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Ah! the smell of bacon.
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When I first spotted this story, I was at first angry because some complaining Muslims had got their way again.
But then reading further I thought, well they have got something there, I don't think I would be too pleased at obnoxious smells coming from next door.
That was before I discovered that the cafe was there before the Muslims moved next door, so they must have taken the decision to ignore it and move in.
There is another point also, which was pointed out by a reader, what if it had been a curry house, would the council have acted in such a way, in case they offended the owners of the curry house?
When I first spotted this story, I was at first angry because some complaining Muslims had got their way again.
But then reading further I thought, well they have got something there, I don't think I would be too pleased at obnoxious smells coming from next door.
That was before I discovered that the cafe was there before the Muslims moved next door, so they must have taken the decision to ignore it and move in.
There is another point also, which was pointed out by a reader, what if it had been a curry house, would the council have acted in such a way, in case they offended the owners of the curry house?
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Read it again - the complainer is a Mr. Webb-Lee
Doesn't sound much like a complaining Muslim does it.
He's clearly just fighting having a take-away next to him ( I can understand that ) and is trying the religious angle - these Muslim friends of his don't seem to have been around to comment.
Of course by the time the Mail has finished with the story it screams Muslims object.
We only seem to have MrWebb-Lee's word for that don't we?
Doesn't sound much like a complaining Muslim does it.
He's clearly just fighting having a take-away next to him ( I can understand that ) and is trying the religious angle - these Muslim friends of his don't seem to have been around to comment.
Of course by the time the Mail has finished with the story it screams Muslims object.
We only seem to have MrWebb-Lee's word for that don't we?
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steve.5
It is you who should read it again, it is the cafe owner's husband that is Muslim. And true to form it is the Muslim friends of her neighbour who are complaining.
/// Planning bosses acted against Beverley Akciecek, 49, after being told her next-door neighbour's Muslim friends had felt 'physically sick' due to the 'foul odour'.///
It is you who should read it again, it is the cafe owner's husband that is Muslim. And true to form it is the Muslim friends of her neighbour who are complaining.
/// Planning bosses acted against Beverley Akciecek, 49, after being told her next-door neighbour's Muslim friends had felt 'physically sick' due to the 'foul odour'.///
You are so wrong its not true - This comment is now attached to this story:
"i am the neighbour who complained! well done DM for asking for my comments on the matter, but if you had there would be No story to print! this vent is affecting my childrens health & that is why the council denied planning!! yes i have some muslim friends who it offended, but nothing was said about my english friends who avoid my house within opening hours of the shop! shame on you "daily mail" you have stirred up lots of racial tention in my area now, so for you its "mission accomplished"
- SARAH & GRAHAM WEBB-LEE, Stockport, 21/10/2010 17:08"
Go gonna apologise?
"i am the neighbour who complained! well done DM for asking for my comments on the matter, but if you had there would be No story to print! this vent is affecting my childrens health & that is why the council denied planning!! yes i have some muslim friends who it offended, but nothing was said about my english friends who avoid my house within opening hours of the shop! shame on you "daily mail" you have stirred up lots of racial tention in my area now, so for you its "mission accomplished"
- SARAH & GRAHAM WEBB-LEE, Stockport, 21/10/2010 17:08"
Go gonna apologise?
Tabloid journalism at its shameful worst - all lapped up by a gullible readership.
It is a recognised characteristic that we all filter incoming information for the things that will reinforce what we already believe, any axe we have to grind, any prejudice.
It is sad that some of the tabloids actually do a lot of that filtering for a certain minority amongst us. I have worked around the media for some time now; we know that the editors at papers like The Mail have an agenda and brief the hacks to 'find' the stories they want to print, and so they actually invent, generalise or delete so that the facts don't get in the way of that story.
From a professional point of view; very sad. From a social perspective; very dangerous when the vested interests gain share of voice on the scale of Murdoch.
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It is a recognised characteristic that we all filter incoming information for the things that will reinforce what we already believe, any axe we have to grind, any prejudice.
It is sad that some of the tabloids actually do a lot of that filtering for a certain minority amongst us. I have worked around the media for some time now; we know that the editors at papers like The Mail have an agenda and brief the hacks to 'find' the stories they want to print, and so they actually invent, generalise or delete so that the facts don't get in the way of that story.
From a professional point of view; very sad. From a social perspective; very dangerous when the vested interests gain share of voice on the scale of Murdoch.
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And once again the daily mail makes up a story, surrounds it racial allegations and their sheep like readers lap it up and go all up in arms about it.
All daily mail readers should get a back bone and stop being indignant about about what the waste of paper called the mail tells them they should be indignant about, you have your own mind, why not use it. A simple bit of further research would have soon told everyone that this story is a load of rubbish.
No doubt the mail will be big enough to print an apology somewhere hidden away amongst the classified ads for souvenir plates!
All daily mail readers should get a back bone and stop being indignant about about what the waste of paper called the mail tells them they should be indignant about, you have your own mind, why not use it. A simple bit of further research would have soon told everyone that this story is a load of rubbish.
No doubt the mail will be big enough to print an apology somewhere hidden away amongst the classified ads for souvenir plates!
