them.
If they boycott doing business with businesses in the knife/gun business just because they don't like the products, thats their business, but its bad business. The PC crap has gone too far.
Thanks Cougar for making that distinction.
Kinda sheds a different light on it for me.
I won't say I won't use PayPal because they are so damn convenient, sometimes, but I'm certainly open to other methods...
If they don't do weapons for some legitimate business reason (ie: liability insurance) ya can't fault them.
If they boycott doing business with businesses in the knife/gun business just because they don't like the products, thats their business, but its bad business. The PC crap has gone too far.
Thanks Cougar for making that distinction.
Kinda sheds a different light on it for me.
I won't say I won't use PayPal because they are so damn convenient, sometimes, but I'm certainly open to other methods...
What we need is a replacement service without all the POS/PC BS.
Easier said than done. Look at the policies and politics of most every large corporation in the country and you'll come to the same conclusion.
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Easier said than done. Look at the policies and politics of most every large corporation in the country and you'll come to the same conclusion.
Check out this link for additional info-
http://www.paypalwarning.com/Default.htm
