[GeronL]

How come its never seen as a bad thing to offend Christians?

[Ruth A.]

after she was warned twice that her eating pork at work offended co-workers and clients.

That's not offensive. Now, rubbing lard on the telephones and toilet seats THAT would be offensive.

[jaykay]

She should consider herself lucky she still has her head.

[HiTech RedNeck]

I have experienced some pretty odious smells from, er, "ethnic" lunches that people have heated in office microwave ovens, and the occasional overheated bag of popcorn, but never anybody trying to fry bacon. That's a new one on me.

[I still care]

I was raised in an area with a lot of conservative Jews. Their dietary habits have a strong similarity to Muslim ones.

Cooking bacon in the office microwave would be - well, I can't tell how upset they would be. If you go to a supermarket in Long Island, they have different slicers for kosher meat, non kosher meat, and cheese.

Really observant Jews often have 2 dishwashers and 2 fridges in the kitchen so meat and dairy don't get too close. That's also why doilies are placed beneath kosher products in the supermarket. You won't get milk in a jewish deli either - only non dairy creamer.

If she was asked twice to respect their dietary rules, I have to say I understand the tension. Perhaps a better alternative would be to provide her with a separate place to eat. But if keeps persisting in putting pork in the microwave, it won't be tolerated.

By the way, I know someone who was fired from a chef job for putting dairy on a counter in a exclusive restaurant where a lot of meat appetizers were prepared. I think they tossed them all.

[Ichneumon]

Rising Star produces self-help DVDs and is designing an Internet filter that would block sites Muslim parents might find inappropriate for their children.

I'm betting that this site would be near the top of the list:

http://www.spam.com/

[television is just wrong]

The article does not list if this woman was an illegal alien or not. Given that 28 million of them live here, the chances are pretty good she was.

[television is just wrong]

Did she ever think of getting beef bacon????

Lot less offensive.

[Diogenesis]

What about diversity?

Oh, THAT only matters when it protects terrorists and the left.

[Casloy]

Actually, living in a muslim country which actually x-rays incoming luggage at the airport looking for pork, I can see why they are offended. To devout muslims cooking pork in the microwave would be the christian equivalent of cooking dog feces.

[pointsal]

Sounds like the business model is "lop-sided"....pardon the pun