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ABSURD: Complete Ban On Using The Word ‘Pork’ To Avoid Offending Muslims
US Herald ^ | 3/26/15

Posted on 04/10/2015 5:01:33 PM PDT by Impala64ssa

When an institution sets out to ban something, more often than not the thing they choose to ban simply reflects back on that institution’s way of thinking.

So what does it tell us about the Oxford University Press that they are banning authors from using words that refer to pigs?

Yes, you read that correctly. Oxford UP is prohibiting authors from using the words pig, pork, sausage, or other pig-related words because they are afraid of offending Jewish or Muslim readers who consider pigs and pork to be off-limits for religious reasons.

Now, I can understand how Oxford UP would perhaps consider editing out a photo of someone stuffing their face with bacon in a manuscript where another photo could equally serve a purpose, but to eliminate all references to pigs is absurd.

Cutting out references to an entire species of animal isn’t an example of careful editorializing to avoid offending a particular group of people who don’t believe in eating that animal. What it is, however, is an example of removing language, information, and accuracy from a book to cater to the beliefs of another.

While freedom of press and speech may be a uniquely American ideal, it is absolutely wrong to impose a ban on a subset of information. No matter how hard Muslims or Jews try to imagine it, pigs are a species that exist on planet Earth. Not talking or writing about them isn’t going to make them disappear.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; United Kingdom; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: islam; islamofascism; pc
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To: dfwgator
ABSURD: Complete Ban On Using The Word ‘Pork’ To Avoid Offending Muslims

NOT ABSURD: Complete Push On Using The Word "Pork" To Offend Muslims

61 posted on 04/10/2015 6:25:02 PM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves Month")
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62 posted on 04/10/2015 6:26:57 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Cicero

What’s green and smells like Miss Piggy?


63 posted on 04/10/2015 6:29:24 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Impala64ssa

muslim holiday = a pork bar-b-q with cold beer.


64 posted on 04/10/2015 6:29:58 PM PDT by Leep (To put it in laymen's terms liberal/progressive ist coo coo.)
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To: Impala64ssa

Try to avoid offending moosie mookabookers?
Hey moosie turd,
Up yours with a pound of very cheep bacon.


65 posted on 04/10/2015 6:31:41 PM PDT by Joe Boucher ( Obammy is a lie, a mooselimb and pond scum.)
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To: Impala64ssa

Now I have to hope that one day I meet an Oxford PC ape and I’m holding a kielbasa in my hand so I can shove it up his nose. So many things to do, and so little time.


66 posted on 04/10/2015 6:33:09 PM PDT by sergeantdave
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To: Impala64ssa
Pork Pork Pork Pork Pork Pork Pork Pork Pork

Pork Pork Pork Pork Pork Pork Pork Pork Pork

67 posted on 04/10/2015 6:34:40 PM PDT by MaxMax (Call the local GOP and ask how you can support CRUZ for POTUS, Make them talk!)
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To: Impala64ssa
because they are afraid of offending Jewish or Muslim readers who consider pigs and pork to be off-limits for religious reasons.

A total lie. Jews have lived in Britain for centuries, so they are not afraid of offending Jews.

68 posted on 04/10/2015 6:35:18 PM PDT by Will88
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69 posted on 04/10/2015 6:35:23 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: proxy_user
> This is the sort of article where I always ask: did they look on Snopes?

Snopes doesn't have any mention of it one way or the other (that I could find).

Nor does the Oxford University Press site have any mention of it (that I could find).

70 posted on 04/10/2015 6:52:09 PM PDT by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is...sounding pretty good about now.)
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To: VerySadAmerican

I wonder if they eat Jello.
I hear pork is the ingredient for gelatine.


71 posted on 04/10/2015 6:52:56 PM PDT by 1_Rain_Drop
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To: dforest

Pork skins


72 posted on 04/10/2015 6:53:18 PM PDT by biff (Et Tu Boeh-ner)
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To: dforest

Ok, Ok I got your message.....

OINK, Oink, Oink


73 posted on 04/10/2015 6:53:58 PM PDT by hapnHal (hapnHal)
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To: Impala64ssa
Will we have to rename the PORCUPINE?!!!!!!!!!!!
74 posted on 04/10/2015 6:57:22 PM PDT by 1_Rain_Drop
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To: dforest

I’m offended by the word Muslim.


75 posted on 04/10/2015 6:58:25 PM PDT by Baltimore ken (Baltimore Ken)
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To: Impala64ssa
I'm calling BS.

Rabble rousing BS.

And judging by the reaction here, successful rabble rousing BS. :)

76 posted on 04/10/2015 6:58:32 PM PDT by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is...sounding pretty good about now.)
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To: dfwgator

Ask Huma......


77 posted on 04/10/2015 7:10:38 PM PDT by bobby.223 (Retired up in the snowy mountains of the American Redoubt and it's a great life!)
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To: Impala64ssa

To a pseudo religion with a fake god: PORK~ PORK~ PORK~ PORK~ PORK~ PORK~ PORK~ PORK~ PORK~ PORK~ PORK~ PORK~ PORK~


78 posted on 04/10/2015 7:11:06 PM PDT by SkyDancer (I Was Told Nobody Is Perfect But Yet, Here I Am ...)
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To: Impala64ssa

OK, I won’t say PORK.

HAM, HAM, HAM, HAM, HAM, HAM, HAM, HAM, HAM, HAM


79 posted on 04/10/2015 7:13:12 PM PDT by Rocky (The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it. George Orwel)
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To: Impala64ssa
To a pseudo religion with a fake god that killed 3000 on 9/11 I say: PORK~ PORK~ PORK~ PORK~ PORK~ PORK~ PORK~ PORK~ PORK~ PORK~ PORK~ PORK~ PORK~
80 posted on 04/10/2015 7:14:17 PM PDT by SkyDancer (I Was Told Nobody Is Perfect But Yet, Here I Am ...)
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