re: #214 jaunte

Brooks:

Spurious equivalence.

Brooks:

“…In the Jewish community, conservative Jews are generally polite toward Orthodox Jews who wouldn’t use their cutlery. Men are generally polite to Orthodox women who would prefer not to shake their hands. In the larger community, this respectful politeness works best.”

What a patronizing asshole.

The issue is equal accommodation under the law. People’s individual little idiosyncratic observances are irrelevant.

Let’s say I own a kosher pie bakery. That means I sell kosher pies to anyone who wants to buy one, whether they are Jews, Muslims, Christians, gay, straight, vegetarians, Pastafarians or Methodists.

If someone wants a bacon pie I will politely direct them to the bacon pie store down the block.

Why do these people not get that it has nothing to do with THE PRODUCTS BEING SOLD it’s selling product to some customers but not others.