Posted by axxxr
This is pathetic,A 52-year-old man has been banned by Wal Mart because he looks like Osama Bin Laden.
Even a fool can see that he looks nothing like him,this whole ridiculous war on terror and picking on innocent people just because they resemble a terrorist?...the whole things a joke!
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"Brufani is a self-employed small businessman who supplies all the major markets with potato chips.
He was standing next to his truck in the delivery area of a Wal-Mart,He had just unloaded his crates and wanted to go home. All he needed was the delivery receipt. But the store manager kept him waiting.
Brufani already noticed the two men in suits when he was unloading his crates: They were staring at him. They eyeballed him, whispered to each other, looked at him again. Then they went to the store manager's office.
"You can't work here anymore. Orders from upstairs," the store manager said when she finally arrived at the car park, Brufani remembers. He asked whether he had done anything wrong, and she told him no the problem was his beard. "The controllers think you look like Osama bin Laden. If you appear on any of the images recorded by the security cameras, I'll lose my job."
"Those North Americans are nuts, Brufani thought to himself. Do they really think bin Laden would spend his time delivering chips to a Wal-Mart store in La Plata?"
Posted by *Jojo*
If I were the guy, I would just SHAVE those centuries-old BEARD . . . just to have my business on-track . . . going.
Posted by axxxr
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Why should he have to shave his beard?...Its a personal choice,and its also a part and practice of some religions,mainly Islam,Judaism,and Sikhism.
Just because some people are ignorant and narrow minded doesn't mean ordinary folk should have to change how they choose to live!
Its discrimination plain and simple!
Posted by *Jojo*
Well . . . yeah discrimination it is . . . if he wants his business intact . . . HE should start looking for potential consumers in the Middle East me thinks, it will just be tooooooooo costly - transporting those CHIPS ! . . . .
Posted by remo74tg
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You got to be kidding me...Some so called free country we live in.What this guy has to do what alot of Americans love ot do is sue Wal-Mart.
Posted by solja786
as they say in almost every movie "its a free country"
he should b able to do watever he likes...he should seriously sue wal-mart...thats really wrong..jus cuz he has a beard he cant do business...
wat a free country!
Posted by Johnex
they are plastique chips lol! they are packed with flavor, and go out with a bang!
Posted by SsTiTcH
What stupidity. Hope he does sue them over it. Only in america can the heights of stupidity rise... Bigoted in their outlook as well. Not surprising the founder of Wal-mart is from the "Bible-belt" a region known for narrow , bigoted views and inbred bubbas.. Guess it carries over to Wal-mart company policy...
Posted by QuickShare
That's Pathetic!
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Posted by shaliron
That's discrimination for sure. Isn't that an easy thing to contest in court though?
Posted by Krubach
How deep can america's ignorance go!??!?!
The whole world laughs at these kind of pathetic actions.
How different are some americans from radical muslims.
radical muslims: "womans should wear a burka".
radical americans: "men should not have long beards that resemble Osama"
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I pity them...
Posted by joebmc
Funny how the yanks assume that those with similar features to Bin Laden must be terrorists.
If you look at the majority of terrorist assaults the terrorist looks nothing like Osama.
Posted by *Jojo*
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The Americans hev been veeeeeery CAUTIOUS after the 9/11 incident . . . I will NOT be surprised at all if the time comes that folks with middle eastern descent will NOT be allowed to LIVE there anymore
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Posted by axxxr
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Maybe that why the U.S Government did 9/11 so that they could keep foreign looking people out?
yes jojo i won't be surprised either,nothing ever surprises me about the U.S anymore.