Yes, folks, there really is a "Nigloland", a theme park in Dolancourt, in northeastern France. In the official video, which invites you to "Vivez des sensations fortes à Nigloland!" it looks pretty much like your average amusement park.
You got your roller coaster, your runaway train ride (like Indiana Jones), your flume ride and many others designed to make you scream and throw up, if that's your idea of a good time. It also had a quieter ride -- the kind I like -- an African river cruise, like they used to have in Disney's Adventureland (if my memory serves).
The Nigloland (got the name figured out yet?) cruise is a little more realistic... or less politically correct... than the Disney version. Here's a clip.
For those who don't speak French, the character with the red tarboosh, carrying a bunch of bananas, is an African. The one about to get his nether orifice reamed out, is a European colonialist. He's yelling, "Stop talking, Bounama, and help me climb onto this branch before my trousers start looking like a sieve!" The black character replies in a heavy African accent and calls the white character "boss" several times.
For some reason, this scene enraged some visitors to Nigloland -- admirers of Rousseau's "noble savage" ideal, perhaps -- who started a Twitterstorm accusing the park operators of colonialism, racism, yada yada yada -- the usual stuff. The theme park was quick to post an apology on social media, saying "We apologize to the people we were able to encounter with one of the scenes of the Africa Cruise. We are listening to our customers and sensitive to the quality of our park, we change the scene in question this weekend. Thank you for your understanding."
That's OK then. Forget about it. And for our readers who were planning on visiting Nigloland, forget about that too. No "sensations fortes" there any more.
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Tuesday, July 23, 2013
No more special treatment for Jews and Muslims at Six Flags Montréal park
La Ronde is a popular amusement park in Montréal. Kids love it, including, of course, the many children of Montréal’s large orthodox Jewish community. For the boys who attend Camp Gan Israel in the Laurentians, the trip to La Ronde is one of the highlights of the summer.
One of the reasons Jews (and Muslims) like La Ronde is that they’re allowed to bring their own kosher (and halal) snacks, contrary to the park’s policy that visitors have to buy the food sold in the park. The park doesn't sell kosher (or halal) food, so Jewish and Muslim kids are exempt from the rule, as a deep bow to "celebrating diversity" and "religious accommodation".
This was revealed by Le Journal de Montréal in "Lunchs interdits à la Ronde sauf pour les juifs et les musulmans", a feature story which ran on July 16th. But now the concession to "those of other faiths" is over.
In a statement released yeseterday, spokesthingy Catherine Tremblay told the media "After hearing feedback from our guests, La Ronde would like to clarify that only guests with special medical dietary needs will be considered to bring outside food with them as they enter the park."
The escalating pushback against "reasonable accommodation" of Québec’s religious minorities comes as the government of la Belle Province prepares a new charter to protect "Québec values" against assault by minority religious groups and the "human rights industry".
As reported here ("PQ not so PC as TROC?"), the Québec Soccer Federation made headlines when it tried to ban turban-wearing Sikhs from playing. It was forced to reverse the rule ban after FIFA -- "football"’s international governing body -- said they had nothing against the headgear.
A month earlier, Bernard Drainville, the minister responsible for the values charter, denounced another policy of the city of Montréal, under which Jews are allowed to park wherever they like during their high holidays.
Le Journal de Montréal has been accused by the usual suspects of "accommodation vigilantism". Looks to Poor Len as if they just want to know when the pandering is going to end. The 19,000 Québecois who signed an Internet petition against special treatment for minorities would like to know too.
Footnote: La Ronde is owned by Six Flags Entertainment Corp., in the news this week for allegedly failing to take proper care of morbidly obese people who like to ride its roller coasters. Stay off the La Ronde coaster, eh!
One of the reasons Jews (and Muslims) like La Ronde is that they’re allowed to bring their own kosher (and halal) snacks, contrary to the park’s policy that visitors have to buy the food sold in the park. The park doesn't sell kosher (or halal) food, so Jewish and Muslim kids are exempt from the rule, as a deep bow to "celebrating diversity" and "religious accommodation".
This was revealed by Le Journal de Montréal in "Lunchs interdits à la Ronde sauf pour les juifs et les musulmans", a feature story which ran on July 16th. But now the concession to "those of other faiths" is over.
In a statement released yeseterday, spokesthingy Catherine Tremblay told the media "After hearing feedback from our guests, La Ronde would like to clarify that only guests with special medical dietary needs will be considered to bring outside food with them as they enter the park."
The escalating pushback against "reasonable accommodation" of Québec’s religious minorities comes as the government of la Belle Province prepares a new charter to protect "Québec values" against assault by minority religious groups and the "human rights industry".
As reported here ("PQ not so PC as TROC?"), the Québec Soccer Federation made headlines when it tried to ban turban-wearing Sikhs from playing. It was forced to reverse the rule ban after FIFA -- "football"’s international governing body -- said they had nothing against the headgear.
A month earlier, Bernard Drainville, the minister responsible for the values charter, denounced another policy of the city of Montréal, under which Jews are allowed to park wherever they like during their high holidays.
Le Journal de Montréal has been accused by the usual suspects of "accommodation vigilantism". Looks to Poor Len as if they just want to know when the pandering is going to end. The 19,000 Québecois who signed an Internet petition against special treatment for minorities would like to know too.
Footnote: La Ronde is owned by Six Flags Entertainment Corp., in the news this week for allegedly failing to take proper care of morbidly obese people who like to ride its roller coasters. Stay off the La Ronde coaster, eh!
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