Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Fight for your right to facial hair

When moustaches are outlawed, only...wait, no, that's a stupid joke. But apparently, Japanese mailmen aren't allowed to have them:
Japanese lawyers are rallying behind a postman whose boss told him he had to shave off his moustache to comply with grooming standards for letter carriers.

The bar association in the western city of Osaka said Wednesday that the order against 55-year-old postman Noboru Nakamura was "irrational" and violated his human rights.

"Having a moustache is part of an individual lifestyle and should be an individual decision," said Kazuo Okawa, a lawyer for the bar association.
He's right about that. And you know, I've even heard that the lifestyle can have some pretty interesting side benefits:

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