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Originally Posted by downquark1
What story is this about pigs? Wouldn't the 3 little pigs also be offensive to Jews and Christians also?
" The pig also because it is a splitter of the
hoof but there is no cud. It is unclean for
you. None of their flesh must you eat and carcass
you must not touch. "
Deuteronomy 14:8 ( Bible)
Of course I don't see a problem with a story about a pigs, they are merely forbidden from eating them, not telling stories about them.
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Don't have a go at me about it
I'm suprised you don't rememeber, it has been on here a few times. Anyway. Some school somewhere decided to remove books about the three little pigs. I'm pretty sure they said it was to benefit Muslims solely, as the school had an extremely large proportion of Muslims versus Jews and Christians. At the time the Muslim Council Of Great Britain, or whatever its called was largely silent, but now as these kind of things become more common, they have started to say it is unnecessary patronisation of Muslims.
Also, if I was a solidly right-wing I would declare it, but i'm not really. The last political poll I took, which was one to decide what presidential candidate was right for me came out as Edwards, Kerry then Bush
I like to think of myself as independant, but as time goes on and I get older, i'm becoming more and more right-leaning. That said I do believe in some of the staples of the left-wing manifesto, like right to have an abortion, a government recognised union of gay people, a fair, balanced, common-sense based welfare system. The right wing bits that come in are normally to do with fiancial policies and such. A country is like a business and needs to be run so. I'm against a national service obviously, i'm pro-capital punishment, I think for certain cases, and I don't think schools should bring back the birch, but I think they should maybe more scope for disciplining kids. I've said it before, the country doesn't need a right or left wing government. It needs a bit of both.