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>you must come on a Wednesday, and you must be invited. Only members and their guests are permitted to enter, and membership is granted only to Parsis. I for o
by nimbius 7y ago
>you must come on a Wednesday, and you must be invited. Only members and their guests are permitted to enter, and membership is granted only to Parsis.
I for one am not moved to preserve such an exclusionary cuisine. Crap like this is why creative commons, copyleft, and the GPL came into existence.
- throwmebaby 7y agoAgree, wouldn't mind if they disappeared for good. It's pretty much low key racism, but somehow acceptable.
- bruth 7y agoMy comment adds no value to the thread but are you really applying the concept of software licenses to an eatery? This is a classic technique for generating buzz and demand. Many many restaurants do it. People are fine with it, no harm is done. It does not violate any rights. Owners can choose to serve whom they please.
- throwmebaby 7y ago>Owners can choose to serve whom they please. So...can I open a Whites Only restaurant?
- liability 7y ago> "People are fine with it, " Then who are you responding to?
- rayiner 7y agoIf a restaurant did it in the US, it would be illegal discrimination on the basis of national origin. This particular restaurant would only fly depending on whether they could qualify as a private club exempt from the Civil Rights Act.
- yumraj 7y ago> Only members and their guests are permitted to enter, and membership is granted only to Parsis. Implies that it is very much a private club.