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HankB

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BANNING BACON . . .
« on: February 22, 2015, 01:43:15 PM »
. . . from books.

I've seen this story several places - the Oxford University Press is allegedly banning mention of bacon, pigs, ham, etc. from books they publish. Say that they don't want to offend Moslems. (Some stories say the ban only applies to children's books, as if that makes it OK. Goodbye, Porky Pig, the Three Little Pigs, and Miss Piggy.)

Oh, and Jews, too; they don't want to offend Jews, either. So they're not just bowing down to followers of Islam.  ;/

Here's one link to the story, which has popped up in numerous places on the web - some normally reliable, others, not so much.

Bacon Ban

I want to believe it's a hoax . . . I want to think it was put out by The Onion . . . but if so, a lot of folks have been taken in.   :facepalm:
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Re: BANNING BACON . . .
« Reply #1 on: February 22, 2015, 03:09:27 PM »
It's about as believable as anything else in this crackpot age of unreason. I have no doubt they publish a great many things that offend Christians.
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Re: BANNING BACON . . .
« Reply #2 on: February 22, 2015, 04:20:33 PM »
It's Oxford University Press.  They're British.

In my book that puts the chances of this being true at a little more than 50%.

Wonder how they'd feel about a short children's story about a little girl and her kitten who live in Rotherham?

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Re: BANNING BACON . . .
« Reply #3 on: February 22, 2015, 05:09:12 PM »
Quote from: vaskidmark on February 22, 2015, 04:20:33 PM
Wonder how they'd feel about a short children's story about a little girl and her kitten who live in Rotherham?



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Re: BANNING BACON . . .
« Reply #4 on: February 22, 2015, 05:23:39 PM »
These books without bacon,
that they are makin'.
I will not buy them here or there,
I will not buy them anywhere!
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Re: BANNING BACON . . .
« Reply #5 on: February 22, 2015, 06:01:37 PM »
Quote from: vaskidmark on February 22, 2015, 04:20:33 PM
It's Oxford University Press.  They're Bwitish.

Quote from: fistful on February 22, 2015, 03:09:27 PM
It's about as believable as anything else in this crackpot age of unreason. I have no doubt they publish a great many things that offend Christians.

The Scofield Reference Bible, for example.
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Re: BANNING BACON . . .
« Reply #6 on: February 23, 2015, 11:06:28 AM »
Doesn't the Koran mention pork when it says they can't eat it?  The Old Testament mentions pork for the same reason.  The New Testament menions pigs or swine in at least one instance I can think of.
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Re: BANNING BACON . . .
« Reply #7 on: February 23, 2015, 11:07:47 AM »
Quote from: fistful on February 22, 2015, 03:09:27 PM
It's about as believable as anything else in this crackpot age of unreason. I have no doubt they publish a great many things that offend Christians.
They know Christians won't kill them.  They are cowards at heart.
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Re: BANNING BACON . . .
« Reply #8 on: February 23, 2015, 12:49:34 PM »
Quit trying to be PC.  You want to live in the United States of America you need to assimilate.  Not saying you have to give up your faiths and/or beliefs but you need to quit trying to force them down everyone else's damn throats.  This country is quickly going to hell in a hand basket.  There is a revolution coming, just going to be interesting where the line is drawn.
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Re: BANNING BACON . . .
« Reply #9 on: February 23, 2015, 01:34:18 PM »
Meanwhile, at Little Caesar's...

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Re: BANNING BACON . . .
« Reply #10 on: February 23, 2015, 03:01:08 PM »
Quote from: makattak on February 23, 2015, 01:34:18 PM
Meanwhile, at Little Caesar's...



Yes, forgot this went on sale today.  Needs to try.
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Re: BANNING BACON . . .
« Reply #11 on: February 23, 2015, 05:14:54 PM »
Quote from: makattak on February 23, 2015, 01:34:18 PM
Meanwhile, at Little Caesar's...



That got my attention.
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Re: BANNING BACON . . .
« Reply #12 on: February 23, 2015, 09:58:56 PM »
You see delicious pizza, I see humongous heartburn.

Other brands don't do that to me.  Looks good though.  Add breakfast bacon.
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Re: BANNING BACON . . .
« Reply #13 on: February 24, 2015, 08:15:59 AM »
I'd replace pepperoni (which I don't care for) with hamburger or pork sausage.
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Re: BANNING BACON . . .
« Reply #14 on: February 24, 2015, 08:40:23 AM »
a fairly old story, and mostly debunked.
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Re: BANNING BACON . . .
« Reply #15 on: February 24, 2015, 08:42:42 AM »
Quote from: Mannlicher on February 24, 2015, 08:40:23 AM
a fairly old story, and mostly debunked.

Yeah, but it's still good for a bacon thread.
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Re: BANNING BACON . . .
« Reply #16 on: February 25, 2015, 11:06:54 PM »
Quote from: lee n. field on February 24, 2015, 08:15:59 AM
I'd replace pepperoni (which I don't care for)...


You take that back right now!  =(
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