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d) the customer is black, romanian or a jew I'm awaiting donwvotes, but honestly, if they don't give you a reason, everything can be one, and refusing a servic
by Etherlord87 3y ago
d) the customer is black, romanian or a jew
I'm awaiting donwvotes, but honestly, if they don't give you a reason, everything can be one, and refusing a service on arbitrary grounds seems illegal to me :D
- reddalo 3y agoIt's a private service; private companies can choose whoever they want to do business with. They're not a public service.
- Etherlord87 3y agoAre 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!
- reddalo 3y agoI 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.
- pinkgolem 3y agoNo there is not, there is a difference between government services and private businesses but all private businesses play by the same rules
- pinkgolem 3y agoIn 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