No Jews...

[sp1814]

What do you make of this story?

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/sports-direct-security-guard-banned-jewish-schoolboys-and-told-them-no-jews-no-jews-9735919.html

I would be particularly interested to hear the opinion of those who supported the Christian B&B couple who refused a let a room because of their religious convictions.

Were Sports Direct right to sack this security guard?

If so, why?

Me I think is was totally right to remove this guard, as this is *competely* unacceptable.

However, I believe there are some people who think that shops and service providers should have free will...

So...is there anyone who agrees with the actions of this guard?

And if so, why?

[Zacs-Master]

I like it when you're all strict.

[Zacs-Master]

Apologies SP.

[naomi24]

Haaaaaaaa!

My apologies too SP. Smacked legs all round.

[grasscarp]

ZM you could start another thread No Juice

[askyourgran]

And I thought it was a surfeit of Pontefract Cakes or summat Zacs.

[ToraToraTora]

shops should and do have free will, they do not have to serve anyone they don't want to. They get into trouble when they say why, QED the b&b fiasco. However I doubt this is the shop's policy more likely an idiot guard getting carried away.

[joggerjayne]

6 miles from a supermarket?

I didn't think there could be anywhere like that.

[Zacs-Master]

Grass, Naomi started it.
AYG, I used to live quite close to Pontefract or 'Pontecarlo' as the kids call it. Very near Cas Vegas, or Castleford as it was called.

[sandyRoe]

Obiter, your post at 22:49, tell that to the families of the innocents killed in Gaza.

[Zacs-Master]

JJ, ooooh aaar.

[naomi24]

Zacs, snitch!

Night all.x

[Zacs-Master]

Night everybody. Sorry again Sp.

[sp1814]

I see a very strong link to the story about the B&B owners. They did not want to offer a service based on their religious-based convictions.

If you support their right to refuse service to a section of the community, then surely any business has the right to do the same.

This security guard had no business trying to stop Jews entering Sports Direct, but if the management of the chain decided that, due to the situation in Palestine, it would not allow Jews into any of it's stores, would they get the same level of support that the Christian B&B owners received (from those who's political convictions lean to the right)?

[sp1814]

Zac-Master

No need to apologise.

If I had a pound for every time I had hijacked an AB thread, I would have £42.

[joggerjayne]

You wouldn't have a " no yids" rule at Sports Direct.

Mike Ashley owns Spurs.

Or is it Newcastle?

Maybe it's Newcastle, now I think about it.

[craft1948]

Mike Ashley would take anybody's money...........

[Obiter]

You're right about Newcastle. Not a very popular chap up here.

[joggerjayne]

Not popular?

Even though he bankrolls the club?

[ToraToraTora]

they could not say "no jews" but they could refuse entry to anyone who looked the part without saying why.