Happy Ramadan signs at 239 Woolworths stores
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My first thought was 'Cool I'm glad they are recognising other faiths" but my second thought was" There are still Woolworths? 239 of them? Who knew? "
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As long as they seek to exploit people of all faiths equally I have no problem with it. To be consistent they can't now seek to not mention christmas as well.
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guess it depends on if they put those signs in all their stores. If not then they can certainly be consistent and not do christmas in some locations.
in muslim dominated areas probably not so much.
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Not so much, maybe. But I doubt there are many stores where there isn't a significant market in it. Sunshine, which was the headline store IIRC, has plenty of Christian ethnic minorities alongside Muslims, Hindus, Buddists, and more or less everything else you can think of. Even most Muslims don't have a problem with Christmas - celebrating the birthday of the second most important profit isn't a part of their tradition but poses little problem for many.TheDag said:
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well as the article in the OP stated it was 239 stores that had these signs out of a possible 872 stores across the country. This to me suggests they are targeting the stores they have them. So in say Bankstown in Sydney they have not done christmas stuff in the past. In an area like Sunshine where there are a number of different groups then it makes sense to cater to them all.
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Someone picked Sunshine as the characteristic store, so I presume that's representative of most involved.TheDag said:
I doubt melbourne has got any stores where you wouldn't sell Christmas stuff.
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It seems stupid to me -- it's like saying "Happy Lent." If I was a Muslim, I'd be offended.
Now if the signs said "Happy Eid al-Fitr," that would at least make some sense.
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