[nagdu] weird article about discrimination

Mon Apr 26 18:28:40 UTC 2010

Hi Albert and all,

If this indeed isn't a joke, and what the article should have pointed out,
imho, is that the waiter, in his glorious stupidity, thought he heard "gay
dog" rather than "guide dog".  So  who decided humans are smarter than dogs?
(grin)
Sherrill O'Brien

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The scary thing is it is not a joke, I got this from two different sources.
Remarkable.

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Sounds like a joke to me.  There aught to be a law against people like that.

On 4/26/10, Albert J Rizzi <albert at myblindspot.org> wrote:
> I got this from a friend and so wanted to post it. it is unbelievable  now
> dogs are being denied access due to orientation? Glad they have a don't
ask
> don't tail policy in this country. lol.
>
> Albert J. Rizzi, M.Ed.
> CEO/Founder
> My Blind Spot, Inc.
> 90 Broad Street - 18th Fl.
> New York, New York  10004
> www.myblindspot.org
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> Fax: 212-858-5759
> "The person who says it cannot be done, shouldn't interrupt the one who is
> doing it."
>
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>
>>Gay dog' refused entry to Australian restaurant
>>(AFP) - 1 day ago
>>SYDNEY - An Australian restaurant that refused a
>>blind man enntry because a waiter thought his
>>seeing-eye dog was "gay" has been ordered to apologise and pay
> compensation.
>>Ian Jolly was told he could not take guide dog
>>Nudge into Adelaide's Thai Spice last May
>>because a member of staff objected, The Sunday Mail reported.
>>The restaurant's owners said a misunderstanding
>>had arisen between Jolly's female companion and
>>a waiter who understood the woman "to be saying
>>she wanted to bring a gay dog into the restaurant".
>>"The staff genuinely believed that Nudge was an
>>ordinary pet dog which had been desexed to
>>become a gay dog," the owners said in a
>>statement to South Australia's Equal Opportunity Tribunal.
>>The tribunal on Friday ordered the restaurant to
>>pay Jolly 1,500 dollars (1,400 US) and offer him
>>a written apology for discriminating against him on the grounds of
> disability.
>>The restaurant, which displays a "guide dogs
>>welcome" sign, refused to comment to the
>>newspaper and was unavailable to respond on Sunday.
>>Jolly told the Sunday Mail he was happy with the result.
>>"I just want to be like everybody else and be
>>able to go out for dinner, to be left alone and just enjoy a meal," he
> said.
>
>
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