Re: Espresso Lahore protest
That you and others have prayed at similar establishments is irrelevant. I’m not disputing that it’s the norm. I’m stating that you can’t enforce a norm.
The law is not a US centric notion. It is present in the Quran, and has been a fixture of society for thousands of years. It constitutes what a citizen, or establishment, can or can’t do.
She can’t sue so she protested, childish as it was, and was met with backlash **from her peers. **Since you insist in bringing the legitimacy of citizenship-based-on-class into the equation, I should add that the woman herself is one of the privileged few, able to patronize said cafe, and organize an online protest. How Facebook of her.
I believe I am one of those who consider both parties at fault. Below is my original response. The only way for the woman to be at fault, is if she was being unreasonable. She can only be considered unreasonable, if you recognize the fact that her issue is trivial because a) there is no law requiring what she demands and b) she can easily go somewhere else to pray. If you consider protesting against a norm to be reasonable, then the woman is not at fault, and you are blaming the restaurant. You are also agreeing with Bill O, who claims that “Happy Holidays” replacing “Merry Christmas” is a “war on Christmas” because it *goes against the norm. *