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The CD-Rom - produced by Newcastle-based Shoo-fly - is aimed at primary school kids, but the judges said they had "concerns about the Asian community and the use of pigs raises cultural issues", according to the BBC.
The book recently secured the "Best Primary Resource and Innovation in Education" prize at the Education Resource Awards, but Becta explained to the publishers that they "could not recommend this product to the Muslim community"..................................................
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Three Little Pigs Deemed Offensive To Muslims
Muslims will huff and puff and blow your house down ...
if you let them.
How fucking pathetic do you have to be to censor fairy tales because you fear they might be offensive to Muslims? Sure, Muslims might be offended. That's the fun of having Muslims around. You never know what might offend them.
From Up Pompeii:
A digital book based on the story of the Three Little Pigs has been rejected by judges presiding over the annual BETT awards of the government's educational technology tentacle, Becta, because the literary deployment of porkers "raises cultural issues".
The CD-Rom - produced by Newcastle-based Shoo-fly - is aimed at primary school kids, but the judges said they had "concerns about the Asian community and the use of pigs raises cultural issues", according to the BBC.
The book recently secured the "Best Primary Resource and Innovation in Education" prize at the Education Resource Awards, but Becta explained to the publishers that they "could not recommend this product to the Muslim community"..................................................
This just had to happen, well quite frankly who gives a damn about what the Muslim community thinks.
This is another utterly stupid act of dhimimitude and oversensitivity.When are they going to declare Animal Farm unclean or unfit after all the Pig was the leader (if I remember correctly).
Piglet, Teddy Bears and now the three little Pigs, what idiotic people are making these fatuous decisions. They are 
clearly not very bright, so I think they work for a Goverment Quango - after al, being dim is a pre-requsite.
clearly not very bright, so I think they work for a Goverment Quango - after al, being dim is a pre-requsite. Yup just checked it is a Quango here is BECTA http://www.becta.org.uk/
Oh d-d-d-dear, why do they hate me so?
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Netherlands: Paintings Depicting Pigs Pre-Emptiveley Removed From Hospital to Avoid Offending Muslims From Weasel Zippers: LEERDAM, 23/07/10 - Three paintings depicting pigs have been pre-emptively removed from a hospital in Leerdam because they might...
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Our politicians are shit-scared of criticising Muslims in case they lose the vote. When I say "our", I mean in the UK, dear old Blighty, where I am based. I dare say it's much the same elsewhere. This, in my humble opinion, is why Muslims are allowed...
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Oh d-d-dear, why do they hate me so?Yeah, I know, you thought when we reached the 21st century that, if we had not already ascended "beyond war", well, we'd be fighting wars in space, with particle beams, and lasers, and all sorts of Star Wars stuff.But...
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How fucking pathetic. The guy made a freaking joke, and his colleauges were "stunned into silence." We must not offend the Muslims, no matter how many Muslims offend us by killing us. "A director of Barclaycard has left the company in disgrace after...