Posted on 01/14/2015 5:54:37 PM PST by Steelfish
Oxford University Press Bans Use Of Pig, Sausage Or Pork-Related Words To Avoid Offending Muslims
14 Jan 2015 The Oxford University Press has warned its writers not to mention pigs, sausages or pork-related words in children's books, in an apparent bid to avoid offending Jews and Muslims.
The existence of the publisher's guidelines emerged after a radio discussion on free speech in the wake of the Paris attacks. Speaking on Radio 4's Today programme, presenter Jim Naughtie said: "I've got a letter here that was sent out by OUP to an author doing something for young people.
"Among the things prohibited in the text that was commissioned by OUP was the following: Pigs plus sausages, or anything else which could be perceived as pork.
"Now, if a respectable publisher, tied to an academic institution, is saying you've got to write a book in which you cannot mention pigs because some people might be offended, it’s just ludicrous. It is just a joke."
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
I need a refresher course in history.
WHEN were Jews offended by words or pictures of pigs? I understand their basis for Kosher food, but not pictures or words.
Wouldn't Jews be offended by being placed in the same category as muslims?
We’ve got trouble: Porcupine
And does weiner count as sausage?
Shaving will be next to go
How are they going to discuss British Pub Food, then?
How are they going to discuss ‘bangers and mash’?
How are they going to discuss the growth of the barbeque in England?
and the crowd of scholars went.. Oink!!
Winnie the Pooh & Woostopher Robbins Kill Piglet
More news at 8:OO am, right then. Your BBC
Europe is dead.... Just waiting for the buzzards.
That is the attitude we need
The phrase, “Oxford University Press” used to sound like something smart. How low the British have fallen. The British government, at the request of some Obama-compliant Yankies, no doubt, have banned two of the most outstanding and brilliant and principled journalist heroes of our time, Pamela Geller and Robert Spencer, from the UK.
The Brits are far, far distant from their finest hour.
Now one of their once prestigious scholarly publishers, Oxford University Press, says it’s today been scared so much by sabre-rattling Islamists that it is afraid to write or publish in any language the words “pig,” “pork,” “porcine,” “hog,” “swine,” “sow,” “ham,” “bacon,” “lard,” and “Piggly Wiggly.” Maybe someone high-up at the Press reasons that pretending these items don’t exist will keep the Islamist grim reapers at bay.
This new policy is a bold step into an intellectual abyss from which there will be no recovery! Not to mention that there will be no more Christmas hams in Jolly Old England, or, if there are, no one will dare mention it.
Monty Python, where are you when your countrymen desperately need you?
‘The Future Must Not Belong To Those Who Slander Bacon.’
This is one of the saddest stories to come out of Europe since last week’s atrocities. I’m not saying it can’t happen here - it bloody well can and will - but to see Oxford University Press sink this low, so quickly, breaks my heart. In the original Barnes & Noble bookstore on 18th Street and 5th Avenue, the shelves were lined with second hand University Press publications as well as Penguins and other great British books. What a delight it was to pick up these beautiful paperbacks and wonder at the great literature contained between the covers. Shame on them.
‘damn Brits were never that kind to Jewish people who also don’t like pork,’
Crap.
I hope Jim equally isn’t paying you for your tedious attacks on me. My defence of my country from unfair criticism seems to bother you for some reason.
Appeasers that alone should suffer the consequences of their ignorance.
>> Calm down, this is one stupid decision by one stupid company
It’s a notable indicator of a much larger problem.
Oxford University Press Bans Use of The English Language to Avoid Offending Muslims == Prints Only Books in Arabic, Revenues Crash
Bunch of wussies. How the h*ll do these people get laid?
PING!
An admirable replacement, if you could find it, would be Eliza Action's Modern Cookery for Private Families (1845) - much more original and creative than Mrs B, who was more of a journalist than a cook. Though given your familiarity with British cultural traditions, I wouldn't be surprised if you already had it.
I’m Jewish, and none of that stuff offends me. Or any other Jews, for that matter. It’s not because of Jews that they banned those words.
I don’t, actually! I’ve always wanted it, too. I love Mrs. B. for her medical advice which is pretty interesting and entertaining.
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