rowena
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- Sep 26, 2017
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1. No it is totally appropriate for one visitor to berate another
2. No the book seller has no right to call the police over any kind of exercise of free speech inside his store
3. Yes a book seller has the right to call the police if a customer is disruptive inside his store
Second Shelf Books founder A.N. Devers noted: "It is Mr. Cooke’s right to fraternize with whoever he wishes and call the police on customers who he wishes to leave, but it is not befitting a member or leader of the ABAA."
I don't think that "fraternizing" is an accurate description of the relationship between a shop owner and a customer. I don't think it is not "befitting" for a shop owner to remove persons who disturb patrons (including bystanding patrons) by shouting inside a store.
2. No the book seller has no right to call the police over any kind of exercise of free speech inside his store
3. Yes a book seller has the right to call the police if a customer is disruptive inside his store
Second Shelf Books founder A.N. Devers noted: "It is Mr. Cooke’s right to fraternize with whoever he wishes and call the police on customers who he wishes to leave, but it is not befitting a member or leader of the ABAA."
I don't think that "fraternizing" is an accurate description of the relationship between a shop owner and a customer. I don't think it is not "befitting" for a shop owner to remove persons who disturb patrons (including bystanding patrons) by shouting inside a store.
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