LCBO sells alcohol to 14 year old boy wearing burka!

The Right One · July 24, 2012

Give it up to the Toronto Sun for being the only news organization with the integrity to investigate.

the 14 year old went for 3/3 in buying liquor, not only was he not asked to remove his burka to be id, he wasn't even asked to show id.

http://www.torontosun.com/2012/07/24/lcbo-serves-underage-boy-wearing-burka-face-veil

TORONTO - Three liquor stores in the GTA recently sold booze to a 14-year-old boy whose identity was hidden because he was wearing a full-length burka and face veil at the time.

The teenager, clad in an Islamic female’s traditional garb of a burka, headscarf and facial covering, shopped in three different LCBO stores north of Toronto last Wednesday.

In each location, the Grade 8 student paid cash for a bottle of Sambuca liqueur.

Edited July 24, 2012 by The Right One

The_Squid · July 24, 2012

LOL

There are going to be a lot of burka-wearing teens showing up in liquor stores!!

Michael Hardner · July 24, 2012

I love the term "run amok" !

Anyway, this is a funny story. I'm sure that sambuca has already been vomited onto a basement shag run somewhere...

Boges · July 24, 2012

I feel bad for the Clerks here. Had they asked the kid to take off the Burqa they'd have probably been disciplined for not being PC. Now that the story is out I wonder what will happen to them.

Wait Lickbo employees are Unionized public servants, they can't do anything that'll get them fired. :rolleyes:

I am sure teens everywhere are trying to get their hands on Burqua's as we speak.

Canuckistani · July 24, 2012

Next up, 14 yr old boy sneaks into girls changing room wearing a burka and offers them Sambuca.

Michael Hardner · July 24, 2012

I feel bad for the Clerks here. Had they asked the kid to take off the Burqa they'd have probably been disciplined for not being PC.

Right. :lol: :lol: :lol:

14 year old pimply teen: "Excuse me, ma'am but could you take off your dress please ?"

Manager: "Not politically correct, son, you are fired."

GostHacked · July 24, 2012

Right. :lol:

14 year old pimply teen: "Excuse me, ma'am but could you take off your dress please ?"

Manager: "Not politically correct, son, you are fired."

There is a problem with the system if the employee gets fired for doing his job.

msj · July 24, 2012

Not really sure what the story is supposed to prove.

Here in BC there was a story on the news a month or so ago about various liquor stores (government and private) that sold to a minor (the government does their own testing from time to time).

The kid didn't have to wear anything out of the ordinary and managed to buy liquor at numerous locations without being ID'd.

BFD.

Do the "sting" operations, let the stores know, expect them to enforce policy, and then check them again in the future.

Once again, BFD.

Michael Hardner · July 24, 2012

There is a problem with the system if the employee gets fired for doing his job.

I can't believe you posted that in response to my fanciful dialogue. The whole story is ridiculous.

DogOnPorch · July 24, 2012

Devout Muslims buying booze...lol.

:lol:

TheNewTeddy · July 24, 2012

Devout Muslims buying booze...lol.

This is my reaction.

Anyone religious enough to wear a burqa would not, normally, buy alcohol. I would question the person on that account.

Canuckistani · July 24, 2012

This is my reaction.

Anyone religious enough to wear a burqa would not, normally, buy alcohol. I would question the person on that account.

Can't speak for Canada, but in Saudi, you bet many women wearing burkas drink at home.

The Right One · July 24, 2012

This is my reaction.

Anyone religious enough to wear a burqa would not, normally, buy alcohol. I would question the person on that account.

devout muslims are also not supposed to be terrorist and killed innocent people but you its quite the opposite.

AngusThermopyle · July 24, 2012

Devout Muslims buying booze...lol.

They're not allowed to consume the fermented product of the grape or grain. Sambuca is made from licourice root and is permissable to them. I imagine that potato Vodka is also allowed. This is why he bought Sambuca as it is not out of the norm.

Anyone religious enough to wear a burqa would not, normally, buy alcohol. I would question the person on that account.

Okay, here we go again. The Burqa is not required by their religion, it is a cultural practise. This has been mentioned many many times in the past on these forums.

Edited July 24, 2012 by AngusThermopyle

DogOnPorch · July 24, 2012

They're not allowed to consume the fermented product of the grape or grain. Sambuca is made from licourice root and is permissable to them. I imagine that potato Vodka is also allowed. This is why he bought Sambuca as it is not out of the norm.

I've heard that re: Vodka. Best ask the Imam.

gunrutz · July 25, 2012

I can't believe you posted that in response to my fanciful dialogue. The whole story is ridiculous.

Yea. it is ridiculous that we are so afraid of these people that we won't even ask to see their faces before we sell them a controlled substance. Whats worse is that it isn't even them we are afraid of, it's the 'progressives', those who tell us our culture, our way of doing things, needs to take a back seat to other cultures in our country lest we offend. When you defend practices like these that is exactly what you are doing.

Edited July 25, 2012 by gunrutz

Michael Hardner · July 25, 2012

Yea. it is ridiculous that we are so afraid of these people that we won't even ask to see their faces before we sell them a controlled substance.

That's even more ridiculous.

Whats worse is that it isn't even them we are afraid of, it's the 'progressives', those who tell us our culture, our way of doing things, needs to take a back seat to other cultures in our country lest we offend.

You're afraid of progressives ? Don't be.

I might point out that this so-called news article didn't appear in a serious paper, it was the Toronto Sun. I hope that makes you feel a little better at least.

Boges · July 25, 2012

I might point out that this so-called news article didn't appear in a serious paper, it was the Toronto Sun. I hope that makes you feel a little better at least.

Snobbery at it's best. :rolleyes:

This was a stunt was done by the Menzoid. He does this kind of stuff all the time.

Now there's a serious implication of this issue where a woman tried to testify in court with her face covered and the Supreme Court heard arguments about that last year.

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2011/12/08/niqab-supreme-court-canada_n_1136295.html

The Supreme Court of Canada heard arguments Thursday in the case of a woman who wants to testify in court while wearing a niqab, in a legal matter that pits religious rights against the right of defendants.
The woman, identified only as N.S., wants to wear her niqab � a veil-type cloth that covers all of her face, except her eyes �during testimony against two male relatives in a sexual assault case in Ontario. The woman is the complainant in the case, and made the request to wear her niqab based on her Muslim beliefs.

The defendants, however, say they should be able to see the facial expressions of N.S. for the purpose of cross-examination.

A preliminary inquiry judge ordered that she remove her niqab before testifying, but an Ontario Superior Court judge later quashed that order.

Michael Hardner · July 25, 2012

Snobbery at it's best.

Not at all... find me a left-wing paper with a pair of mega-bosoms on the 3rd page and I will also strike it down.

Now there's a serious implication of this issue where a woman tried to testify in court with her face covered and the Supreme Court heard arguments about that last year.

Yes, I agree on that one.

Shady · July 25, 2012

Snobbery at it's best.

This was a stunt was done by the Menzoid. He does this kind of stuff all the time.

Now there's a serious implication of this issue where a woman tried to testify in court with her face covered and the Supreme Court heard arguments about that last year.

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2011/12/08/niqab-supreme-court-canada_n_1136295.html

Michael's always been about "approved" news. In other words, news that supports his political ideology.

Boges · July 25, 2012

Not at all... find me a left-wing paper with a pair of mega-bosoms on the 3rd page and I will also strike it down.

Well NOW Magazine a predominant left-wing Toronto magazine is notorious for showing prostitution ads, sorry escort ads. :rolleyes:

If you're that offended by the Sunshine Girls fine. But it doesn't mean the reporters and columnists are any less professional. Well David Menzies isn't terribly professional but it's his schick.

Michael Hardner · July 25, 2012

Michael's always been about "approved" news. In other words, news that supports his political ideology.

Yet, I like the Globe and Mail and hate The Star.

Sorry, Shady, but you're trying to retrofit an ideology on my choices where it doesn't fit. How many liberal papers do you enjoy, by the way ?

cybercoma · July 25, 2012

Give it up to the Toronto Sun for being the only news organization with the integrity to investigate.

the 14 year old went for 3/3 in buying liquor, not only was he not asked to remove his burka to be id, he wasn't even asked to show id.

http://www.torontosun.com/2012/07/24/lcbo-serves-underage-boy-wearing-burka-face-veil

TORONTO - Three liquor stores in the GTA recently sold booze to a 14-year-old boy whose identity was hidden because he was wearing a full-length burka and face veil at the time.

The teenager, clad in an Islamic female’s traditional garb of a burka, headscarf and facial covering, shopped in three different LCBO stores north of Toronto last Wednesday.

In each location, the Grade 8 student paid cash for a bottle of Sambuca liqueur.

Allow me to quote Adam Radwanski @aradwanski It's a disservice to the good reporters there that the Sun has basically become the equivalent of a message-board troll.

Michael Hardner · July 25, 2012

Well NOW Magazine a predominant left-wing Toronto magazine is notorious for showing prostitution ads, sorry escort ads.

Yes, this newspaper is also known as a "rag". I don't put much faith in it.

If you're that offended by the Sunshine Girls fine. But it doesn't mean the reporters and columnists are any less professional. Well David Menzies isn't terribly professional but it's his schick.

Why do you think I'm offended ?

I assume the columnists are professional, because who would work for a rag like the Sun for free. I accept your assertion that Mr. Menzies may not be paid for his work.