On Wed, 3 Feb 2010 11:31:02 -0500, Don Williams wrote:
>A carpenter goes the hardware store to buy some hammers. They are offer him
>some all-round general purpose blue hammers for $40 each. He can use them to
>build anything we wants. Also with the purchase of each blue hammer, he can
>get a special purpose red hammer for $10 each. However, he is only allowed
>to build coffee shacks with the red hammers. Later, a traveling craftsman
>shows up at the carpenter's house and tells him that (for a fee) he modify
>the red hammers (paint them blue), so that they could used to build almost
>anything.
>
>How does the carpenter feel about the hardware store? About the blue
>hammers? About the red hammers? About the craftsman?
>
>Who's right?
>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_Commerce_Commission
(Late 19th century)
In the Supreme Court's view, the U. S. Congress through
legislation could outlaw an act of (economic) discrimination
against an individual or corporation if the act of
discrimination constituted for the affected person(s) a
failure by the discriminator to afford the affected person(s)
the equal application (protection) of the rules or laws.
-- gil
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