Agency Rules That English-Only Signs at Philadelphia Cheesesteak Shop Not Discriminatory

Associated Press ^ | March 19, 2008 | Unknown

[decimon]

PHILADELPHIA — A Philadelphia agency has ruled that English-only signs at a famous cheesesteak shop are not discriminatory.

[hsalaw]

Yay!

[Williams]

They felt the heat.

[CoolPapaBoze]

Que?

[B-Chan]

Trés bien!

[Pablo64]

Wow. It only took them how long to figure out something we all knew from the start?

[originalbuckeye]

I would love to see this start a trend. I especially would like to get rid of ballots in any other language. If you can't read/speak English, you probably don't have a grasp of the issues or the candidates. So just go away.

[CarryingOn]

The world turned upside down. How did that get through? That's just so un-American.

[decimon]

That's molto bene, ya heathens.

[E. Cartman]

Huzzah!

[mylife]

Gino’s all around!

[Radix]

The “Agency” (whatever that means) should have ruled that it was/is discriminatory.

Lets duke this issue out once and for all.

[Czar]

Good.

[vietvet67]

[LadyPilgrim]

Hallelujah!!!!!!! ;-)

[ReleaseTheHounds]

Looking forward to a Gino’s cheesesteak in early April when my boys and I are going up for a Phillies game vs. our beloved Cubbies. As long as that bridge under repair on I-95 isn’t between us and the stadium...

[Chode]

or a sign that says "I don't speak Gibberish so if you want to eat here... SPEAK ENGLISH!!!"

[ElkGroveDan]

اود ان بلادي سندويتش اضافي مع لحم الخنزير.

[Viking2002]

Man, what a week so far - the Supremes pistol-whipped the Dead Kennedy gun-grabbers with a can o' 2nd Amendment whoop-ass, a Michigan judge says you can't deliberately hire or admit a one-legged, albino lesbian midget over Joe Sixpack, Hitlery and Hussein Obama are in full blown self-immoliation mode, Sean Penn made sure that, with his little pro-faux-fag diatribe whilst filming a tribute to a martyred tailgunner, he'll now have to visit New York via the Panama Canal (in the dead of night) if he wants to get there with his ass still attached, and now this.

By God, it's great to be an American. :-)

[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

1f |_| k4N rE4D 7H15 |_| k4N 0RdeR. ? :0P

[LucyJo]

LOL. BUMP that summary, and the fact that it is indeed great to be an American!

[decimon]

I was going to reply in putting that crap into italics and couldn't do it. Deleting it using Backspace had to be done left to right. My cursor now has a dot near the top I can't get rid of.

You've dhimmied my computer! ;-)

[mylife]

Yummy!

[airborne]

It doesn't demand English.

It says PLEASE!!!

Nothing discriminatory about that!

[puroresu]

Subarashii desu!!!!

[ElkGroveDan]

I work with a former Army Arabic translator who wrote that message upon my request. Translate it on Google.

[upchuck]

There is a sub shop here in town that has a “Please order in English” sign. They also have another sigh which I applaud, “Please do not talk on a cell phone when ordering.”

I asked the owner about the cell phone sign. He said they were remaking way too many sandwiches due to the confusion of the customer talking to his employee and into the cell phone at the same time. Good for him!

[Conservative Vermont Vet]

Press #1 for extra cheese.

Ah, it's been about 15 years since I had one of Geno's famous Cheese steaks.

One of the best in the country.

[shaft29]

Right on bro.

[Finto]

It’s a victory, no doubt. But it’s an ugly thing that a man should have to go before a commission and abide by their whims about how he runs his business. The principle should not be that we have to persuade these agencies to rule correctly—the principle should be that they don’t have the right to be ruling on these matters at all.

[Gondring]

ping

See also http://www.philly.com/inquirer/breaking/news_breaking/20080319_City_drops_discrimination_case_against_Vento.html

[longtermmemmory]

BUMP!

[OeOeO]

From the link.. The Rev. James S. Allen Sr., the commission chairman who filed the original complaint in June 2006, said he still contends that the sign was discriminatory,"but I accept the opinion of the panel." He said the full commission was unlikely to appeal the three-member panel's decision.

BTW the other chairperson on the commission is Rev. Ralph E. Blanks . Does that make Philadelphia a Theocracy?

[TXnMA]

[Digital Sniper]

Another kick in the crotch for the multi-culti cult! Booya!

[jan in Colorado]

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I look forward to going there some time!

[IIntense]

...they don't have the right to be ruling on these matters at all.

Bingo! I recall when some restaurants posted signs informing male customers that a jacket and tie were required. Some, if not all, kept these items on hand for customers' use. If anyone ever took the owners to court for discrimination, it's news to me.

The same goes for "no tanktops" or "no bare feet.

The PC busybodies see themselves as the do-gooder, holier-than-thou caste of American society...the enlightened ones.

They deserve to be told, Get lost!, whenever they're moved to stomp on those who don't agree.

[buzzer]

Hmm ... something is wrong with it. Maybe i’ve got two better alternatives.
‘This is AMERICA: WHEN ORDERING ‘PLEASE SPEAK AMERICANISH.’

or

“This country once was occupied by ENGLAND : WHEN ORDERING ‘PLEASE SPEAK ENGLISH.”’

[Born to Conserve]

I don't like their cheesesteaks — they're tourist food — but I'm going there next time I'm in the area. English is the lingua franca.

The Good cheesesteaks all moved out to the suburbs years ago.