{"id":9348,"date":"2010-07-15T09:19:08","date_gmt":"2010-07-15T13:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/?p=9348"},"modified":"2010-07-15T09:19:08","modified_gmt":"2010-07-15T13:19:08","slug":"why-is-diversity-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/why-is-diversity-good\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is diversity good?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Because it is has brought the squat toilet<\/a> to parts of the West hitherto unsullied by its seat-less discomfort.<\/p>\n

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For centuries, the great British loo has been a matter of envy to the rest of the world.<\/p>\n

Thanks to the efforts of pioneers like the legendary Thomas Crapper, we have long since led the world in comfort and hygiene.<\/p>\n

Now, however, that could be about to change.<\/p>\n

For most of us, the squat toilet is nothing more than a staple of horror stories about old-fashioned French service stations or the exploits of adventurous backpackers in far-flung parts of India.<\/p>\n

But this basic form of plumbing, also known as a Turkish toilet or Nile pan, could be coming to a shopping centre near you – and all in the name of cultural sensitivity.<\/p>\n

From next week, shoppers in Rochdale who push open the cubicle door expecting the reassuring sight of a modern, clean lavatory could instead be faced with little more than a hole in the ground.<\/p>\n

Mike Bone, of the British Toilet Association, warned the washing facilities associated with squat toilets could pose a hygiene hazard.\u00a0 ‘We really don’t see a need for them,’ he said. ‘Space for public toilets in places like shopping centres is already at a premium, and if this is meant to cater for Muslims we would point out that the vast majority use normal toilets in their own homes.’<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Many years ago while cycling around Brittany I remember – after weeks of deprivation – the joy of luxuriating in the comfort of a hard-to-find proper Crapper toilet; primitive inconveniences have now made their way to the UK. Such is the march of progress.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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