http://www.thisisjersey.com/2008/07...men-to-go-home/

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FEMALE clubbers were refused entry into Havana nightclub on Saturday night for being too fat. Police were called to calm the situation outside the Halkett Street club as bouncers and manager Martin Sayers allegedly told women to ‘go away and lose some weight’. Over 20 women are expected to give statements to the police today and a Facebook page, labelled Havana Club Jersey Discrimination and using an image from US cartoon Family Guy, has already attracted over 100 supporters calling for Islanders to boycott the club. Georgina Mason was one of the ladies refused entry. The 23-year-old, who works for Lloyds TSB, had been enjoying a night out with friends when it turned sour. ‘About five or six or us got to Havana at about 11.30 pm and the bouncers said we were not allowed in because we were too big. I told them not to be ridiculous and asked to speak to the manager,’ she said. ‘When the manager came out he would not look at me directly but said that they had received too many complaints about fat people and he told me: “Go and lose some weight before you can come in – fat people are bad for business.”

The libertarian in me says that the club is private property, which means that the owners are perfectly within their rights to refuse or grant entry to anyone they please.

^ my thoughts exactly

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Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles The libertarian in me says that the club is private property, which means that the owners are perfectly within their rights to refuse or grant entry to anyone they please.

not only the libertarian, im sure your common sense tells you that too

for gods sake, if you are going to any place to spend YOUR money and they wont let you in, just go to another place and spend it there y ya!

whats the fucking point of calling discrimination if it is private property and they did not purchase any entry tickets or anything guaranteeing entrance. Also most (all) clubs reserve the right to admit anybody, is printed in 99% of the flyers.

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Just let them in and ridicule them to tears.

There's also a gender angle on this: the article says nothing about fat men being refused entry, and I kind of doubt that they were.

In a club owner's eyes, maybe a fat woman is worse for business than a fat man.

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there's a business opportunity here somewhere...

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Originally posted by denys envy there's a business opportunity here somewhere...

Like this?:

http://www.butterflylounge.com/

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Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles There's also a gender angle on this: the article says nothing about fat men being refused entry, and I kind of doubt that they were. In a club owner's eyes, maybe a fat woman is worse for business than a fat man.

because it is?

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Exactly, but your all missing the most important part of this.

No one likes fat chicks.

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Originally posted by T-Soma No one likes fat chicks.

I slightly disagree, and i would like to ammend it to "No one likes a club full of fat chicks"

There like wasps, when they are on there own they are OK, not a problem, but if there are too many of them, they become a menace and require extermination.

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