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One Dudley (UK) worker, responding to the order to remove little toy pigs from their desk and any other “pig imagery” because a Muslim employee was offended, complained it was “political correctness gone barmy.”
Fortunately, the oink prevails as the Dudley Council declared they will not accept “extreme forms of political correctness”. Hooray!
While we all still suffer under the horrible barmyness of PC, stories like this should give you hope to keep up the fight, whether you oink or not.
UPDATE:
Like every virus, PC spreads. There is now a report that some banks in England are banning “piggy banks” because they may offend Muslims. It’s now being reported that certain banks in England are banning piggy banks because they “may” offend Muslims. Nolonger will the classic piggy bank be given to children to start their savings, and the will be banned from bank advertising. (HT LGF)
Mr. Orwell would be shaking his head right about now.
Related Links:
Here is the background story when the ban was originally implemented.
And here is Mark Steyn’s wonderful analysis of the whole absurdity when it was first implemented in April.
