Revolting Natives.

Today was a red letter day on the island of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides because the cinema opened on a Sunday for the first time ever. Lewis is traditionally a Presbyterian community, you see, and anything which smacks of recreation on the sabbath is frowned upon in certain quarters. Not surprisingly, there was a protest…

… there were no reports of rioting, looting, or the firing of tear gas rounds or water cannon. And as far as I'm aware, nobody got arrested. Lewis is a civilised place.

What surprised me was the reason given for the protest. If it had been claimed that the opening of the cinema was in breach of Biblical instruction (as the picture would indicate), or that it contravened a time honoured cultural tradition, it would have made sense. But the leading protester (one of two) said that it was because Sundays gave people time for the spiritual side of their lives. Surely this invites an obvious riposte: those who want to use Sunday to have time for the spiritual side of their lives are under no obligation to go to the cinema.

I gather the showing of Star Wars: The Last Jedi was a sellout.