"Marvin Long, Jr." wrote:
> I'm sure you're correct on the legal implications of the mall being
> private property, which suggests that to me that the mall is run by gits,
> pure and simple.
If the mall is being run by gits, and you have a problem with gits, don't
bring your business to the mall. I started avoiding Highland Mall at one
point when it was reported that the security people were hassling minority
kids at a much greater rate than white kids. So I took my business away
from that mall. (Barton is a cooler mall anyway, and who *needed* to shop
at Eddie Bauer?)
Given that I have been informed by a (possibly not entirely reliable) source
that he knew that someone else had been arrested or thrown out of the mall
for wearing a similar t-shirt, I'd say that everyone behaved to one degree
or another in an asinine manner. The guy for pushing it on a particular
piece of private property when he had a decent idea of the outcome, and the
security guard for not quite making sense.
If the mall owners were to make any sort of official statement on the
matter, I'd be interested in seeing it. I'd also be interested in hearing
from any neutral party who happened to just be shopping at the mall that day
and witnessed the guy's behavior before the security guard showed up.
(Until we see *that*, it's just two opposing parties, and while the mall has
the law on their side, the guy may have public perception on his side, and
at some point the debate by other people may become entrenched and boring.)
Julia
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