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0 pointsreddalo2y ago0 comments

It's a private service; private companies can choose whoever they want to do business with. They're not a public service.

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Etherlord872y ago

Are you sure about that? I know of a precedent in Poland, where a company refused to service (print some kind of invitation cards) some LGBT people, and was punished for it.

I imagine the laws in Germany are similar to the laws in Poland in that regard, both countries being in the European Union.

In USA, I really doubt any company could refuse to serve black people. Or women.

I wonder if the downvoters of my previous message share your (I'd say quite wrong) opinion or there's another reason for the downvotes - I'm up for a discussion!

pinkgolem2y ago

In Germany you are allowed to discriminate on all not protected factors.

protected factors are: race or ethnic background, gender, religion or belief, disability, age, or sexual orientation.

belief has a very high bar to meet, you are for example still allowed to discriminate against members of a political party.

discriminating based on location matching ip adress or not doing business with certain countrys is fully legal

reddaloOP2y ago

I don't know about the downvotes, and I'm not a lawyer so take this with a grain of salt, but there's a difference between a service to the public (e.g. a café or a restaurant) and a service such as Hetzner.

pinkgolem2y ago

No there is not, there is a difference between government services and private businesses but all private businesses play by the same rules

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Etherlord872y ago

Are you sure about that? I know of a precedent in Poland, where a company refused to service (print some kind of invitation cards) some LGBT people, and was punished for it.

I imagine the laws in Germany are similar to the laws in Poland in that regard, both countries being in the European Union.

In USA, I really doubt any company could refuse to serve black people. Or women.

I wonder if the downvoters of my previous message share your (I'd say quite wrong) opinion or there's another reason for the downvotes - I'm up for a discussion!

pinkgolem2y ago

In Germany you are allowed to discriminate on all not protected factors.

protected factors are: race or ethnic background, gender, religion or belief, disability, age, or sexual orientation.

belief has a very high bar to meet, you are for example still allowed to discriminate against members of a political party.

discriminating based on location matching ip adress or not doing business with certain countrys is fully legal

reddaloOP2y ago

pinkgolem2y ago

No there is not, there is a difference between government services and private businesses but all private businesses play by the same rules

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