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To: TimF who wrote (611)	3/6/2003 2:42:20 AM
From: Dale Baker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2534

So "once the decision is made" we can kick out anyone who isn't speaking English because they create the wrong atmosphere? Or pick some other arbitrary criteria that lets you ban large groups of people from commercial space. What if a New Jersey mall doesn't like people with southern accents? What if the mall owner is a big Bush fan and doesn't want to see T-shirts supporting a Democratic presidential candidate? I hear the Iranians have wonderfully zealous young security squads that take care of "inappropriate public behavior". A role model for the Mall of America perhaps? If someone isn't causing a disturbance, wearing a T shirt with an obscenity or otherwise breaking the law, where do you draw your lines? Claiming that someone's presence or subdued speech could provoke a disturbance is an old, discredited argument that went out with segregation. No way you can come up with a principled rule beyond random individual standards that shopkeepers would be allowed to use to discriminate against anyone who walks through their door.