Another Day, Another Liberal Attack on Free Speech
Philly.com Story
University of Pennsylvania professor Camille Charles, has decreed that the “This is America, when ordering, please ‘speak English” sign posted at James Vento’s business, Geno’s Steaks is akin to Jim Crow.The Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations decided to charge that Vento discriminated against non-English speakers.
You know what? All the founding documents of this country are written in English, all our elected representatives conduct their business in English, this is, primarily an English speaking country.
According to the CIA’s World Factbook 82.1% of Americans speak English.
Here’s the thing, no thinking person gives a damn if you speak Swahili, Urdu, Farsi, or Pig Latin in your home or among your friends. However, if you choose to do business in this country, even as only a consumer, you should speak and read English fluently. Because that is what we do here. In a country where English is not the main language spoken, France for example, by all means, speak French. But, here, we speak English. To claim that is discriminatory is foolish. I am sure Mr Vento wants everyone’s business, however, his employees speak English, so ordering in Spanish, Turkish, or Arabic is not going to get you speedy service, in all likelihood, all that would get you is a frustrated employee asking “Do you speak English” loudly and slowly. We get along with each other better when we all speak the same language, don’t whine, adapt.
I agree with this comment. We are an English speaking nation. The irony of this whole situation is I live in a border town. Many of our stores have clerks who do not speak English,even the local Walmart and if try to get someone to speak English I am a racist. We are expected to learn spanish to make their life convenient. The tail is definitely wagging the dog. I have no problem with these individual not speaking English(at Walmart I insist they find me an individual who speaks English at the other store I just don’t shop at them. They lose those sales
LONG LIVE THE USA.
What the story does not detail is how well the Joey Vento’s defense team took apart that statement during the cross-examination.
Another note on this banana court: The 5 witnesses for the prosecution , including the aforementioned professor, were unknown to Joey’s defense team until 45 minutes before the start of the hearing. The motion to have the trial dismissed on the grounds of Joey’s right to fair due process was struck down. Go Figure.
The witnesses were quite valuable in that they confirmed that they had been contacted by the prosecution in either August or September of 2007. The prosecution failed to disclose these witnesses to the defense for the discovery. Also the Chairman of the Commission of Human Relations confirmed the orginal complaint against Joey was altered AFTER it was witnessed, signed by him and served to Joey Vento.
NONE of the witnesses could confirm any incidence of refusal of service, but only offered opinions and vague statements of feeling threatened by the sign….No evidence, just opinion…
Joey has stated that he knows he is going to lose this battle at this level, and is looking forward to moving this to a jury of peers.
skye, keep us posted, because the MSM won’t. This cannot possibly win in a trial. This is an English-speaking country.
It’s going to take another Revolution by American citizens to take our country back.