On Thursday, 15 January 2015 13:43:18 UTC, Tim Watts wrote:
On 15/01/15 13:20, Huge wrote:


I agree. This is what people who take offence from Rotterdam's mayor's
comments fail to see.

My view on integration is you can bring with you whatever customs you
like as long as you don't expect the general populace to embrace[1]
them, or even make allowances (though you can ask[2]);


[1] If you have something fun going on, like interesting food, funky
celebrations and cool clothes, people might just ask if they can come to
your party anyway - this is the most positive side of multiculturism. If
your customs are at odds with the general populace, keep them at home
assuming they don't offend the basic laws - eg no sharia courts when the
country has a fully established legal system.

[2] I think it is perfectly reasonable for a jew or a muslim to work in
a supermarket and ask not to do meat counter duties as touching pork is
more than he can stand - because it's relatively simple to accommodate.

Is it ? if I were a vegetarian would the same apply ?
If you don;t want to touch pork best not to apply for a job where handling pork is part of the job description.


Not much different to accommodating someone with a shellfish allergy.

Not really as it's a belief rather than a medical condition.
If you're obese and addicted to cake best not to apply for a job at greggs.
Or more lilely it's an excellent reason ;-)



I don;t like hieghts so is it OK for me to get a job cleaning the chards windows and saying sorry I'm not going outside it's too high up.


It would be totally unreasonable in my view for said person to apply to
work in a butcher's shop and then demand all pork is removed and no
longer sold.

That would be unre4asonable.

He may however ask to be supplied with working gloves to
avoid "touching" the stuff.

For me that would depend on what;'s supplied to others I would not treat that person differnelty from everyones else.
Same if somnepone said they have a hygene phobia and couldn;t touch the door handle without gloves, I'd tell them to buy thier own gloves.



That means you, Oxford University Press![3]
Ditto I would not expect a person with a shellfish allergy to be wanting
to work in a sushi kitchen.


It's balance -

I'm not so sure it is a balance. Yopu set laws a rules for those that are inhabiting the country rather than for teh benifit of those that don't.