Sorry if this is veering off topic (reign me in!) - I spent most of my adult life doing the activismy boycotty things and it literally did nothing other than getting me likes on social media. It wasn't until I actually went to SA I realised how easy it is to be swung into hysteria - the reality of it was basically like visiting a new country - shiny hotels, shiny shops, shiny people, smiles and welcomes. Definitely not a holiday location unless you're into all that, though I was lucky to be able to go see some archeological sites which was cool.
I was irrelevant to their economy and I can't stop human rights abuses happening in my own town, never mind in another country. Women are killed every two days in the UK! Boycotts and ethical tourism lead to needing to be hardline across the board. No products made in China, no petrol in your car, no sweeties from the service station full of palm oil, hell, I'd even say no visiting London...a city full of trafficking, Russian and arab families with households full of women and children sold into slavery. I've heard stories of foreign nationals being found living in outhouses for years, in servitude to families here in Ireland! Man-made horror is everywhere, unfortunately.
To get back on topic - on the subject of the construction of FF, surely Intamin would be involved directly, more than just clipboards on the ground? I can't imagine them greenlighting a first of its kind project like this knowing potentially unskilled, underpaid migrant workers would be building it? The potential for a PR disaster alone would be high, surely? I don't know enough about coaster construction, so happy to be corrected!
This project is just absolutely bonkers - the sort of thing kid me would laugh at - and so I must go and laugh in person, ride it and likely never go back, unless they build another bonkers project.
