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Political correctness run amok
« on: October 22, 2010, 11:07:31 AM »
In England, a sandwich shop run by a Muslim has been ordered to stop cooking bacon because the smell offends Muslim friends of a neighbor.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/8077906/Cafe-fan-banned-in-case-smell-of-bacon-offends-Muslims.html
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Re: Political correctness run amok
« Reply #1 on: October 22, 2010, 12:07:00 PM »
They have to submit an application to install a vent fan.   ;/

Are they not allowed to install a vent stack? 
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Re: Political correctness run amok
« Reply #2 on: October 22, 2010, 12:20:06 PM »
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Mr Webb-Lee said, "The vent is 12 inches from my front door. Every morning the smell of bacon comes through and makes me physically sick.

Ah this is really why he is complaining.  He is using his Muslim friends to push the political correctness.
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Re: Political correctness run amok
« Reply #3 on: October 22, 2010, 01:13:39 PM »
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Every morning the smell of bacon comes through and makes me physically sick.

He needs to get that checked out.
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Re: Political correctness run amok
« Reply #4 on: October 22, 2010, 01:37:46 PM »
Hey we are not that far off: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/10/22/civil-rights-complaint-filed-christian-roommate-advertisement/
Michigan Woman Faces Civil Rights Complaint for Seeking a Christian Roommate.
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Re: Political correctness run amok
« Reply #5 on: October 22, 2010, 01:59:14 PM »
The sandwich guy needs to charge his neighbor for the bacon he is smelling  :P
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Re: Political correctness run amok
« Reply #6 on: October 22, 2010, 05:03:11 PM »
Quote from: MechAg94 on October 22, 2010, 12:07:00 PM
They have to submit an application to install a vent fan.   ;/

Are they not allowed to install a vent stack? 

They were asked to submit a retroactive application to "install" a fan that had been in place for three years, and which replaced an existing fan that had already been there for several years prior.

The inmates are running the asylum

Ditto for the Michigan case. The Fair Housing Act doesn't allow discrimination if you are renting out the entire house or apartment, but it has never (to my limited knowledge) been applied to roommate situations.
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Re: Political correctness run amok
« Reply #7 on: October 22, 2010, 05:26:33 PM »
I wonder if I could sue the Democrat party because liberals raise my blood pressure. Not necessarily smelling liberals, or even seeing them, but just knowing they're there contributes to my risk of stroke and other cardiovascular diseases.

Whoever has the authority should tell Mr. Webb-Lee that the restaurant has been there longer than he has, and that he must move.
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