all i did was apply your definitions of "active harm" and "neutral indifference".
let's try this in a very simple way, so that you can answer yes or no to a very straightforward question. no need for you to revert to your childish doublespeak or ad homs.
did the denial of service to blacks by gas stations, restaurants, hotels, and the like cause harm to blacks in the pre-civil rights south?
yes or no.
You're very funny. I never insulted anybody here, until the likes of you and Cheese dick initiated aggression long ago, likely because I was severely kicking your ass in a "debate". Then after awhile I figured I would return your stupidity with a defensive action. It's a little childish to sink to your level, but I have done it. As far as your yes or no ultimatum, that's really funny, given your dodge ball history and constant tap dancing. I know you think it is sometimes a good thing to initiate aggression, I don't. There's our difference.
You have touched on a sensitive issue which is emotional for many, so I will answer your question, but it's likely you will not be satisfied and will need to go jack off to a Mike Stivic poster.
If a store is closed and you went there to buy gasoline, were you harmed? That's a good question. Your not being able to purchase something that isn't yours may have affected your plans, yet your ownership interest in something you don't own can't possibly have been diminished, since you never owned it. I'll assume the store owners did not come to your property and take your stuff for the purpose of this explanation. Had they done that, they would have caused a harm. Staying on their property and using it as they see fit, EVEN in ways you or I might not, is not our concern.
Until you've purchased it, who does the gasoline belong to? There has been no agreement of exchange made, has there? If a person doesn't consensually agree to make an exchange with somebody, they retain ownership. Simply by owning something, the right of the owner in determining how, when or if that something will be dispositioned is inherent. IF it isn't then there is no such thing as private property.
So, yes it was cruel of the other kids not to invite you to their birthday parties, (maybe not though given your nature) but the recourse should not have been your mom calling the cops to make them or their parents use their property in a way they had chosen not to. That is an act of aggression against THEIR property. You should have had a birthday party on your property and invited all the sock puppet kids and made the best of it. That would be the ONLY moral action you could take. But, NOOOO, you wanted to use other peoples property, even when you weren't welcome there. So you became the aggressor by taking away another right of ownership and self determination to use their stuff as they see fit.
So to your question. If a person pays for a service and they are denied the service they were harmed and they should be restituted. However, in order to obtain the service, the service provider must not be compelled under threats of force to provide that same service though...you miss that point....party pooper.