Theos-Talk Archives (February 1997 Message tl00625)

At 11:54 AM 2/27/97 -0500, you wrote:
>At 01:16 AM 2/27/97 -0500, you wrote:
>>At 08:38 PM 2/26/97 -0500, you wrote:
>>>----------
>>>> From: M K Ramadoss <ramadoss@eden.com>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> BTW, as a rule in my consulting and tax practice I do not take on
clients in
>>>> businesses dealing with liquor, meat industry, poulty & seafood industry,
>>>> prostitution, military and law enforcement. This policy has not hurt my
>>>> business.
>>>>
>>>Evidently you don't feel these people are worthy enough to receive your
>>>consultation and advice.  I consider this to be a form of discrimination
>>>based on your own and only your own moral code.  I suggest you be
>>>more discreet in letting this information about your practice out to the
>>>public.  If someone you turned down heard about this they may file a lawsuit.
>>>And you know how expensive and time-consuming lawsuits can be.
>>>
>>>In fact you would have turned down any business with any number of
>>>my relatives, especially those that emigrated to the US in the twenties.
>>>They owned a farm in Czechoslovakia, complete with live chickens
>>>and pigs.  My mother and grandmother taught me the value of livestock
>>>and not to take it for granted, because they knew how difficult it was
>>>to bring it from the barnyard to the table.
>>>
>>>-AEB
>>
>>In consulting business, you can choose your clients like you choose your
>>consultant. So it is the normal way business is done every day. So I see no
>>problem at all. As a matter of fact, I do not take any clients unless they
>>come thru a referral; even then I have a choice.
>>
>>mkr
>
>
>  In personal service business, both the provider and receiver has the
>choice of selection or rejection. A case in point is that sometimes patients
>want to interview their physician before signing up. I know of physicians
>who if interviewed, will be very cordial and nice to the prospective patient
>and after the interview when the patient is ready to hire the physician,
>there are physicians who routinely will tell the prospect that the physician
>also has the choice of accepting or not accepting a patient and routinely do
>decide not to decline to accept the patient.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
   **** this should read "do decide not to accept the patient".

>
>  My 2 cents worth. Your mileage and direction may vary.
>
>
>mkr