Race & Religion 3: Putting the ban into D'Rabbanan
Over the last day or so we have been having a little pop at the Mohammedan for being a gang of utter utter numpties. Today, as just to show that religious bias is not tolerated here – all are treated with equal distain – it’s the turn of the Red Sea Pedestrians ...
A couple have taken legal action after claiming motion sensors installed at their holiday flat in Dorset breached their rights as Orthodox Jews. Gordon and Dena Coleman said they cannot leave or enter their Bournemouth flat on the Sabbath because the hallway sensors automatically switch on lights. The couple's religious code bans lights and other electrical equipment being switched on during Jewish holidays.
They have now issued a county court writ claiming religious discrimination. They also claim breach of their rights under the Equality Act 2006 and Human Rights Act 1998 and the case is due to be heard at Bournemouth County Court next month
The answer remains the same in all instances: if you don't like it here, you have the right to leave at any time
Comments
You're missing a huge opportunity here - imagine if this line of reasoning could be extended to surveillance devices!
Posted by: Feng_Li | June 17, 2009 3:13 PM
Who put that line in the Jewish good book.
Maybe Moses had another tablet with extra commandments on it that has been lost.
11. Thou shall not bugger about with the lights.
12. Thy bread will not be toasted on Saturday.
13. Swine is unsuitable for thou's George Foreman.
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20. You bugger about with those lights again whilst I'm trying to sleep and commandments 1 to 10 will get rammed up thou's Promised Land.
Posted by: MovingRight | June 17, 2009 10:40 PM
Problem: Motion detector turning on unwanted lighting.
Solution: Replace unwanted lighting with 1.5MW laser.
Result: No more whinging, and cheaper than sending said whingers home!
Posted by: PeteR | June 19, 2009 7:04 PM
Exodus 31:14 'Therefore you are to observe the sabbath, for it is holy to you. Everyone who profanes it shall surely be put to death; for whoever does any work on it, that person shall be cut off from among his people.
Exodus 35:3 "You shall not kindle a fire in any of your dwellings on the sabbath day."
If they've already activated the motion detector, then they should be perfectly free to pursue their legal action after they have been stoned to death.
Posted by: Rapewaffle | June 25, 2009 1:57 PM