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We love the First Amendment. We love that, in this country, people are free to express whatever their views are, regardless of how idiotic, offensive, or flat-out wrong those views are. That's why, in one sense, we thought it was a little ridiculous when, in June 2006, the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission received a complaint against Geno's Steaks owner Joe Vento for the now-infamous sign he put up at the Geno's window that said, "This is America. When ordering, please speak English." It's impossible not to have an opinion on the sentiment Vento expressed, but that's not what we're talking about right now. The point is, he had a right to say it. That being said, we're not sure where in the Oxford English Dictionary the words "whiz" and "wit'" appear, and we suspect that anyone who attempted to order a cheesesteak from Geno's in proper English was turned away and/or "corrected" in their vocabulary.

Updated. See below.

Here's what went down in the 215 blogs this week, with some unintentional emphasis on cheesesteaks.

- Thanksgiving is coming - which always means travel headaches, but Philadelphians may have more long-lasting travel woes. It has been proposed that the gas tax be raised 12.5 cents a gallon, and, naturally, there's still the ever-looming threat of raising SEPTA fares while cutting their service sometime next year. Clearly, we all need to find jobs where we walk to work. (via)

- More shooting news: a local man was shot in the face, while a woman was shot in the hip, both on Durham Street. You have no idea how frustrated Phillyist is that shooting news has become so common that new reports now feel the need to specify the location of the wound.