Posted on 04/25/2007 4:33:40 AM PDT by expatguy
Correct me if I am wrong, but from what I have heard any products containing pork are completely off limits to all servicemen serving in Iraq.
Not at all. The chow halls serve pork bacon, pork chops, pork roast, pork BBQ, etc. regularly.
Heck, a lot of the Iraqis eat pork. When I needed to get 750 hot dogs for July 4 last year, my local buyer couldn't find that many in the all beef variety, but he was able to get plenty of pork hot dogs. Out in town.
Go figure. ;-)
There are many restrictions about what you can send and in many cases; you need to ask what the soldiers actually want. A few no-no's first:
No Pork. No Alcohol in any form. No Pornography. No Magazines that depict the human body (male or female) in an undressed state (IE: Swimsuit issues, body building magazines, Victoria's Secret). No weapons of any sort.
From the following:
Well, there’s certainly plenty of pork around here.
Balance the ham sandwich with slitting throats and flying planes into buildings.
Which one should produce the most outrage?
Which one does?
Lewiston, ME, Generic E-Mail Address: mis@ci.lewiston.me.us
Steven Wessler, Maine’s #1 dhimmi
CPHV Portland, ME
Phone: 207-780-4756
Fax: 207-228-8550
This story has already been corrected. http://www.sunjournal.com/story/209231-3/LewistonAuburn/Ham_report_stirs_mess/
It was actually a parody, and didn’t actually occur. (We all still run into the fact that just because a “news story” is on the internet doesn’t make it accurate.)
Maybe the folks in Maine don’t deserve any irate emails after all.
Mama Cass dies of a myocardial infarction, not choking on a sandwich. Here’s the info:
http://www.snopes.com/music/artists/mamacass.asp
Guiltless ham sandwiches continue to be impugned unfairly!
Im going to suggest that the parody after the incident is now exposing how outrageous this entire thing is.
The fact remains that the school considered this a "hate" incident.
I like the commenter who stated:
"Remember the whole seperation of church and state thing"
Looks like it does not apply to Muslims in Maine.
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