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by NCC1701DEngage 1390 days ago
>An airline or UPS can absolutely say “we don’t like the contents of what you are shipping so we refuse to transport it”.

Cf.:

>An important legal requirement for common carrier as public provider is that it cannot discriminate, that is refuse the service unless there is some compelling reason.

ibid

I suppose you can make "compelling reason" arguments for some things, but the default is carry.

Like, you may as well say "Well there are 'compelling reasons' exceptions so theoretically people can do the exact opposite of what the law says."