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Poor Pigs

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gillybob Wed 14-Jan-15 10:38:04

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2908910/Oxford-University-Press-bans-sausages-pigs-children-s-books-avoid-offending-Jews-Muslims.html

Is it just me or is this just plain ridiculous?

Are we next to remove the word "pig" from the English language, for fear of offending anyone?

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gillybob Thu 15-Jan-15 14:55:35

It all sounds a bit crazy to me. Almost saying pretend pigs don't exist.

Imagine a poor child seeing her little friends back pack with Peppa Pig on it and worrying that by even looking at it they have comitted some kind of crime?

I wonder what they think will happen to them if they actually patted one?

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pompa Thu 15-Jan-15 15:50:52

If you were a pig, talk of sausages would be extremely offensive.

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thatbags Thu 15-Jan-15 16:13:42

Only if they understood the language you were talking in, pompa wink