| M&D’s, located at Strathclyde Country Park in Motherwell, today refused to accept that ads for the roller coaster ride are distasteful in view of the disaster.
A concerned commuter on one of Travel Dundee’s buses called the Evening Telegraph to voice his disgust and called for the ads to be withdrawn.
Andrew Pountney, of Whitfield, said, “I think they should be taken down given what has happened. It is quite sick.”
M&D’s Commercial director Malcolm Cannon, who himself returned to the UK from the region just two days before the tsunami hit, said people should direct their energies towards helping the people devastated by the natural disaster rather than make complaints.
Mr Cannon said the park has other rides pointing towards natural disasters but would likewise retain those brand names in the face of controversy.
“We have a ride called the Tornado,” he said. “It is a freak weather occurrence, the same as this. I would suggest that people spend less time complaining and spend more time helping to send money as I and the company have.”
No one at Travel Dundee was available for comment at press time. |
