Quote #197052
I think it’s perfectly just to refuse service to anyone based on behavior, but not based on race or religion.
Dean Koontz
About This Quote
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Interpretation
The statement draws a sharp ethical line between judging people by what they do and judging them by who they are. It affirms a business owner’s or individual’s right to set standards of conduct—refusing service for disruptive, abusive, or unsafe behavior—while rejecting exclusion grounded in immutable or identity-based categories such as race or religion. Implicitly, it argues that behavior is morally relevant and within a person’s control, whereas racial or religious discrimination is unjust because it targets identity rather than actions. The quote also gestures toward a civic ideal: equal access and dignity in public-facing commerce, tempered by reasonable expectations of mutual respect and public order.




