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It is not exactly earth-shaking news to learn that some businesses adhere to practices whose legality is very suspect. Discrimination is very widespread, and because litigation to neutralize discrimination can be costly and require extremely complicated hearings held in courts that may drag on for an annoyingly prolonged period of time, all too often, such practices end up surviving and inflicting damages on persons who would normally be protected from such practices.
Lately, I myself was confronted with such a situation in which a company whose job it is to act as paymaster to several respected websites disqualified me for very questionable reasons. Because I live with a very limited budget, for me to press charges is mostly a pipe dream because even so-called legal aid organizations are very hesitant to assist persons of limited financial means in such controversial proceedings. In such situations, the expression “money talks” tends to overshadow the wrongdoings inflicted on a person of meager or modest financial means, so in such a case, the law might as well not exist at all.
To illustrate the situation that I am describing, I am presenting with this article a PDF from such a company who disqualified me because my business presented a risk to the company. Immediately, I had to ask what was the reason for the risk. I also indicated that at 72 years of age and soon to be 73, I have never at any time in my life owned or managed any sort of business because I work as a freelancer. I directed questions to the company to ask for an…
