Getting Muslims to sign up for Family Fun Day: No Day at the Park

[Don Corleone]

I remember a few months back when we debated the Muslim only 'Family Fun Day' at an amusement park in Britain. Some felt it was okay to be discriminatory, so long as the discrimination is on behalf of a religious minority (read not-Christian). Others thought what's good for the goose is good for the gander. Seems like the issue was resolved in a completely overlooked outcome: What happens if you throw a party but none of the guests come? As the entire event was defended as a way to 'defuse' Muslim rage in Britain and make them feel more a part of British society... what does this say? Muslims in Britain are too PO'd to take part? Or is it more banal than that... they just don't care about going on the "Ripsaw"? Thoughts? Opinions? Soap Boxes?

On a side note, my favorite sideline quote was a bride holding her wedding at the park was ready to fight for the right of her and her bridesmaids to show some skin...

But the fun day had caused some consternation: a non-Muslim couple scheduled to hold their wedding at the park's hotel complained to newspapers that event organizers told them the bride and female guests would have to cover up.

Always a classy move to show some leg and cleavage in those family wedding photos...