heh - dunno who said that - but actually I was just finding it amusing that banks were trying to reach out to Muslims, or to avoid offending them, when it seems like the main business practices of the banks would not interest the Muslims anyway. So to speak.
I don't actually understand the word "ban" in the article -- doesn't it just mean these couple of bank chains are no longer using the image? That would be more of a "we tweaked our marketing campaign" than a "ban."
Banks no longer giving away cheap plastic piggy banks really doesn't bother me (as long as they don't just switch to some other cheap plastic gee-gaw)...the thing about the boar statute does, tho. Yeah, you gotta hate those fundimentalist types who want to impose their beliefs on everyone else...
An earlier post described the banning of pig images in a municipal office in the UK. A relatively famous pig statue is also to be discarded. In schools, books regarding pigs should not be used in the classroom.
Seems like a cultural offensive to ban pig images.
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Pun us not, vile woman!
I also see that as the key point; no matter what western civilization does in an attempt to appease, radical Islam will still want to destroy it.
Seems like a cultural offensive to ban pig images.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2005450600,00.html
http://www.derbygripe.co.uk/arbor.htm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/2818809.stm
http://www.livejournal.com/users/bxiie/73766.html?nc=4