You would have hoped that MAYBE Europe would have woken up a bit after last week’s Muslim terrorist attack, and quit pandering to them. Sadly, the exact opposite is happening in Europe, and this country. At Oxford University in England, they are banning all books with references to sausages or pigs for one reason. So they don’t offend the poor Muslims.
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| Oxford bans kids books with pigs to not offend Muslims |
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A leading publisher of schoolbooks has banned its authors from mentioning pigs, sausages, and anything pork related in their books, lest the words offend Muslims. The ban was criticised as “utter nonsense” by a Muslim Member of Parliament, but the publishers have defended their decision as their books are sold around the world.
The edict emerged during a discussion on Radio 4’s Today program on free speech, the Daily Mail has reported. Presenter James Naughtie, whose author wife is currently in discussion with Oxford University Press (OUP) regarding an educational series of books, brandished a letter saying: “I’ve got a letter here that was sent out by OUP to an author doing something for young people.
“Among the things prohibited in the text that was commissioned by OUP was the following: Pigs plus sausages, or anything else which could be perceived as pork.
“Now, if a respectable publisher, tied to an academic institution, is saying you’ve got to write a book in which you cannot mention pigs because some people might be offended, it’s just ludicrous. It is just a joke.”