Posted on 07/18/2012 8:52:57 AM PDT by goodnesswins
Evidently, in Bogalusa, Louisana, an American Soldier was refused service by the MUSLIM owners/proprietors of a Texaco gas station.
“Snopes says it is “Probably false”.....FWIW”
Worth less than zero.
Snopes puts out more than 300 articles a DAY in support of their messiah.
Nothing they excrete has any value at all.
Snopes Sucks. And for Hussein, it’s part of their job description. Bet the Mikkelsons get SOMETHING in return.
Well this “incident” supposedly took place in June 2012....I usually check snopes or another site, and didn’t in this case...I do NOT use GOOGLE....friends don’t let friends use GOOGLE if at all possible! So, it looks like it may NOT be true....although a part of me thinks it makes up for the 9/11 charges that everyone ignores of the NYC school children telling their friends they wouldn’t be at school the next day....
Yes, the indignation over this urban legend is amusing considering how many think it would be perfectly appropriate for a business owner to refuse service to any number of groups that are not popular on this forum.
This was tried with a gas station in my town here in Oregon. It was always hearsay. Never did an actual member of the military (Air National Guard here is big here) come forward to claim a dis-service. It was always friend-of-a-friend heard it from someone at work...
Possibly rumor started by a competitor?
These stories typically are spread by people who think that Indian Hindus are Muslim.
Yeah...I know....but, I’m leaving out there in the email to see if any of my ignorant friends/relatives bother to go and see....since they wouldn’t analyze ANYTHING the MainStreamMedia promotes....
It’s a good story, though.
1. The store owner is a Hindu, not a moslem.
2. The National Guardsmen went into the store to buy a pack of cigarettes. He asked for his brand and was told they were currently out.
3. An onlooker misconstrued what happened as a service member being refused service by a moslem, and took it upon him/herself to raise hell.
Yup, happens all the time.
My personal experience is of an Indian Hindu family buying the local liquor store. Although the previous white American family were cordial enough, the Hindu family couldn't be more polite and helpful.
Just recently I asked the elder Father if he had any more of the pint size rum I drink in the storage room. He apologized and stopped all business transactions to go out to his truck to get a case that he hadn't had the chance to re-stock. I thanked him for his efforts and he apologized again for not stocking it quickly enough.
He and his Son and their new young American cashier are the friendliest people of our local strip mall. As many times as I've told them to call me by my first name, other than the young American (great kid), the Hindu family always call me sir with a smile and sincerely asks how my day is going. The elder and I have bantered many times and I walk out thinking what an asset to our community.
Personally, I believe that east Indian Hindus are a benefit to our society, and now possibly our strongest military ally, since Britain is succumbing to Islamist PC and diminishing its military. They are the kind of immigrants we want here - not the Somali or other Muslim "gimmes".
To bad people can't tell the difference. But then, I know little about east Indian sikhs and their attitudes. Maybe someone can enlighten me.
As I've always said, I'm not a racist, but I am a culturalist.
YES....I agree....some people mistake Hindu for Islam....about East Indians....your acquaintances are probably VERY glad to be out of India.....CASTE systems relegate people to a certain “class” forever....had a friend who worked with them, (in US) and they said the same...even here in the US at times...probably among themselves.
oops...”Islam” should be “Muslim”
Now, where is the KKK when you need them? This place should be closed down and the people forced to leave the state.
Hindus and sikhs take a beating post-9/11.
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