I guess it rather depends upon a whole set of probably unspoken
circumstances. My instinct would be to suspect that bad singing was an
excuse to get rid of customers that the landlord simply does not want. A
landlord could ban me for wearing trainers or voting labour and all manner
of silly excuses.
The point is though in terms of the anti discrimination act would he have
barred a group of poor singers had they not also had Down's syndrome? Could
he justifiably claim that not banning a few poor singers would have rendered
his business uneconomic and forced him to close? I doubt it.
If I were to audition for principle flute with the London Philharmonic,
could I honestly claim it was discrimination if they did not hire me?
That's a clear case where talent is important. However one has to give
regard to a great many other factors in the case of the public house,.
Landlords have tried all manner of excuses to ban disabled customers in the
past, these include being a fire risk and maintaining it is for there own
good that they should not be drinking, (and worse)
I have been denied access to pubs on some rather strange grounds such as
wearing a hat, or just not looking right for that particular pubs clientele,
you might not want me at your wedding reception, particular if I bring the
flute :)
Larry
> -----Original Message-----
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> [log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Sara Ryan
> Sent: 27 November 2011 11:31
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> Subject: karaoke; discrimination or bad singing?
>
> Hi,
>
> Not sure how far this tale has spread outside of the UK, but there's been
some coverage
> this week of the three guys with learning disabilities who were banned
from a weekly
> karaoke session at their local pub, because the landlord said their
singing was bad for
> business. I've blogged in more detail about this at
>
> http://mydaftlife.wordpress.com/2011/11/26/karaoke-gate/
> (with links to some of the coverage).
>
> I'm interested in what thoughts some of you may have about this? I've
always been
> concerned about a blanket approach to inclusion which fails to engage with
thornier
> interactional issues. Maybe it's time for me to revisit much earlier
thoughts about
> legitimate and illegitimate impairment effects.
>
> Anyway, something to think about,
> Cheers,
> Sara
>
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