Alton Towers

[Colchester Kev]

Not sure i am comfortable with the racist undertones in certain posts in this thread

[Newmanseye]

I  actually feel that the problem here is Alton towers, They made the cockup, they double booked, they have spoiled the wedding day, not the muslim populace.

Please tell me I am not the only one to see the common sense here people, I thought blondes were above such petty differences

[Jim-D]

I  actually feel that the problem here is Alton towers, They made the cockup, they double booked, they have spoiled the wedding day, not the muslim populace.

Please tell me I am not the only one to see the common sense here people, I thought blondes were above such petty differences

 

[NoflopsHomer]

Not sure i am comfortable with the racist undertones in certain posts in this thread

Nor am I, or those making light of how they'd like to torture people in the cat thread.

[totalise]

I  actually feel that the problem here is Alton towers, They made the cockup, they double booked, they have spoiled the wedding day, not the muslim populace.

Please tell me I am not the only one to see the common sense here people, I thought blondes were above such petty differences

The first problem in this thread is the misrepresentation in the OP, seems like he has an agenda to fill and muffs up the facts to try and support it

that guy makes it sound like Alton Towers are banning anyone who isn't a muslim from going there

the article clearly says this isn't the case

from my brief reading.. the facts seem to be as follows:


A group of people book out a theme park for the day and impose their own rules as they see fit. Thats OK, they have paid for the privelage to do what they want

There was a wedding booked that got overlooked by Alton Towers

Sure seems pretty clear to me, Alton Towers muffed this one up.. so who should they give the preference to in terms of from now on. 20,000 people, or 60. That also seems clear enough to me.

[Trace]

How would you feel if some complete stranger (no matter what colour, race or religion) told you what you had to wear?

Alton Towers should be ashamed for the cock up, but nobody, nobody should be able to tell you what you can or cannot wear!  This used to be a free country.

[mikkyT]

I  actually feel that the problem here is Alton towers, They made the cockup, they double booked, they have spoiled the wedding day, not the muslim populace.

Please tell me I am not the only one to see the common sense here people, I thought blondes were above such petty differences

I agree, alton towers fucked up. But neither group is willing to move their day, so surely COMMON SENSE prevails? No! The Islamic Entertainment group has written to all the wedding party guests telling them the rules for the wedding that ahve to be adhered to.....

Whilst I am in no way racist, I am admitedly annoyed as to how one section of society can get away with such positive discrimination without so much as a eyelid being batted.

Immigrants come to this country for a myriad of reasons, and it is not for me to say who can and cannot enter this free nation of ours. But, I will request that tolerance be shown by all people who choose to live here! That means integrating with british society, and not forcing your beliefs and restrictions down the throats of those who you choose to live with. And tolerance works both ways. If it doesn't, we end up with situations like July 7th 2005, and parties like the BNP getting their wicked way. Or sunday bloody sunday.

[NoflopsHomer]

How would you feel if some complete stranger (no matter what colour, race or religion) told you what you had to wear?

Happened the other day, I thought I could go swimming fully clothed. Lifeguard disagreed. 

[Trace]

How would you feel if some complete stranger (no matter what colour, race or religion) told you what you had to wear?

Happened the other day, I thought I could go swimming fully clothed. Lifeguard disagreed. 

Well that's bloody outrageous.  I would have completely ignored him and dived straight in fully clothed   -    if only I could swim!

[Newmanseye]

Well lets be honest Here Micky, The islamic entertainment group does have more people coming to the park, this is worth a lot of money to Alton towers, who would you rather piss off, 60 people or 3000, or whatever the number of muslims is.

I am looking at this objectively, and if tussauds had any sense they would send the entire wedding party abroad to disney or basically give them a much better deal.

Just the best solution i can see IMHO

[Colchester Kev]

An Alton Towers spokesman said staff would be discussing "the options available" with the couple.

She claimed it was a condition of the Islamic Leisure booking that wedding and hotel guests would be exempt from the Muslim dress code.

looks like there is a missunderstanding, according to this bit the other guests are EXEMPT from the dress code as a condition of the booking.

It isnt the Muslim groups fault for having their own rules for their members on their day out. The fault is with Alton towers for making the mistake of not being organised enough to realise that the wedding was also booked for this day.

[Claw75]

I actually feel that the problem here is Alton towers, They made the cockup, they double booked, they have spoiled the wedding day, not the muslim populace.

Please tell me I am not the only one to see the common sense here people, I thought blondes were above such petty differences

very good post - exactly what I was about to say!

[mikkyT]

An Alton Towers spokesman said staff would be discussing "the options available" with the couple.

She claimed it was a condition of the Islamic Leisure booking that wedding and hotel guests would be exempt from the Muslim dress code.

looks like there is a missunderstanding, according to this bit the other guests are EXEMPT from the dress code as a condition of the booking.

It isnt the Muslim groups fault for having their own rules for their members on their day out. The fault is with Alton towers for making the mistake of not being organised enough to realise that the wedding was also booked for this day.

Did you miss this bit? :

The couple have since contacted Islamic Leisure, whose staff confirmed that the wedding party would be asked to adhere to their conditions.

Yaseen Patel, the organisation's director, confirmed: "The body will have to be covered, (though) they do not have to wear the hijab."

Plus the fact that their complimentary theme park rides will ahve to be ridden seperately, no honeymoon on the nemisis!

The best bet is for alton towers to send them on some all inclusive to disneyland!

[RED-DOG]

Why do feelings run so high about something like this when we live in a world where thousands of people are dying every day from disease, hunger, thirst, abuse, and neglect?

[Gryff]

Ego and pack mentality I'm afraid.