Thursday, January 24, 2008

Cultural "sensitivity" in England has officially gone from merely ridiculous to certifiably insane:
A story based on the Three Little Pigs fairy tale has been turned by a government agency's awards panel as the subject matter could offend Muslims.
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The Three Little Cowboy Builders has already been a prize winner at the recent Education Resource Award - but its Newcastle-based publishers, Shoo-fly, were turned down by the Bett Award panel.

The feedback from the judges explaining why they had rejected the CD-Rom highlighted that they "could not recommend this product to the Muslim community".
Apparently, it's not just the Muslims that might be offended, either. You see, the three little pigs are portrayed as builders, since they built their houses after all. It seems that contractors might be offended, too:
They also warned that the story might "alienate parts of the workforce (building trade)".

The judges criticised the stereotyping in the story of the unfortunate pigs: "Is it true that all builders are cowboys, builders get their work blown down, and builders are like pigs?"
Oh, for God's sake, people would you please just stop all this nonsense and grow up?

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