tlhIngan maH!
I just read a news article about Joe Vento, the Philadelphia steak shop owner who's in all sorts of trouble for posting a small sign outside his cheese steak restaurant in Philadelphia that read
This is America, when ordering speak EnglishThe Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations is claiming that Vento is discriminating against people who cannot speak English. I did notice that the website for Philadelphia is also only in English, even though they offer short messages to speakers of Spanish, Vietnamese, Chinese, Russian, Cambodian, etc.
Stunningly, there's no Klingon version. Wow. Even Google offers a Klingon version of their search engine. Does this not smack of Klingon anti-love? The tiny, poorly funded Klingon Language Institute even outdoes Philadelphia's web site in offering a (much larger) message to speakers of THIRTY languages, compared to Philadelphia's paltry seven.
As I sit here, late at night thinking about this, I think Mr. Vento should hire a Klingon speaking lawyer to represent him, then have that lawyer speak for him at the Commission's hearings, demanding of course, that a translator be present. All briefs should be filed in Klingon as well.
I would love the see the commission's reaction Mr Vento's lawyer responded to their questions with a beautiful sounding "nuqjatlh? jIyajbe'!"
(By The way - A shout out to the Klingon homies over at bo logh. Very nice)
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