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Last Call on Ladies’ Night -- $5 beers and government overreach.
National Review Online ^ | June 4, 2004 | Carrie L. Lukas

Posted on 06/04/2004 6:46:55 AM PDT by ReleaseTheHounds

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The old "law of unintended consequences" strikes again.
1 posted on 06/04/2004 6:46:56 AM PDT by ReleaseTheHounds
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To: ReleaseTheHounds

perhaps they should have called it a form of affirmative action?


2 posted on 06/04/2004 6:51:22 AM PDT by camle (keep your mind open and somebody will fill it with something for you))
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To: Howlin

bump


3 posted on 06/04/2004 6:52:41 AM PDT by stainlessbanner
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To: ReleaseTheHounds

It's their business. They should be able to run their business without stupid rules from the government.

The ladies can drink free drinks and everyone can smoke. If that's the clientele they want to attract, then they should be able to do it their way.

How?

They should just be able to run it that way, but the government makes them play silly games.

They'll redesignate it a "club." You will have to sign up for the club to get through the door. When signing up, you will acknowledge and accept the smoking and ladies' night rules. Your cover charge will be the club fees.


4 posted on 06/04/2004 6:57:21 AM PDT by xzins (Retired Army and Proud of It!)
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To: ReleaseTheHounds

Another case of liberal logic(?): Find something that ain't broke and fix it. Of course the fix is worse than the original state of things, but it's all in the name of diversity (puke).


5 posted on 06/04/2004 7:00:31 AM PDT by borisbob69 (This space available...)
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To: ReleaseTheHounds
Up next on the chopping block... Senior Citizen discounts!

Us younger people will not tolerate this blatant discrimination.

6 posted on 06/04/2004 7:10:58 AM PDT by Phantom Lord (Distributor of Pain, Your Loss Becomes My Gain)
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7 posted on 06/04/2004 7:12:38 AM PDT by bmwcyle (<a href="http://www.johnkerry.com/" target="_blank">miserable failure)
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To: camle
perhaps they should have called it a form of affirmative action?

Yes, call it "gender reparations night" and you'll present the PC busybodies with a real quandry.

8 posted on 06/04/2004 7:14:49 AM PDT by wayoverontheright
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The cost of compiling with these rules

I hate it when I have to compile rules. Especially without the source code.

As nonsensical as this is, I support it. I think the key to bringing down the liberal superstate is pushing its rules to their contradictory conclusions. It doesn't work, but if we keep brushing over the incoherence and making compromises, we're dancing down the path to hell.

9 posted on 06/04/2004 7:14:58 AM PDT by blanknoone (Is John Kerry for or against John Kerry today?)
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To: ReleaseTheHounds

It looks like this guy (?) J. Frank Vespa-Papaleo has a strong affiliation with this group of pillow biters. Gay and Lesbian Political Action and Support Groups http://www.gaypasg.org


10 posted on 06/04/2004 7:16:35 AM PDT by always vigilant
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Just plain dumb and I can't see the discrimination. A bar can give ANYONE it sees fit a price break. This is not the same as a retail establishment.


11 posted on 06/04/2004 7:18:03 AM PDT by Sacajaweau (God Bless Our Troops!!)
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To: ReleaseTheHounds

While I think this is a waste of the court's time and should just have been left alone, I can't help but think what would have been happening if the roles were reversed, if it were the men who got the discounted drinks. Does anyone here think for one minute that the leftists would not have sued everyone in sight?


12 posted on 06/04/2004 7:23:24 AM PDT by CaptRon (Pedecaris alive or Raisuli dead)
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And the reason that bars give discounts to the ladies is that they hope it will attract a large crowd of ladies, thereby attracting a large crowd of men.......

It's a good business model, folks.


13 posted on 06/04/2004 7:26:11 AM PDT by Explorer89 ("And now," cried Max, "Let the wild rumpus start!")
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To: wayoverontheright

Yes, here we go again....

Good intentions?


14 posted on 06/04/2004 7:29:54 AM PDT by television is just wrong
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To: Phantom Lord
Up next on the chopping block... Senior Citizen discounts!

What about children's prices at the movies? Don't they use up a chair just like an adult? And don't weekday matinee prices discriminate against the traditionally employed?

"You must be this tall for this ride" is a blantant attempt by the amusement park industry to discriminate against the vertically challenged.

15 posted on 06/04/2004 7:51:24 AM PDT by TontoKowalski
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To: ReleaseTheHounds

women want equal rights, so they shoudl be happy. They just got a few more rights. Guys should also be banned by Federal Law for paying for more than 50% of the times in dates, just to make it more equal :)


16 posted on 06/04/2004 7:56:48 AM PDT by I_killed_kenny
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To: ReleaseTheHounds

"the "important social policy objective of eradicating discrimination." "

So when does the state require unisex restrooms?


17 posted on 06/04/2004 8:00:00 AM PDT by SoCal Pubbie
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To: ReleaseTheHounds
This ruling will apply to restaurants and bars across the state

Somebody should tell the owners of strip clubs (don't they also have, ahem, "ladies' nights?") that this is what comes of electing Democrats.

18 posted on 06/04/2004 8:01:29 AM PDT by Clint Williams
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To: wayoverontheright
"gender reparations night"

I LOVE IT!!!!

19 posted on 06/04/2004 8:09:57 AM PDT by T Minus Four
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To: ReleaseTheHounds
This happened a LONG time ago in (The People's Republic of) Madison, Wisconsin.

I worked as a DJ in a club there back in the late 80's and early 90's. Some jerks sued us becouse of our "Girl's Night Out" promotion. As part of the settlement we had to agree to stop offering women discounted prices.

For a while we continued to call it "Girls Night Out", but offered the specials to everyone. After a while someone came up with an excellent idea, and we changed the promo to "Skirt Night". Anyone wearing a skirt would get special prices. The guys were more than welcome to wear one, and if they did they got the deals.

Our DJ crew was never prevented from harassing the guy that actually wore one though...
20 posted on 06/04/2004 8:36:04 AM PDT by BlueMondaySkipper (The quickest way of ending a war is to lose it. - George Orwell)
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