ANGER OVER CLUB'S POSTER BY MOSQUE

This Is Leicestershire | Leicestershire Mecury ^ | 11/28/05 | Tom Pegden

[twigs]

That's just it. I DO find this offensive. But I know if I complained about it as a Christian, I would be laughed it--even by other Freepers. Why do Muslims get the kind of consideration we can't get in a supposed Christian society?

[randog]

OK - take it down and replace with a Jimmy Dean Pure Pork Sausage billboard...

Better yet, have a special day set aside every week for an outdoor roast pig barbecue.

[Larry Lucido]

I'd rather remove the mosque. I'm offended that is close to a pic of cute girls.

[Sam Cree]

"If Christians griped about this across from a church the media would laugh at them."

You may be right, but if memory serves, there was a thread not too long ago on a strip bar or something similar located across from a church.

[SJSAMPLE]

I used to think it was bad when a strip club moved into the neighborhood, then they stated putting up all those mosques ...

[Fester Chugabrew]

[sit-rep]

Tough $hit! Go back to your third world muslim country if you find it offensive!

[Unicorn]

Thats better.

[Eagle Eye]

And I find it offensive to exit a gentlemen's club and have to see a mosque.

[GovernmentShrinker]

In fairness, I think many Christian churches would also object to such ads being posted in the immediate vicinity of their houses of worship. A few years back, the city bus stop shelter right next to the largest mosque in Manhattan sported a larger-than-life close-up of a woman wearing itsy bitsy bikini underpants. For many worshippers, this bus stop would not be reasonably avoidable. The poster mysteriously disappeared a week or so after it went up, and presumably wasn't removed by authorized personnel since the ad space then remained empty for some time. It is insensitive to put up ads like that in a place where it's guaranteed to offend a huge number of people. I expect the patrons of St. Patrick's Cathedral would have responded in a similar manner.

[Rummyfan]

Eff em! It's a free country isn't it? At least I think the United Kingdom is a free country.....

[sageb1]

It would be more offensive to me to have to view a mosque from my window.

[BunnySlippers]

What if the mosque offends us?

[hgro]

Solution, go back to Saudi Arabia.

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

"The poster has caused a lot of offence to a community that has very high standards.

High standards, eh? Like these high standards:

• muslim state-sponsored "honor killings"
• in many muslim states, converting to a religion other than muslim is a capital offense
• support of international terrorism through charity scams that all members are required to contribute to, regardless of poverty level
• openly supporting the random torture-murder and homicide bombing of Israeli civilians
• carrying the mainstream view that America got what it deserved on Sept. 11th and the advocation for further attacks while publicly stating that the Sept. 11th attacks were staged by the U.S. Government
• issuing death fatwas to authors that criticize islam

I'm real impressed with the islamics' "high standards".

[Racehorse]

Why do Muslims get the kind of consideration we can't get in a supposed Christian society?

Well, for one thing, they're in the U.K.

For another, doesn't look like they've gotten more than press coverage.  Christians get that much consideration all the time, right here at home, when something offensive pops up in the neighborhood.  Then it becomes a matter of zoning ordinances.

[Canard]

"the media company we use for advertising has gone through all the right channels"

Sounds like the media company did a very good job. All they had to do was put up one billboard poster and they've got local media coverage and now are being discussed on international websites! I reckon, wait a week, then take the thing down and apologise for any offence caused and that should be enough for another newspaper story.

I just hope the media company are on commission!

[PaRebel]

Yes! Some probably find mosques in their neighborhoods offensive! And my response to them would be the same....so?

No one has a right to NOT be offended.

[sageb1]

"In fairness, I think many Christian churches would also object to such ads being posted in the immediate vicinity of their houses of worship."

You're right, but I am not required to be fair.

[azhenfud]

"There's enough immorality in the world and to impose something like this on Muslims is totally unacceptable."

Right. Go stick it in front of a Christian church. We wouldn't want islamites offended.