Re: New Phone Book Geared Toward Gay Community
 

>we can ALL find a way to be a Minority
Agreed.

And I think - from a business point of view - it makes sense to give preferential treatment to a group of people if:

1. More of those people will start buying
2. And the reaction from people who aren't a part of that group isn't extremely negative

Giving discount to the Gay community in the West - imo - meets both the above criteria. Very few people will have as strong a reaction as you.

(Not saying that your reaction is right or wrong. Just saying most people won't care enough one way or the other. And so its a good idea from a businesses point of view.

Re: New Phone Book Geared Toward Gay Community
 

Ankesh,

Thanks for adding some more.

It isn't about giving one group different treatment or not. Heck, businesses have Preferred Customers Clubs all over the place. It's about forcing your sexual fetish onto people.

Look. If the Same Sex Fetishists want a list of businesses that are Friendly towards them, and that list is distributed where they Hang Out, then fine. It's still a double standard though.

However, this is FORCING IT DOWN YOUR THROAT.

It's no different than making a directory of businesses who say they are friendly to people who like to [insert a gross sexual fetish here] and then handing that directory to everyone you meet. It's Forcing it onto people.

And then, if there was a Directory of businesses who were Friendly towards those not of your sexual fetish, they jump up and down about it.

I am NOT going to cut them any slack just because they claim to be hard done by. Forcing your sexual fetish onto people and then Lobbying to get things your own way is hypocrtical. I'm calling it what it is. Make all the excuses and twist your thoughts and do mental gymnastics around it all you like. It doesn't change What It Is.

Michael Ross