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No? The business owner should have the right to fire them for refusing to work. That doesn't change the rights of the cab drivers to refuse to work.

Just because you have the right to do something doesn't mean you are free from the consequences of your actions even if you have the right to pursue those actions.

This is exactly right. The drivers have every right to refuse to work with those ads displayed and the owners can fire them for it.

What people don't understand is when there are protests and public outcry against actions like these. That is also the public's right. Just like with the Mozilla CEO. If the public doesn't like it, the business suffers and people get fired. That's free enterprise. Nothing wrong with it.

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Posted on 4/20/14 at 6:30 am to Mickey Goldmill

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Just like with the Mozilla CEO. If the public doesn't like it, the business suffers and people get fired. That's free enterprise. Nothing wrong with it.

The Mozilla CEO dismissal had nothing to do with the public, or corporate performance, or executive competence.
It had to do with bigoted, agenda-driven, self-serving, self-aggrandizing board members acting on their intolerances.

From a business stance, their only saving grace is the relative subtle branding in place tying Mozilla to its products. That will limit public backlash directed against the board's BS actions. Otherwise they would have cut their own throats. In a just world, mozilla's profits would evaporate.

My suspicion is this had nothing to do with "gay rights" either. It was rather likely another manipulative use of "gay agenda" as means to an end, in this case a corporate board powerplay.

This post was edited on 4/20/14 at 6:56 am

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