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Hadn't heard of this story but honestly I would believe that Bennett would know the difference from a U.S.M.C dress and a 1930s French military jacket.
 
Never shop there anyway. I get my clothes from Family Dollar, Dollar General and the Salvation Army.
 
I never shop there either .....I make my own clothes and buy limited clothing items at Wal-Mart.

those places are horrible places to shop .....they want a mint for everything
 
Oklacarcollecto said:
It seems like there is a bit of disagreement on what was said and his being banned according to other people that were not employees of Old Navy.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/military/oldnavy.asp

This whole episode happened June 2012.

I don't shop at these stores anyway but it is possible the veteran was highly upset and was scaring people.
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If you believe Snopes. That is an incredibly unreliable site.

I won't go into why, because this would end up in the N&P forum.
 
I dunooo, I mean, "it's the internet," OK? Some of this stuff can be very difficult to run down. Even stuff that SHOULD be factual news events gets skewed to the point where you don't know what really happened. I see it in the local news all the time.

You see something, a fight/ stabbing, whatever at a party, and the first two networks fail to mention that this fight was about a drug deal ripoff, etc. This can slant the ----- "story" ---- into a whole different light.
 
actually I didn't want to say it to get political but ......the stolen valor act was authored here in my area of Pueblo, Colorado by Mr. Doug Sterner and it was brought to the house by congressman John Salazar.

it was passed and made it illegal to make false claims to military service and use of medals to someone who didn't earn them.

BUT ....it was later overturned by the supreme on the ground of freedom of speech.

So in a nut shell its your freedom of speech to make false claims of military service and it is your freedom of expression to wear medals ...nothing illegal about it.

However, not illegal ...but if you want to be a huge a JERK then that is one way to do it and spit on those who REALLY served....and those who do lie about that should be punched in the face. ok that last part was my opinion however punching someone is not recommended because that does constitute assault by law.

My college degree was emphasis in Constitutional Law so this is the boring crap I did at school all day ....but really Google "Doug Sterner stolen valor act 2005" if you don't believe me .....its all there and it was all over the newspapers here.

there is a new act for 2013 but there are still issues with that and I can see that one going down in the supreme court as well. which is a shame because it undermines people like my adoptive dad who served Vietnam era.
 
Stolen Valor is, unfortunately, unconstitutional. Sort of a double-edged sword there.

With that said, I couldn't agree with Rani, more. It's tripe. Pretty ironic, coming from a company that has run ethical business straight into the ground in this country.

And with THAT said, Old Navy can go away, with Banana Republic, the Gap and everything else owned by and with the Nike corporation, and it's sweatshops.
 
67Dart273 said:
I dunooo, I mean, "it's the internet," OK? Some of this stuff can be very difficult to run down. Even stuff that SHOULD be factual news events gets skewed to the point where you don't know what really happened. I see it in the local news all the time. You see something, a fight/ stabbing, whatever at a party, and the first two networks fail to mention that this fight was about a drug deal ripoff, etc. This can slant the ----- "story" ---- into a whole different light.
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unfortunately I must agree. Anymore, even the newspaper is unreliable. :banghead:
 
There is obviously WAY more to this new story, no one gets a deputy escort out of a store for pointing out a discrepancy. I think the news outlet used the VETERAN part here and left out much of the story.
 
mopardrt said:
There is obviously WAY more to this new story, no one gets a deputy escort out of a store for pointing out a discrepancy. I think the news outlet used the VETERAN part here and left out much of the story.
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That is what I think also. There is not enough proven evidence that would cause me to boycott these stores if I did shop at them.
 
67Dart273 said:
I dunooo, I mean, "it's the internet," OK? Some of this stuff can be very difficult to run down. Even stuff that SHOULD be factual news events gets skewed to the point where you don't know what really happened. I see it in the local news all the time.

You see something, a fight/ stabbing, whatever at a party, and the first two networks fail to mention that this fight was about a drug deal ripoff, etc. This can slant the ----- "story" ---- into a whole different light.
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EXACTLY...

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Just 40 min down the road from me-problem is, the wife shops for clothes exclusively there.
It's real. It happened.

http://www.news4jax.com/news/Army-v...-Navy/-/475880/15185148/-/ycxasx/-/index.html

Army veteran Aaron Bennett ‘was approached by a deputy and mall security, who told him he was banned’ from the store. Story via News4

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – An Army veteran’s story of how he got kicked out of an Old Navy store has gone viral on Facebook and across the Internet.

Aaron Bennett says he was at the Old Navy location in Orange Park when he saw an employee wearing a dark green Marine Corps dress jacket.

“Had rank on the side, couple rows or ribbons and a weapons badge,” Bennett said.

In addition to being a veteran, Bennett comes from a military family and knows that the United States Code makes it illegal "to falsely represent oneself as having received any U.S. military decoration or medal."

Bennett said he told the store manager and was then approached by a deputy and mall security, who told him he was banned from the store.
 
Dunno if the vet made a fuss, lots of pride in the Marine Corps, very dedicated individuals that deal with problems different than society might expect. If Old Navy supports that employee's behavior, I don't give a $h1t what the vet did. One mans actions vice the whole business organization of Old Navy...
...Those jive turkeys better get their $h1t together!
(The wife says she doesn't shop there anymore. She says they changed the way they make larger-pants.)
 
From Old Navy's Facebook page from the Orange Park store: ( Internet gossip)

"Ok to clear things up for everyone who thinks the employee at Old Navy was wearing an old French uniform jacket here is a picture of the same employee a few days before the incident. Also this photo was taken by a marine. Here is his account of what happened that day he took the picture.
"Myself and a few of my fellow marines confronted the employee not even a week ago in Jacksonville, Fl while he was working. We refused to leave the store until the jacket was removed and explained the entire situation and blatant disrespect it showed. Now seeing that he put the jacket back on afterwards shows his complete lack of respect for our jobs, and our uniforms. This was a picture taken right before we confronted him last weekend."

So as we now see from this account this employee continues to disrespect the uniform even after having been told how disrespectful this is to us service members. So this a** takes it off only to put it back on days later only to be confronted by an army vet that gets banned after pointing this out to the manager.

Old Navy how can you even continue to employ this employee showing complete disregard to the law and continues his act of wearing it after being informed days before the last incident happened. Old Navy I am calling you out. If you continue to employ this employee that shows complete disregard of the military uniform on numerous accounts even after being informed of the law and disrespect shown by wearing it. This will show that in no shape or form do you care about your employees disrespecting the military and the uniforms that we have shed our blood to earn and protect your freedom."
 
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