'Speak English' Signs OK At Philly Shop

[HomeschoolrsRUs]

'Speak English Signs OK At Philly Shop (http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8VGQ98O0&show_article=1)

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The owner of a famous cheesesteak shop did not discriminate when he posted signs asking customers to speak English, a city panel ruled Wednesday.

In a 2-1 vote, a Commission on Human Relations panel found that two signs at Geno's Steaks telling customers, "This is America: WHEN ORDERING 'PLEASE SPEAK ENGLISH,'" do not violate the city's Fair Practices Ordinance.

Shop owner Joe Vento has said he posted the signs in October 2005 because of concerns over immigration reform and an increasing number of people in the area who could not order in English.

Vento has said he never refused service to anyone because they couldn't speak English. But critics argued that the signs discourage customers of certain backgrounds from eating at the shop.

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[DeclinetoState]

But critics argued that the signs discourage customers of certain backgrounds from eating at the shop. If customers are discouraged from eating at Vento's shop, whose problem is that? Wouldn't it be Vento's, since he wouldn't be getting their money? If he wants to engage in business practices that reduce his income, what business is that of the city?

[LivingDeadGirl]

If customers are discouraged from eating at Vento's shop, whose problem is that? Wouldn't it be Vento's, since he wouldn't be getting their money? If he wants to engage in business practices that reduce his income, what business is that of the city?
:claps:Exactly!

[DesertFox]

What DtS said.

[RogerFGay]

"In a 2-1 vote, a Commission on Human Relations panel ..."


What the fudge is a Commission on Human Relations panel and what the double fudge are they doing getting their brownie faces into somebody's private business activities?

[DesertFox]

They're typical liberal busybodies, doing what typical liberal busybodies just can't keep from doing.

[PrezLeefun]

If customers are discouraged from eating at Vento's shop, whose problem is that? Wouldn't it be Vento's, since he wouldn't be getting their money? If he wants to engage in business practices that reduce his income, what business is that of the city?

:yeahthat:

[Wolfcounsel]

Or he can do like the Japanese do. They place ready made models of what food they have on display, for foreigners, or pictures in their menus. Don't forget our illiterate Americans, people. They live here, and either are too old or were too lazy to learn reading and writing. He kills two birds with one rock, or is it, he hits a thousand rocks with one picture?:evilgrin:

[DesertFox]

Never been to Japan, but I's told that in some eats joints they do the menus in four lingos, front and back, halfway down the page, with the upper half upside down from the upper half and same on the back. Same menu in four different lingos. You turn to a lingo you understand and it's the fault of the guy ahead of you if the menu's left "turned" to a lingo you don't foller.

[RogerFGay]

They're typical liberal busybodies, doing what typical liberal busybodies just can't keep from doing.

Do they have any power, or can the owner just tell them to buzz off?

[Maggie_T]

But critics argued that the signs discourage customers of certain backgrounds from eating at the shop.




The only customers who would be discouraged by that sign are people who hang around with La Raza, Mecha, and the ACLU. Who, I am ready to bet, are also the "critics."

[cerberus]

Pat's is better anyway.....

[Kathekon]

"In a 2-1 vote, a Commission on Human Relations panel ..."


What the fudge is a Commission on Human Relations panel and what the double fudge are they doing getting their brownie faces into somebody's private business activities?

Exactly. The issue is not that the panel appointed by Big Brother got it right. The issue is why do they get to judge at all?

[DeclinetoState]

And who was the one that voted in the minority?