Posted on 09/24/2008 5:57:10 AM PDT by bamahead
Petitions handed in as licence hearing looms
More than 150 people have signed petitions imploring Luton Borough Council to deny the new Tesco Express in Bury Park an alcohol licence.
The bid from the supermarket giant has upset Muslims living in the area, some of whom say they find the idea of alcohol being sold offensive.
Next Tuesday councillors will make a decision on the application, which, if successful, would see the store permitted to sell alcohol from 6am until 11pm every day.
Tesco says its stores sell alcohol as part of a broad range of goods, and that staff receive formal training which is regularly reviewed, including the 'Think 21' scheme, where anyone who looks under 21 is asked for proof of identity when buying alcohol.
But its policies have done little to assuage the concerns of some local residents, who say they are worried the sale of alcohol at the shop could lead to more crime and jeopardise children's safety.
One petition, signed by 120 people, says: "The almost 'slum' conditions of the area overwhelmingly demonstrate the lack of attention that this area is paid.
"And now, rather than support us in realising our wishes, we are subject to a greater and worse step: the sale of alcohol on our doorsteps."
The decision on the application will be made by the council's licensing panel at its meeting on Tuesday, September 30. The meeting takes place at 10am in committee room 3 at Luton Town Hall.
Tell them to shop somewhere else. Or better yet, move.
Since they are now allowing Sharia law in Muslim communities, the store personnel better watch out...They could be be-headed...
Kind of hard to get real upset about this when Christian churches in the U.S. do the same thing.
I have a suggestion: Go back to the sharia-practicing sh*t-hole you came from then!
“The almost ‘slum’ conditions of the area......”
Probably not the fault of Tesco.....
I find Berkas offensive because they pose a potential danger to me ... has nothing to do with the religion. It could be a man under there holding a bazooka .. who would know? So this “offensive†stuff can go both ways. Problem is, when “we†are offensive we have to change, when “they†are offensive (as in my case) they are protected. So if you give in at all, its not a negotiation, it is movement toward their final position.
Except when we get offended, nobody loses a head.
If Muslims in the UK think they can challenge a Briton’s right to sell and consume alcohol, they are fighting a battle that they haven’t a snowball’s chance in hell of winning.
Drinking is almost the national religion over here, people who don’t partake are scarcely tolerated as it is....
“Except when we get offended, nobody loses a head.”
Get back to me when they behead somebody over this one. Until then, this is no different than when Christian churches try to stop a place of business from getting an alcohol license or try to stop Sunday sales.
Actually, I wouldn’t be surprised if they did win. Brits love to drink, but they also love being politically correct.
I will *never* understand the British mentality. What a bizarre country. I lived there for nearly a decade and never understood the way people over there think.
Bye, Bye Britain!
The British do not love being politically correct. Only a small minority of crackpots who form part of the elite love it. Most of the rest (mainly middle-class) only do so because they live in fear of the consequences of not being politically correct on their social or working lives.
As for the working classes, have you ever been to a football match and heard some of the chants they come out with? They don’t give a s**t about being ‘PC’.
There would be riots in the streets I’m telling you...
The public face of Britain is very PC, but the rank and file aren’t. I experienced a lot of vocal anti-Americanism there, from both the PC thugs and the not-so-PC thugs. Like I said, I spent years there and never understood the British mentality.
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