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Tuesday, 16 November 2010

Don't use Judaism as a cover

The Telegraph reports that:
'A toy pig was withdrawn from a children's farm set by its makers to avoid the risk of causing offence to Muslim and Jewish parents

The pig was missing from the Early Learning Centre's HappyLand Goosefeather Farm, which costs about £25, when a mother bought it as a present for her daughter's first birthday, the Sun newspaper reported.

The set did contain a model of a cow, sheep, chicken, horse and dog but no pig, the newspaper said, despite there being a sty and a button which generated an "oink".

The mother, named only as Caroline, called the firm to complain and was told in an email that the pig had been removed in case it upset Muslim or Jewish parents.'
I doubt that Jews were the worry, as such toys have been on sale for many, many years and have been purchased and played with by many Jewish parents and their children. Observant Jews don't eat pork but have no fear or hatred of toy pigs. The only religion that might complain is that of Islam, so please don't use Jews as a cover.

1 comment:

Weekend Yachtsman said...

Do ordinary Muslims (if any such exist) really have a phobia about toy pigs, or is this a pre-emptive dhimmi cringe?