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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One can only say - PORK OFF, Muzzies!
A.A.C.
I thought every bar parking lot was a porking lot.
I used to frequent Ocktoberfest in Munich with my Little Brother...they had a section next to the beer tent where people who drank too much went to lay down and try to get a grip on reality...
the porking lot statement reminded me of what we called the "porking lot in Munchen" we called it the
"Field of Dreams"
Did you hear the new hotline number set up for them?
1-800-EAT-PORK
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LOL! I can think of another appropriate substance for the last four digits...but being a lady...
: )
Love ya Swordfish71
LOL
I was thinking the same substance---Great minds think alike!
;-)
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