[JRios1968]

All the more reason to eat in front of them...lots of bacon!

[chris37]

Oh, I’d eat a pork and bacon sandwich right in front of ‘em, then I’d wash it down with a ice cold beer :)

[KJC1]

But the guide is now at the centre of a row with Islamic groups who said it was more likely to incite hatred of Muslims than promote understanding.

Oh for cryin' out loud. Victim-status while receiving undeserved appeasement.

There is no right answer except total submission.

[domenad]

I’d pull a whole roast turkey out in front of them just for giggles.

[allmost]

The selective gorgers will have to wait.

[grey_whiskers]

Jimmy Dhimmi Carter must be advising them...

Cheers!

[Uncle Miltie]

Mmmmmmm..... pork barbecue sandwich!

Anyone tells me what I can’t do, and being an American, I go do exactly that.

F You, NannyState.

[Senormechanico]

Hey muzzies, I fart in your general direction!

[RGSpincich]

Oops, clumsy me.

[FlingWingFlyer]

I don’t have any “fasting Muslim colleagues” so I guess this wouldn’t affect me if this rule was brought up at my current place of employment.

[meadsjn]

Yum yum! Smack! Slurp! uuuuuuurrrrrrrp! Ah, that was good.

You want a bite, dude? Oops, all gone.

[ABQHispConservative]

All this “mandated” diversity really pisses me off. I guess it’s the whole nanny state mentality, I mean, whatever happened to common decency. Why is that diversity has to be imposed on us? The answer is obvious, but I wish more conservative pundits would rail against this.

It is more imposition by an ever encroaching government, which mandates everyone to be nice. What the hell? All it does is create an atmosphere of fear, in that you do not want to go against the mandate. The next logical step is a thought police. I mean, how can you trust the people to think the ‘correct’ way?

Sorry, this whole mandated niceness pisses me off to no end.

[LukeL]

The idea of fasting is self sacrifice and a way to avoid temptation. By not being tempted to eat or given an opportunity to eat fasting loses its reason.

[CitizenM]

I am going to complain to Washington. I am sure my emotional psyche has been damaged since I was in grade school. Every Friday I had to watch other kids eat baloney sandwiches at lunchtime. Being Catholic...I could not eat meat then (the Church had not changed the laws yet). I was oppressed, distressed, and depressed. It made me dysfunctional. I have been scared by this and made to feel less than equal. I am now owed millions of dollars in reparations from this experience. And that ain't baloney.

When do you think I can expect my check?

[WSGilcrest]

Dual use technology...

[smokingfrog]

[Nateman]

To the tune of "I'm proud to be an American":

I'm proud to be an Infidel
Because at least I know I'm free
And I won't forget the Christians that died who fought those pigs for me.
I'll gladly stand up and join in their crusade
because there ain't no doubt I despise Islam
Islam hates the USA!

[BuffaloJack]

Offer them one of your bacon rinds.

[PalmettoMason]

LOL. This brought back memories of something we were told when I was over there for Gulf I.

Our C.O. and 1SG told us during a platoon sergeants meeting that we needed to stress upon our soldiers the importance of not eating in front of any Arabs they might come into contact with because the Arabs were celebrating Ramadan. They also said to make sure the troops understood that the Arab men might be a little "testy", since they also refrain from having sex during Ramadan.

I'll never forget the look on the other PSG's faces as we all looked at one another... knowing our soldiers had been living on MRE's and "refraining" from sex as well.

Thanks for the memory.

[Eagle Eye]

Just wondering how many people would make a show of eating pork in front of Jewish clients?

Or scheduling meetings on Saturday if working with Seventh Day Adventists?

It is sheer stupidity to be deliberately offensive and shameful to be ignorantly offensive to clients and business colleagues and associates.

Don’t think for a moment I’m enamored by Islamic culture because I’m not, but I see a lot of Big Talkers on this thread that say that they would fall on their sword and risk their jobs over petty rude behavior when I think that the reality is they wouldn’t have the nerve to follow thru on their threats.