On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 03:36:58 GMT, "Edwin Pawlowski" >
wrote:

>> By the way, next time you get pregnant, talk to me about equality.
>> Again, this does not diminish a need anyone with a permanent or
>> temporary disability has, but not every woman can go through pregnancy
>> robustly or easily, even if young and healthy at the onset.
>
>Sure, they may have problems, but so do a lot of people and we all don't get
>special parking places. How do we line up the parking spaces. 1 Pregnant
>or with babies 2 Arthritics 3 Constipated 4 Old and Bitchy 5 Worked in
>the garden and have sore knees.

If any of those traits/problems had the potential to bring in money to
the store, I do not see anything wrong with the store offering
incentives. Stores selectively give goodies to all sorts of folks
...valet parking, discount coupons , ability to shop sales a day
earlier, etc. They do not offer them to everyone, just those they
think they will make money on.

>> Do you consider it unequal if seniors get a discount or a lift to the
>> store from the senior apartment complexes in the township minivans?
>> They do around here and it pleases me, and I help fund it with my
>> prompt and uncomplained about taxes.
>
>But that is a form of equality. Everyone over a certain age gets the
>discount no matter if they are parked close or far or pregnant or not or
>male or female. Heck, I'm going to be 60 this year and some places will
>give me a discount.

I look forward to that day myself, but am still not bothered by any
private store offering incentives to shop, whether they are parking
places or some other perc.

If there weren't so many dogfools out there who'd take undue advantage
of it, I'd have no problem with a few parking spaces set aside
specifically for those who are just under the weather for any reason
on any particular day. It is just as nice to the constipated ones or
those with sore knees and wouldn't it be sweeter all the way around if
such simple kindness could be allotted without others being jealous of
the decency or using them unnecessarily.

Of course, the stores to not provide these places for anything but the
comfort of their own bottom line.

boron