Just damn.
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Posted on 03/24/2005 2:47:52 PM PST by quidnunc
A man who was made subject to an Anti-Social Behaviour Order for putting up a sign saying “porking yard” in his pub car park, because it was offensive to Muslims, today described the court action as “a joke”.
Leroy Trought, 42, was given a two-year Asbo at a hearing at Bristol Magistrates’ Court on Monday.
Magistrates ordered him to change the wording of the “porking yard” sign at The Swan With Two Necks in St Judes, Bristol, to “parking yard”.
He was ordered not to display any signs that may be threatening, abusive or insulting at the pub, which is next to a Somali mosque.
The order was sought by Avon and Somerset Police and Bristol City Council after a series of complaints from residents in the St Judes area.
A spokeswoman for Bristol City Council said: “The Asbo was sought after we received a number of complaints from the wider community who found the sign to be racially and sexually offensive.”
But Mr Trought today said that imposing the Asbo was a joke.
He said the sign was intended to commemorate the large number of butchers’ shops that used to be located in the area and he had never intended to cause any offence.
He said: “We ran a competition in the pub to think of a funny name for the car park and one of the customers came up with the name ‘the porking yard’.
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Somali-born Khalil Abdi, who is street warden in the area, said the sign was deliberately provoking the Muslim community.
Speaking to the Bristol Evening Post, he said: “Because of my faith I am required to attend the mosque in the education centre to pray.
“I regularly use the learning centre in Wade Street, which is near to the pub, with my fellow Somali friends.
“Muslims do not eat pork but the sign has a picture of a pig and the words ‘porking yard’.
“My friends and I were angered and upset by the sign and we have welcomed the court ruling ordering the sign to be changed. I definitely think it is provocative and insulting to Muslims.”
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(TX BBQ lovers may have something to say about that)
Especially.... the STFU part. LOL!!
Perhaps the owner of the pub should seek to import some prime grade A US BBQ ... and we all know that outside TX BBQ means Pork! (Can I get an Amen from my brothers and sisters down GA way?)
"Swan With Two Necks Pub" I should thank that that is insulting to swans hatched with genetic defects!
Just damn.
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Yes, on the way back to the Dark Ages.
What is a Street Warden?
The Dark Ages or even further back, check out that T.Rex thread. :) Dinosaurs may be in our future.
Sorry I don't know how to link to other threads.
I guess a Harley Davidson dealership with a HOG chapter is out of the question. How about a Dixie Pig Restaurant..
Damn I am glad I aint in England, or wherever the hell Bristol is.
I am in Bristol tomorrow on my way to the countryside for a nice Easter weekend. I shall keep my eye out for this pub and might buy a drink or two if I see it.
They are really going freak out when they see their first PIGLYWIGLY supermarket.
I would think Kirstie Alley...
ping. pcbs
So seeing a sign with a pig on it offends Muslims?
Gimme a friggin' break.
History trivia re. "Swan with Two Necks." Scholars believe this is a corruption of "swan with two NICKS." Back when swans were commercially raised as food for nobility/royalty, and for their feathers, growers marked their swan with "nicks" on the beak - like earmarking a steer.
Well how can it be racially and morally offensive, both groups say the word means different things, one is a sexual act and the other is a type of meat.
I say "if the pork fits, than wear it!"
I know a Germanic lady who always says the word phock, I never really thought it had to do anything with porking though, rather she just could not spell very well....
If I knew the shape of the moon rock they worship.
I would have a hog with it's tail up ant it's rear over a moon rock.
Thanks for the info/trivia. That's a great piece of history.
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