... unless we would rather be treated more favourably, of course."
PS, it's not your religion, it's a headscarf. The park was not expecting you to down a cocktail and eat a slice of salami before you got on the ride.
Wednesday, 31 August 2011
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A topic posted elsewhere (can't remember where)told of a father, taking his son on a sight seeing trip, who, when taking camera shots was accosted by a muslim woman in a burka who told him to stop filming because she was a muslim and it was against muslim cultural laws to have their photos taken, blah , blah, blah.
The upshot was that when the father refused the muslim "woman" punched him in the face, In the comments I suggested that because the world was now a totally different place and that most women work out at the local gym, if they throw the first punch they should expect to be punched back.
Gentlemen do not hit ladies came the swift reply, my only answer to this was to ask, when was the last time that a woman, a complete stranger, punched you in the face?, secondly if "she" was wearing a burka how are you sure that "she" was a woman?
like I said and stand by, it's a different world, the time for turning the other cheek is long past.
> Gentlemen do not hit ladies
IF he punched out the burka wearer he wouldn't be hitting a lady.
AC1
@Anon11:43 - the story you're thinking is probably this one:
http://www.torontosun.com/2011/08/02/yonge-dundas-smackdown
Happened in Toronto. Police were present but refused to take any action against the assailant, despite independent witnesses to the assault.
Leaving aside whether this another elfansafetygonemad situation; the logic is surely this:
My religion requires that I wear a head scarf.
$ACTION cannot be undertaken while wearing a headscarf.
My religion therefore prevents me from enjoying $ACTION.
Since their religion already prevents them from enjoying $ACTION when $ACTION is "enjoying a cool pint on a summer's afternoon"; I really can't see why this is any different. Don't like it? Good, lose the religion.
Sorry, I forgot, religion and logic are incompatible. Disregard.
Anon, AC1, Sobers, OP, agreed.
B, it's their park, their rules. There's no point me standing up for the right of landlords to allow smoking in their own pubs without also standing up for their right to ban smoking in their own pubs (if they so wish).
I would love a park where you could down a cocktail and eat a slice of salami, rather than tepid Coke and heatlamped hamburgers.
Had salami on pizza this evening. Does that mean I can't be a Muslim?
Snarf, I wouldn't recommend boozing before riding, but each to his own. I'd settle for a lifting of the f-ing smoking ban which some parks have imposed.
JH, I dunno. Is there a law that says Italians can't be Muslims?
It seems to me that some enterprising Muslim ought to be able to make a few quid by designing an all-in-one scarf and top. No trailing edges, no safety issue - it's just a hoodie with a tight-fitting hood.
I thought it was quite refreshing to see the police statement firmly backing the park, rather than backpedalling at speed, as would no doubt happen here.
Anon: "enterprising Muslim"?
JM, yup, cheered me up.
Mark, yes, like the person who designed the burqini. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burqini
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