Politically Correct or Absurd????

[pogo791]

Absurd yes, like many other posters have said, but let me more specific as to why.

The school wants to be sensitive to different cultures. According to Qur'an 5:3, Muslims may not eat pork. The school authorities therefore apparently reason that they should not perform a play about three little pigs, because that would offend Muslims. (BTW, Judaism has the same prohibition in Leviticus 11:7. Why single out Muslims?)

However, the entire point of the story is that the Big Bad Wolf is bad because he wants to eat the Three Little Pigs. I may be going out on a limb here, but you could easily argue that the entire story line can be seen to support the Muslim injunction against eating pork.

Good grief. Children have always been brought up on animal stories.

Loosen up a tad, there!

 

[Mrs.Toad]

What's so offensive about pigs?

I don't know. The Muslims I know don't eat pigs, but they aren't offended by them.

 

[meandtheguys2]

Excuse me, if it is about not eating pork, shouldn't it have been changed long ago to avoid offending the Jewish community?

 

[Beth76]

Why not pick a different play? Why do people insist on doing dumb things to get their name in the paper? Wouldn't you want to do smart things?

 

[Miss Jasmine]

Wow I have never seen a 100% poll before.

Absurd.

And Puppies is better?

 

[Laura]

"The vast majority of Muslims have no problem whatsoever with the Three Little Pigs. It's always been the traditional way of telling the story and I don't see why that should be changed," Shaykh Ibrahim Mogra from the Muslim Council of Britain told the Daily Mail, saying the name change was "bizarre."

So why the heck did it need to be changed? How crazy!

 

[jen0610]

Absurd.

It's a children's play. I think people get so wrapped up in the politics of things, that they can't enjoy the innocence of something like a children's tale.

 

[SwedishMeatball]

Out of control.

There is potential for offense everywhere if you are going to spend your entire life looking for it! Don't people have better things to do like, live their lives??

Exactly. It's completely ridiculous.

 

[LindsayDunn228]

Totally absurd.

 

[cinmell]

Um, ABSURD!

 

[smartestnumber5]

Absurd yes, like many other posters have said, but let me more specific as to why.

The school wants to be sensitive to different cultures. According to Qur'an 5:3, Muslims may not eat pork. The school authorities therefore apparently reason that they should not perform a play about three little pigs, because that would offend Muslims. (BTW, Judaism has the same prohibition in Leviticus 11:7. Why single out Muslims?)

Yes, I don't understand. As far as I know, Islam and Judaism have nothing against pigs themselves. (What would it even be like to "have something against pigs"? ) It is just an issue of eating them.

 

[KelNottAt]

I think it's absurd.

 

[Serena]

So, instead of having the big bad wolf go after pigs. It will go after puppies?! Oh yeah, it's much better giving little kids nightmares instead. What were they thinking?

 

[JoeEpcotRocks]

What's next? Little Red Burka?

 

[Free4Life11]

Absurd. Maybe they were just doing it in anticipation of protests, it can be hard to tell what will set off certain groups in this day and age.

 

[alabamaalan]

Surely the wolf would not actually want to eat the pigs or puppies.

That would be far too violent for today's children.

I suspect that the poor displaced canine is attempting to gain shelter and goods from the evil pigs..errr puppies, who are refusing to share their items with him in a horrible display of selfishness.

Perhaps they should just be fat cats instead.

 

[meandtheguys2]

Surely the wolf would not actually want to eat the pigs or puppies.

That would be far too violent for today's children.

I suspect that the poor displaced canine is attempting to gain shelter and goods from the evil pigs..errr puppies, who are refusing to share their items with him in a horrible display of selfishness.

Perhaps they should just be fat cats instead.