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by emj 3196 days ago
I've never understood that argument; if you invite unkown customers you are inviting the public. I mean if you really want to keep it private you would have to have a guest list imho. Which is fine, but you can't have a guest list that says "not that kind of people". Private is for things like Sento imperial palace, where you guide people through your property, but when you let people in freely it is my belief that at some point that will have to be interpreted as public space (like trademarks).

If you have a book that gives more nuance to this "a private buisness is not a public space" I would be glad to read it.

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Actually you can have a place like that. There are places where you cannot enter unless dressed in a way, but there is no specific guest list.