Thursday, August 19, 2010

La Ronde theme park: Idiots of the Day

I love when people do dumb things like this, now the *whole* world knows!

A man told to cover up his Bob Marley T-shirt at an amusement park plans to file a human-rights complaint against the facility.

Brunaud Moise alleges that security guards at La Ronde theme park in Montreal ordered him to turn the shirt inside out or leave the premises.

Mr. Moise, who is black, alleges staff singled him out because they associate a black man wearing a Marley shirt with something deviant or criminal.

The 32-year-old says the guards told him the shirt was inappropriate for the family-oriented park.

His grey T-shirt features a design that includes a black-and-white image of the late reggae legend and a cluster of green, marijuana-shaped leaves.


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