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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Perhaps Catholics should complain about fish being served or even advertised on any day but Friday. How about Catholics demanding that no one have sex because it offends the sensibilities of the priest. (Well, I guess that last is a little stretch even for hyperbole.)
Replace it with the sign: "Mohammed was a fraud and Allah is his scam. Repeat 5 times daily."
"Muslims do not eat pork but the sign has a picture of a pig and the words porking yard"
Oh I get it! Now you can't advertise a butcher shop or have a sign in a grocery store advertising a sale on pork chops or go to a movie featuring Miss Piggy or ..........geez! All because Muslims don't eat pork and they feel offended. These Muslims are not living in Basra for cryin out loud! Theirs is not the only religion in the world. If they can't handle the modern world they should head their little butts back to Cairo. Either that or gain a sense of humor like the rest of normal civilization.
Pork, pork, pork, pork, pork, pork, pork, pork, pork. There, I said it. Take me to court!
That is hilarious! Sorry for not beleiving you, but I had to check for myself. I still couldn't point to a reason why her picture is there!
Must be extinct, though, because if they were still flying around the "Imamigration" to Oz would be way down!
If the remark about all the butcher shops having once been in that area is even partially true, it seems a Historical Marker comemmorating them would not be out of order. One that would describe the type of animals butchered and the large amounts of blood spilled.
Mustn't offend the effendis and muzzy impotentates..
He must be looking for a swine time..
Thanks for the ping!
They ARE a bit sensitive, aren't they?
BWAAAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!
Did you hear the new hotline number set up for them?
1-800-EAT-PORK
;-)
Damn!
I'd hate to have that pet get loose from it's tether!
I'd be gone in one bite
Actually, they don't eat very much. Slow metabolism, one chicken a week is enough...or an arm or a leg...
Ya know, that was my first thought as well. Porkers never even entered into my mind. Guess I've been in too many pub parking lots.
Or having one. :-)
{Tongue In Cheek}
Oh, yes! Don't you know they are now a UN officially recognised "Easily Deeply Offended Group" - or e-dog if you prefer...!?
A.A.C.
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