[TheForge] Meteoric iron - wrap it in foil

[Roger Olsen]

another example,
a friend of mine has a business making dry suits, sells a lot to the coast
guard, fishing industry etc.  Turns out the hoods for the dry suits which asr
made from some sort of latex had found a niche in the S&M sex market.  My
friend had found another market, or should I say another market had found my
friend.  They refused to sell to the S&M market on the grounds of morally being
against the subjugation of women or any one human being over another.

Darrel, I applaud your decision.  I live in an area where there are card
carrying militia types and borderline Nazis, yes we know who they are and they
make no effort to hide it  but I and many people I know make a great effort not
to give them our business.  Is that any different?
R Olsen
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Darrell wrote:

> Steve,
> I just used an extreme to carry out the view that making a profit is the
> only criteria for making a sale.
> One of the items that I sell is a computer control for a milling machine. I
> have refused to sell that control package to any of the mid-east companies
> because terrorist parts could be made with that machine and I have no way of
> knowing who would and who wouldn't.
> Darrell
>
> http://www.machinemaster.com
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Smith" <sos at alum.mit.edu>
> To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Saturday, June 12, 2004 12:55 PM
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Meteoric iron - wrap it in foil
>
> > Darrell, I don't see anything in Phlip's letter about uses. It looks
> > like you added that part. All Phlip said was about beliefs and
> commissions.
> >
> > Secondly, are you claiming that Wiccan ceremonies equate to terrorist
> > actions? A pretty extreme twisting of the situation, I think.
> >
> > Steve Smith
> >
> >
> > Darrell wrote:
> >
> > > That doesn't sound very "Saintly". By that reasoning, you shouldn't get
> mad
> > > at me for making bomb parts for a terrorist that blows up your family.
> After
> > > all, it is not my problem what they believe or what they do with what I
> make
> > > because it is not what I believe or what I would do. I'm just in it for
> the
> > > money.
> > > Darrell
> > >
> > > http://www.machinemaster.com
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Phlip" <phlip at 99main.com>
> > >
> > >>You've got it. I just didn't want to raise the topic because I'm
> > >
> > > interested
> > >
> > >>in doing the commission, I don't give a damn about the politics of
> > >
> > > religion.
> > >
> > >>Y'all believe what you want to believe, I'll believe what I want to
> > >
> > > believe,
> > >
> > >>and I'm perfectly happy to let her believe what she wants to believe-
> the
> > >>only thing there that's my business is my beliefs, and the money I can
> > >>possibly make from the commission...
> > >>
> > >>Saint Phlip,
> > >>CoDoLDS
> > >
> > >
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