DAILY EXPRESS: TOWN hall chiefs were yesterday accused of “political correctness gone stark-raving mad” for forcing pool users to swim in the gloom to protect Muslim women’s modesty.
The bizarre council diktat is the latest example of bureaucrats taking an extreme decision to avoid upsetting a minority group.
Residents are outraged after council chiefs ordered the windows of their glass-panelled swimming pool to be blacked out after complaints were received from Muslim groups.
That has meant all swimmers at Darlaston Leisure Centre in Walsall, West Midlands, have been forced to swim in a darkened, gloomy pool.
The centre won plaudits from architects for its “ultra-modern” design when it opened to the public 10 years ago.
But now council staff have covered ground-level windows with opaque film at a cost of £1,400 following complaints, mainly from Muslims concerned that they might be spotted in their swimwear.
Regular users of the pool are furious that the tinted windows, installed a fortnight ago, have plunged the pool into gloom – and all in the name of political correctness.* >>> Padraic Flanagan | Tuesday, July 06, 2010
*And in the name of a non-existent god and false prophet! The Anti-Christ! And Muhammad was the Anti-Christ because he denied that Jesus was the Christ, the crucified one, the one who suffered and died to save us. Ergo: Muhammad was the Anti-Christ. – © Mark
