"These are different questions," says an appraising Anastas from his office. "Do they, de facto, have equal rights, or should they, as a moral issue, have equal rights? Which is it? I know that according to the law, they do . . ." He marks down a yes.

"I've never seen any discrimination, personally - hell, I've never seen more than five or six of these people in the whole city - and I don't see any reason why there should be an apartheid situation. It's not like they're a threat to the economy or are disproportionately involved in crime or anything . . ."