This is America - When Ordering, Please Speak English
- Posted by Beth on December 16th, 2007 filed in General, Immigration, Moonbats, Politics, Stupid, WTF
Ridiculous:
PHILADELPHIA (CBS3/AP) ― The Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations held a public hearing Friday to address a controversial sign at the popular Geno’s Steaks that has garnered worldwide attention.
The hearing was scheduled after allegations were made accusing Geno’s Steaks of discrimination for posting a sign that reads: “This Is America. When Ordering Speak English.”
Geno’s owner Joey Vento said it is “free speech” and defended his policy during Friday’s hearing.
“This country is a melting pot, but what makes it work is the English language,” Vento told the commission during a hearing that lasted more than six hours. “I’m not stupid. I would never put a sign out to hurt my business.”
So simple even an eight year-old can understand it: If you don’t like the sign or the sentiment, go somewhere else.
(Which is, of course, what my daughter basically said when the story was on the news.)
When Vento was called to testify, the 68-year-old grandson of Italian immigrants started paraphrasing Theodore Roosevelt so quickly that the court reporter had to ask him to slow down.
“To be an American, you have to be American and nothing else. For if you say you’re something else, then you’re not a true American,” Vento said, drawing on the words of the 26th president.
“I’m an American of Italian descent,” he said. “I’m not an Italian-American.”
And obviously, he is not being discriminatory.
Another sign at Geno’s that says employees have the right to refuse service to any customer, but Vento said it has been there for about 20 years and is not related to the speak-English sign. He testified that he has never turned anyone away because he couldn’t order in English.
“Nobody goes away without a sandwich,” Vento said.
To show your support please send your comments by Phone, EMail and Fax to
Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations
34 South 11th Street, 6th Floor
Philadelphia PA 19107phone:: 215-686-4670
TTY:215-6863238
Fax: 215-686-4684
Email: pchrfaq_grp@phila.govIf we bombard them with your comments, maybe they’ll see America’s Point of View!
You can send all to the attention of :
W. Nick Taliaferro
Executive DirectorCommissioners
Rev. James S. Allen, Sr., Chairperson
Burt Siegal, Vice Chairperson
Crystal Barnett
Joseph J. Centeno, Esquire
Roxanne E. Covington, Esquire
Rabbi William, I. Kuhn
Juan Ortiz, Jr.
Haorold L. Rush
Damn. They don’t ship cheesesteaks. :sigh:
Hardcore Conservative says:
Beth
The woman who lodged the compliant is a Professor at UPenn which is a bastion of leftism and Political Correctness
My little brother graduated from there last year and told me that this Prof is a real Leftwanker
he also gave me a t-shirt from Geno’s that says “order in english”
lol
Beth says:
Figures. Stupid leftards.
I wanna t-shirt! They don’t have their online store running right now because of the holidays! Boooo!
Beth says:
BTW, I sent my email to the commission. :)