Another urban legend

[freethefly 6]

Got this in my email here at dz.com. I highly doubted the story so I did a quick search and, as I suspected, found it to be another urban legend. Seems this is the kind of ignorance that brings about prejudice.

The email:
How Budweiser handled those who laughed at those who died on the 11th of September, 2001...Thought you might like to know what happened in a little town north of Bakersfield, California.

After you finish reading this, please forward this story on to others so that our nation and people around the world will know about those who laughed when they found out about the tragic events in New York, Pennsylvania, and the Pentagon.

On September 11th, a Budweiser employee was making a delivery to a convenience store in a California town named McFarland. He knew of the tragedy that had occurred in New York when he entered the business to find the two Arabs, who owned the business, whooping and hollering to show their approval and support of this treacherous attack.
The Budweiser employee went to his truck, called his boss and told him of the very upsetting event! He didn't feel he could be in that store with those horrible people. His boss asked him, "Do you think you could go in there long enough to pull every Budweiser product and item our beverage company sells there? We'll never deliver to them again." The employee walked in, proceeded to pull every single product his beverage company provided and left with an incredible grin on his face. He told them never to bother to call for a delivery again. Budweiser happens to be the beer of choice for that community. Just letting you know how Kern County handled this situation

And Now the Rest of the Story:
It seems that the Bud driver and the Pepsi man are neighbors. Bud called Pepsi and told him. Pepsi called his boss who told him to pull all Pepsi products as well!!! That would include Frito Lay, etc. Furthermore, word spread and all vendors followed suit! At last report, the store was closed indefinitely. Good old American Passive-Aggressive A$$ Whoop in!

Pass this along; America needs to know that we're all working together!

If you can read this... thank a teacher... if you are reading it in English....THANK A SOLDIER!!

God Bless America!!

What the quick search turned up.
And Now The Truth:

This is one of many "celebrating Arabs" stories passed around in the aftermath of the September 11 terrorist attacks (see "Boycott Dunkin' Donuts" for another). None of these tales, which typically claim that workers who appear to be of Arab descent were observed rejoicing over the attacks in places of business around the U.S., have yet been found true.

As regards this particular story, both Anheuser-Busch, the manufacturer of Budweiser beer, and Dennis Muleady, marketing director of Advanced Beverage, the Budweiser distributor in the McFarland, California area, have denied the veracity of the story. It never happened.

"...And once you're gone, you can't come back
When you're out of the blue and into the black."
Neil Young

[ExAFO 0]

What's your point?

Illinois needs a CCW Law. NOW.

[LargeBoy 0]

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What's your point?

i think his point is to show how there was so much sabre rattling done after 9/11

the internet was full of pictures of Golden Eagles with some sentimental/war mongering verse attached

[ExAFO 0]

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the internet was full of pictures of Golden Eagles with some sentimental/war mongering verse attached

"War Mongering"??? What the fuck would you have had the US do after 9/11? Fucking send them a letter asking "Why?"

Fuck that... Unless you're a fucking retard, you don't kick a Tiger in the ass without expecting to deal with its teeth...

You're a fucking troll.

Illinois needs a CCW Law. NOW.

[LargeBoy 0]

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You're a fucking troll.

the standard cop-out reply of many people on this forum when somebody posts an opinion they dont share

"oh look, you're a troll because that post will get me mad"

oh, and has steam stopped coming out of your ears yet?

[LargeBoy 0]

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you don't kick a Tiger in the ass without expecting to deal with its teeth...

are you calling the insurgents in iraq "tigers" ?

[ExAFO 0]

You cited 9/11. I was referring the the US being kicked in the ass by the Taliban, who are now deposed and a shell of their former selves.

Mr "No personal info," I still say you're a troll.

The great part of US Hubris is that WE'VE EARNED IT.

Illinois needs a CCW Law. NOW.

[billvon 2,991]

>You're a fucking troll.

Your one warning.

[freethefly 6]

Don't you have an insurance claim to deny? The point was (and I am sure it was well above your level of understanding) is that such emails that are spammed into x-number of accounts only fuel hatred towards the many people who had nothing to do with 9-11.

"...And once you're gone, you can't come back
When you're out of the blue and into the black."
Neil Young

[ExAFO 0]

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Don't you have an insurance claim to deny? The point was (and I am sure it was well above your level of understanding) is that such emails that are spammed into x-number of accounts only fuel hatred towards the many people who had nothing to do with 9-11.

Actually, sparky, I've paid out more than I've denied lately. Don't YOU have some supposed ill of society to whine about, (not that you'd actually DO anything about it...) or some hackneyed, contrived "perspective" on something, justified by your own history of fuck-ups?

Man, that White Man's Burden seems to be a motherfucker for you...

Illinois needs a CCW Law. NOW.