Posted on 08/12/2015 9:22:20 PM PDT by Impala64ssa
American Christians remain under siege. From Supreme Court rulings to executive orders to the militarys continued prioritization of social experiments over fighting, Christians are under siege in the nation that promised to never victimize based on religion.
However, as the left wages their war against Christians, they crusade for a perverse extension of religious tolerance for Muslims. Though content with insulting and debasing the very foundations of one Abrahamic religion, the left strongly favors walking on eggshells for another.
This is not merely a governmental phenomenon, however; the culture war that is occurring is every bit as real as the policies that advance Islams Shariah law in the Western world. One such representation of this culture war is the recent policy change of the Oxford University Press, one of the biggest names in book publishing today.
To avoid the risk of potentially offending a Muslim somewhere, the company has banned the use of the words pig and pork from childrens books as it might offend Islamic readers.
The new policy was discussed as a radio host noted that his wife, a childrens book writer, received a letter asking her to remove any reference to pigs or pork.
Jim Naughtie, the host and husband of the author, was floored.
Now, if a respectable publisher, tied to an academic institution, is saying youve got to write a book in which you cannot mention pigs because some people might be offended, its just ludicrous. It is just a joke. Oxford University Press stands by its decision. In a statement, the company claimed,
Many of the educational materials we publish in the UK are sold in more than 150 countries, and as such they need to consider a range of cultural differences and sensitivities.
Our editorial guidelines are intended to help ensure that the resources that we produce can be disseminated to the widest possible audience.
Nobody is doubting that these books may someday fall into the hands of a Muslim reader. My question is: So what?
Is there some sort of natural law that exists that asserts that all human beings are born with a right to float through life, free from ever encountering something that they might find offensive?
Further, while eating and handling pork might be prohibited by both Judaism and Islam, neither seem to possess a religious ban on acknowledging that pigs do, in fact, exist.
The next time anyone hears a friend complain that Donald Trump is being taken seriously, remind them of this story and remind them that it is precisely this kind of politically correct nonsense that fuels the outrage felt by Americans who have turned to Trumps no-nonsense rhetoric for a break from the endless storm of ridiculousness furnished by PC morons.
Every time I read this I make a point of adding pork chops, pulled pork, bacon, peperoni, and pork rinds to my diet.
This little piggy stayed home,
This little piggy had roast beef,
This little piggy had none.
This little piggy went
Wee, wee, wee,
all the way home!
Next they'll ban pics of pigs, which will offend Muslims who don't want pigs elevated to the same reverence as Muhammed. SMH.
Noting that Koran possibly refers to "flesh of swine," you beat me to it.
I am going to make a book filled with nothing but the word pig, pictures of pigs, and cooked pig products.
MAJOR grocery store BANS Use Of Words Pig And Pork So As To Not Offend Muslims
makes more sense
Exactly. Merely banning the word itself makes zero logical sense. Political correctness gone insane.
Also, I hate to break it to my fellow freepers who love to taunt/mock Muslims by threatening to smear pig blood's on them and make them eat bacon, but pork products are EQUALLY forbidden in the Jewish faith, and for the exact same reasons (the Quran even references the OT books saying swine is unclean). Christianity is the rogue religion in this case.
"All talk"!!!
PigPigPigPorkPorkPork....loving free speech!
This little piggy went to market...this little piggy came home this little piggie went wee wee wee all the way home!
Only those who CAN read. The rest need to be told what to be outraged about.
Untrue.
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Well, according to the article, the publisher wants to ‘avoid’ the topics, but not ‘ban’ them.
There’s a difference?
What IS Porky Pig going to do?
Get ready, University of Arkansas will have to change their mascot (Razorback hog) and ban their cheer Sooooo-ey!
You swine!!!!! why do you ban words speaking of hogs????
And what about Dudley in the Harry Potter books? Will they go back and change the story so Hagrid DOESN’T give him a pig tail?
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