Date: Mon, 29 Jul 1996 06:49:29 -0400
From: Michael Betancourt <mwb2-AT-mosquito.com>
Subject: Re: Censorship!!!!


>I am more concerned with Michael B.'s attitude toward service people. I
>reserve the right to choose who I work for, and to choose what kind of work
>that I do. I must of necessity respect the autonomy and self-determination
>of other workers.

The woman has a right not to print my photographs. That's not at issue here;
what is at issue is the photolab's policy -- that of allowing a single
worker's feeling determine what kind of work can and cannot be done. Their
literature makes it very clear that AS A LAB they will supposedly print
anything, and do any job. 
My point with stating who objected was to point out that it was the action
of a single individual not in a leadership role making policy for an entnire
organization, a policy that is not spelled out anywhere in the literature of
that organization. Do not get confused about the issues involved here.

And as for no hinderance to buying the necessary equipment, etc... no they
did not, however, (as I am like most artists and do not have a spare
$50,000.00 sitting around to buy the high-resolution digital-to-film
equipement), to say that they didn't hinder me is to miss the point
entirely: The LAB offered a particular service to the public at large, I
came in and asked for that service, and was denied for no reason I could
have known walking in off the street (so to speak) and reading the "fine
print" on their directory of services (which does not mention this policy at
all; in fact it makes states that they will do anything: "BERRY & HOMER'S
PROMISE TO  YOU IS OUR GUARANTEE TO MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO PRODUCE YOUR WORK
FOLLOWING YOUR EXACT SPECIFICATIONS. IF WE MAKE AN ERROR, WE WILL BE HAPPY
TO REMAKE YOUR ORDER AND WE REGRET ANY INCONVIENCE. BERRY & HOMER MUST BE
NOTIFIED OF A JOB REQUIRING A REMAKE WITHIN 10 DAYS." This statement is
under a header called "The Berry & Homer Promise.") It seems to me that
you've missed the point entirely.

-- Michael Betancourt
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