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<blockquote class="Quote"><div><strong class="bc-author">bassie</strong> said:</div><div>The Canadian Press <br />
	MONTREAL???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.</div></blockquote>
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	His human rights were violated?<br />
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	<blockquote class="Quote"><div><strong class="bc-author">bassie</strong> said:</div><div>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.</div></blockquote>
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	He was offered the opportunity to stay by having been givin the option to turn his shirt inside out. Case closed.<br />
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	<blockquote class="Quote"><div><strong class="bc-author">bassie</strong> said:</div><div>Moise, who is black, alleges staff singled him out because they associate a black man wearing a Marley shirt with something deviant or criminal.</div></blockquote>
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	They singled him out because he was wearing a shirt with marijuana leaves depicted on it.<br />
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	<blockquote class="Quote"><div><strong class="bc-author">bassie</strong> said:</div><div>The 32-year-old says the guards told him the shirt was inappropriate for the family-oriented park.</div></blockquote>
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	The guard was correct in that the private facility has the right to set its own dress code and rules as to what constitutes inappropriate imagery.<br />
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	<blockquote class="Quote"><div><strong class="bc-author">bassie</strong> said:</div><div>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.</div></blockquote>
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	Tacky.<br />
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	<blockquote class="Quote"><div><strong class="bc-author">bassie</strong> said:</div><div>La Ronde says on its website it strictly enforces a dress code that states clothing with rude, vulgar or offensive language and graphics are not permitted.<br />
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	What part of this stated dress code does Brunaud Moise not understand?<br />
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	<blockquote class="Quote"><div><strong class="bc-author">bassie</strong> said:</div><div>Moise, a medical technology specialist from Montreal, says he lodged a verbal complaint with a supervisor before leaving the park with his teenage brother.</div></blockquote>
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	Fair enough.<br />
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	<blockquote class="Quote"><div><strong class="bc-author">bassie</strong> said:</div><div>He alleges the guards??? actions violate his freedom of expression.</div></blockquote>
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	False. He was at a private facility where he has no such "freedom of expression." If he was a public facility he would have a case but, in this instance, he does not.<br />
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	<blockquote class="Quote"><div><strong class="bc-author">bassie</strong> said:</div><div>Moise is seeking damages, reimbursement for two entry tickets and a public apology for himself, his brother and Marley???s family.</div></blockquote>
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	It is reasonable for him to receive a refund for his tickets (a fair compromise) but he should receive nothing else (though it being Montreal, Canada where he is filing his complaint, he'll probably receive the key to the city.)<br />
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	<blockquote class="Quote"><div><strong class="bc-author">bassie</strong> said:</div><div>La Ronde, owned by U.S.-based amusement park company Six Flags, did not immediately return a request for an interview.</div></blockquote>
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	Good for La Ronde. I'm sure that they have more important business to attend to.

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