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Originally Posted by ishoot308
Nightrider;
My point was doesn't the passenger on a snowmobile also wear a snowmobile suit?? The passseneger is not the operator and in now way a safety factor by having one drink too many.
Being a business owner I can tell you that you cannot make company policy either for or against your employees or the general public which frequents your place of business unless it is the same for all. It's called "discrimination", and there are many forms of discrimination, it not just based on ones skin color, religion, sex or age.
Your example of someone with slurred speech being served is baseless as it is against the law for any establishment to serve any patron who appears to be intoxicated.
I also feel that a passenger certainly CAN influence how a vehicle of any kind is operated. I can't count how many times I have been asked to "go faster" be a passenger in my boat...and on my motorcycle when I rode them some years back.
I can guarantee you that if the Pine Cone Pub publicly displays a "distinction in favor of or against, a person or thing based on the group, class, or category to which that person or thing belongs rather than on individual merit" the Pine Cone Pub is opening themselves up to a very easily and winnable discrimination lawsuit.
Dan
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I think there is a distinction between discrimination and discretion, especially regarding liquor laws in this and every other state. I personally think the policy is a good one, mayby they could set an example to other establishments by setting a drink limit to all patrons.