Barbaric Ban on Toy Pigs
A ridicules ban on a toy pig creates uproar in Brittan.
On the 16th November, a British store kicked out the harmless plastic toy from a small kid’s farm set in case it may anger and upset Jewish and Muslim people, as pigs are seen as dirty and wrong.
An outraged mother was extremely shocked when she found, or should we say, not found a toy pig in a Childs farm set and phoned The Early Learning Centre to get an explanation. The store said that the innocent little top had been wiped out of the set because of complaints made by Jewish and Muslim parent.
After the mother brought home the set for her little girls first birthday, her daughter was deeply distraught when there was no little piggy in the farm set and just a button that squealed when pressed left behind.
Fuming mother complained to the ELC’s customer services and was very frustrated when she got an email from the company saying that the toy had been abolished because it was offensive and insulting to Jews and Muslims because they think pigs and filthy and immoral creatures.
The email the mother got from the ELC said, ‘...due to customer feedback and religious reasons this (the toy) is no longer part of the farm.’
The outraged mum rightly argued that the shop was over reacting and talking nonsense. ‘This is political correctness gone loopy. Surely if someone has an issue with a toy, they don't buy it.’
This ludicrous ban spread rapidly and a huge amount of other mums and dad; even Jewish and Muslims!; were also furious with the claim that the ELC was using and thought it was out of order.
Fellow Muslim mums said, ‘Im Muslim and it doesn't bother me. It's just another animal. What are the store going to do next? Ban the Peppa Pig cartoon? Stop selling books with pigs in? This is a multi-cultural country.’
Yet another Muslim mum said, ‘Removing pigs from farm sets is like introducing 'Baa Baa White Sheep' and calling Christmas 'The Winter Holiday.' Please let common sense prevail.’
Alec Suttenwood; the chairman of the Anti-Political Correctness group; gave major criticism to the ELC, calling the ban ‘ridiculous’ and saying that ‘Pigs are kept on farms - it is a fact of life.’,
After much blast from the British public, The Early Learning Centre later admitted making a muck up of the situation and decided to lift the loopy ban and set free the piglets back into their farm sets.
A spokeswoman for the ELC then said, ‘The decision to remove the pig was taken in reaction to customer feedback in some parts of the world. We recognise that pigs are familiar farm animals - especially for our UK customers. We have taken the decision to reinstate the pig and to no longer sell the set in international markets where it might create an issue.’
Toy Pig Ban
A ban on the sale of a toy pig brings commotion among British public.
On Tuesday the 16th of November, a store removed the Childs toy from sales due to possible offence to Muslim and Jewish parents and children, because the animal is seen as unclear in their eyes.
A mother was startled to not find a toy pig in Childs toy farm set and telephoned store, The Early Learning Centre, to find that the toy had been taken off the market, due to religious reasons.
When a mother brought the set for her daughter, aged one, and found an empty space and a button that made the sound of a pig when it was pressed.
After writing to the Early Learning Centres’ customer services, she received an email in reply that stated the toy was taken out of the set, as it could have offered people with Jewish and/or Muslim beliefs because the pig is seen as a unclean animal.
The email read, ‘Previously the pig was part of the Farm. However due to customer feedback and religious reasons this is no longer part of the farm.’
The mother argued that the store was over reacting and, ‘Surely if someone has an issue with a toy, they don't buy it.’
When news spread of this ban, many mothers and fathers, of all religious beliefs, agreed that the ban was not needed. With fellow Muslim mothers stating, ‘If you don't want your kid playing with a pig toy, simply throw it in the bin. Other kids should not have to suffer.’ and, ‘I'm Muslim and it doesn't bother me. It's just another animal.’
After criticism from Alec Suttenwood, the chairman of the Anti-Political Correctness group, saying the ban was ‘ridiculous’ and that ‘Pigs are kept on farms - it is a fact of life.’, the Early Learning Centre decided to append the ban and return the toy pig back in its stores.
A spokeswoman for The Early Learning Center then released a statement saying, ‘We recognise that pigs are familiar farm animals - especially for our UK customers. We have taken the decision to reinstate the pig and to no longer sell the set in international markets where it might create an issue.’
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