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Originally Posted by Stuart
I would say the same if Boots renamed a shop selling Condoms in a largely Catholic area as "Vatican".
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We don't acknowledge territories in that way in the UK though (with the exception of certain small areas of Northern Ireland, and that's an extreme case).
The UK and its neighbourhoods are for everybody, not just groups of people with common interests or beliefs that happen to live in the same street. If Mecca Bingo has survived without protest for 50 years, then it has a heritage of acceptance in the UK and should be allowed to open wherever it wants, subject to the usual planning and licensing laws.
A Vatican-branded condom shop isn't really an equivalent as an example though; there is currently no such brand and an attempt to create one and place it in the Bogside would naturally be regarded as inflammatory and unhelpful.