When you say "no Irish Need Apply" or speak Polish jokes, those are bigotry based on negative stereotypes which may or may not have any basis in reality for that individual.
If you say "the enemy of my friend is my enemy," I think that's different. Here's a man who appreciates what America did for his country, and is grateful. He sees another nation which should also be grateful but seems to him to be intentionally ungrateful. I'm willing to bet that if any Frenchman walked into his restaurant and said to him "I think Chirac is totally wrong, I support the war against Iraq and am distressed that my country is so ungrateful that it opposes the country to which it owes so much" that the man would serve that patron with pride.
So, here's the question.
Is he entitled to refuse to serve a person who supports a government which is opposed to the principles he cherishes? I won't go further than that here, because I really don't know what you'll answer, but once I know your answer to that I can address it.
Basically, am I, as a small business person, which I am (very small!) entitled to say to someone "if you are an Iraqui, and if you support Saddam, I don't want your business, but if you are an Iraqui and you oppose Saddam, I will be glad to serve you"? |
