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To: quidnunc
"It is like American culture where there is this view that America is the land of the free when we know it is not."

The UK can't really brag about their freedom of speech:

No Porking Allowed
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,151638,00.html

A man in the United Kingdom has been formally chastised by a court for labeling his parking lot a "porking yard" and offending Muslims from a nearby mosque in the process, according to the Scotsman.

Leroy Trought, owner of the Swan With Two Necks pub in Bristol (search), was ordered by a court to change the sign in his car park to the more proper "parking yard" and not to display any more signs that could be considered threatening, abusive or insulting at his establishment.

Apparently, Muslims attending a nearby mosque told police that the sign was racially and sexually offensive. The reference to pork was also deemed provocative and insulting.

21 posted on 03/27/2005 6:29:54 PM PST by faq
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To: faq

LOL I watched a show recently on The Discovery Channel (I think) dealing with hogs, it was mentioned that the wild boar population of England is increasing greatly. So, perhaps the ROP will be a bit nervous about this, but of course boars can't be hunted because hunting is illegal; hehehe, I love the dilemmas of the PC!;)


26 posted on 03/27/2005 6:44:37 PM PST by Frank_2001
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To: faq; MeekOneGOP; PhilDragoo; Travis McGee; Grampa Dave


Owner of that pub should change the name to "The Boar With Two Heads" and hang out a large graphic figural outlined sign.


I'm sure England has many such named pubs from centuries back.


43 posted on 03/27/2005 8:19:25 PM PST by devolve (WWII : http://pro.lookingat.us/RealHeros.html James Bond - 007 : http://pro.lookingat.us/007.5.html)
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