Geno's inquisitors show signs of bad judgment(Hearing in English Only)

Philadephia Daily News ^ | 12/17/07 | Stu Bykofsky

[Kid Shelleen]

THEY SAY YOU can't fight City Hall, but last Friday Joey Vento stood tall (at 5-foot-5) in the center ring of the circus to answer a discrimination complaint filed against him by the Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations. Vento's been a handy punching bag for the press. Local editorial writers and columnists have vilified him as a racist, a nativist, a know-nothing, a do-badder, because of his (now world-famous) 4-by-9-inch sign at the window of his Geno's Steaks that reads: "This is America. When Ordering, Please Speak English." Some believe that is hate speech.

For some reason (hate, perhaps?) the 6 1/2 -hour hearing was conducted entirely in English, a clear slap in the face to the Hispanic, Asian, Pacific Islander and Esperanto communities.

[Lurking Libertarian]

Whenever I call a company or a service and I get a recording, the only two options given are (Press 1 for English) and (whatever gibberish Spanish, 2 for espanol); there is no 3 for German, no 4 for French, no 5 for Cantonese, etc. You get the picture.

You don't live in Southern California. We get 3 for Vietnamese, and sometimes more...

[PA Engineer]

The sociology professor is a complete Leftard.

I'm surprised there were any "Crows" left after she was finished eating.

[perfect stranger]

Nobody has mentioned that you don’t need to speak English to say ‘cheese wit’.

[GATOR NAVY]

I’m sad now that I did not go to Geno’s the one time I was in Philadelphia.

[Mikey_1962]

Been dere, had two wit!