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General Category => Politics & Current Affairs => Topic started by: Nearly Sane on March 20, 2024, 06:28:17 PM

Title: King's Cross: Network Rail removes Ramadan message after complaints
Post by: Nearly Sane on March 20, 2024, 06:28:17 PM
Sure we will be hearing about this from Reform UK as well


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-68617438
Title: Re: King's Cross: Network Rail removes Ramadan message after complaints
Post by: jeremyp on March 21, 2024, 08:35:52 AM
Yes, I don't see that a railway station has any need to display religious messages on its information board.
Title: Re: King's Cross: Network Rail removes Ramadan message after complaints
Post by: Walt Zingmatilder on March 21, 2024, 08:44:49 AM
Yes, I don't see that a railway station has any need to display religious messages on its information board.
Religious messaging in the context of public transport is not new. I understand a few years back a group calling themselves the atheist bus placed a message on the side of a
Bus
Title: Re: King's Cross: Network Rail removes Ramadan message after complaints
Post by: jeremyp on March 21, 2024, 08:48:33 AM
Religious messaging in the context of public transport is not new. I understand a few years back a group calling themselves the atheist bus placed a message on the side of a
Bus

That was an advertisement paid for by (I think) the BHA. That's not the same as using an official communications channel for religious messaging. FWIW if the board had been used to display an atheist message, it would also have been wrong.
Title: Re: King's Cross: Network Rail removes Ramadan message after complaints
Post by: Steve H on March 21, 2024, 08:51:17 AM
People don't like having religion ramadan their throat.
Title: Re: King's Cross: Network Rail removes Ramadan message after complaints
Post by: jeremyp on March 21, 2024, 08:52:15 AM
People don't like having religion ramadan their throat.

I think you should get your coat.
Title: Re: King's Cross: Network Rail removes Ramadan message after complaints
Post by: Walt Zingmatilder on March 21, 2024, 08:58:10 AM
That was an advertisement paid for by (I think) the BHA. That's not the same as using an official communications channel for religious messaging. FWIW if the board had been used to display an atheist message, it would also have been wrong.
What? like, "The train on platform 4 is for Tunbridge Wells, Atheists should use the front four coaches only"?
Title: Re: King's Cross: Network Rail removes Ramadan message after complaints
Post by: Nearly Sane on March 21, 2024, 09:01:05 AM
Religious messaging in the context of public transport is not new. I understand a few years back a group calling themselves the atheist bus placed a message on the side of a
Bus
And the story makes it clear that they have general messages for Ramadan, so it isn't the religious aspect itself that is problematic. So your point is specious.
Title: Re: King's Cross: Network Rail removes Ramadan message after complaints
Post by: Walt Zingmatilder on March 21, 2024, 10:11:21 AM
That was an advertisement paid for by (I think) the BHA. That's not the same as using an official communications channel for religious messaging. FWIW if the board had been used to display an atheist message, it would also have been wrong.
Yes apparently the campaign was started by British comedian Ariane Sherine who apparently couldn't perform one night because she felt a little funny, rumour has it that her manager told her to get on stage before it wore off.
Title: Re: King's Cross: Network Rail removes Ramadan message after complaints
Post by: Steve H on March 21, 2024, 12:19:53 PM
...Ariane Sherine who apparently couldn't perform one night because she felt a little funny, rumour has it that her manager told her to get on stage before it wore off.
Isn't it about time you retired both your jokes, and came up with a few new ones?
Title: Re: King's Cross: Network Rail removes Ramadan message after complaints
Post by: jeremyp on March 21, 2024, 05:56:55 PM
Isn't it about time you retired both your jokes, and came up with a few new ones?

What's the other one?
Title: Re: King's Cross: Network Rail removes Ramadan message after complaints
Post by: Steve H on March 22, 2024, 12:52:03 PM
What's the other one?
Knock knock.
Who's there?
Walt Disney.
Walt Disney who?
Walt disnae mind trotting out the same old joke over and over again.