Britain Bans The Three Little Pigs
tiny dancer
"The Three Little Pigs" has been banned from classrooms at a nursery school
in the north of England because such porcine children's favorites might
cause offense to Muslims.
Barbara Harris, principal at Park Road Junior Infant and Nursery School in
Batley, West Yorkshire, said Tuesday that all books featuring pigs would no
longer be allowed in Early Years and Key Stage One classrooms.
Pupils at those levels are under the age of seven.
Harris cited "religious sensitivities" for her decision, in light of the
fact that 60 percent of the pupils at Park Road school came from Muslim
families of Pakistani or Indian origin.
"The books remain in the school library and there is nothing to stop our
youngest children having stories such as 'The Three Little Pigs' in small
groups," she said.
"I very much regret that anyone should find this controversial. All we are
doing is trying hard, and reasonably successfully, to ensure that all of our
children are awarded the respect that all human beings deserve." -AFP
AH#49
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> Britain bans the Three Little Pigs
If you could provide a cite (URL) to this, I would greatly appreciate
it.
tiny dancer
"AH#49" <"AssholeT#49"@your.com> wrote in message
news:3E676B47...@your.com...
I'm sorry I didn't do that, but I seem to have a hard time copying those
from google. I went to Drudge, and from there to 'google news'........and
then plunked in 'Three Little Pigs'........because I'd seen something about
this on the news. It was a British paper that it came from, so I imagine if
you follow my 'path' you should be able to find it too.
td
AH#49
>
> "AH#49" <"AssholeT#49"@your.com> wrote in message
> news:3E676B47...@your.com...
> > tiny dancer wrote:
> > >
> > > Britain bans the Three Little Pigs
> >
> > If you could provide a cite (URL) to this, I would greatly appreciate
> > it.
>
> I'm sorry I didn't do that, but I seem to have a hard time copying those
> from google. I went to Drudge,
Drudge?
That explains many things, as I searched all over and coundn't find
anything regarding that on this planet.
Bummer.
I was hoping the story was based on reality.
Carry on.
I HATE rumors and stupidity.
tiny dancer
Hey, the story is true, I only went to Drudge because I didn't know where to
start.............Everyone seems to think the new 'google news' is a valid
site and that's where the story came from. It was also on the national news
last night, that's where I originally heard it. If you don't like it that's
fine with me, but the story ran in a British newspaper. If you're
interested in finding it I tried to lead you to it, if you don't want to
believe it that's your choice but it is being discussed elsewhere.
td
tiny dancer
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BRAVE NEW SCHOOLS
Pig books banned in deference
to Muslims
Teacher shuns swine stories in class that might offend Islamic kids
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Posted: March 4, 2003
5:00 p.m. Eastern
Š 2003 WorldNetDaily.com
The head teacher at a school in Britain is defending her decision to ban
books that contain stories about pigs because they might offend Muslim
children.
According to a report in the London Daily Express, teacher Barbara Harris
has removed the books from classes for those under 7 years old at Park Road
Junior Infant and Nursery School in Batley, West Yorkshire.
Sixty percent of the students are of Pakistani or Indian origin, reports the
Express, 99 percent of whom are Muslim.
"Recently, the head teacher has been aware of an occasion where young Muslim
children in a class were read stories about pigs," said a statement from the
school. "This could have caused offense to religious sensitivities."
The teachings of Islam strictly forbid the consumption of pig flesh, as well
as any food product that may be a derivative of pigs.
Harris told the Express she sent a memo to her staff that fiction books
containing pigs should be removed from the younger classrooms.
She added: "The books remain in the school library and there is nothing to
stop our youngest children having stories such as 'The Three Little Pigs' in
small groups."
According to the report, Harris' memo explained that children older than 6
"can be expected to make informed choice about their reading material and
therefore the books remain the same in these classrooms."
"I very much regret that anyone should find this controversial as all we are
doing is trying hard, and reasonably successfully, to ensure that all of our
children are awarded the respect that all human beings deserve," she said.
tiny dancer
Obviously my searching abilities aren't as bad as I thought if you can't
seem to find the stories...........as I was able to find dozens of them from
all over the world.
td
tiny dancer
id=12702935&method=full&siteid=50061
Is Liverpool legit ...........
"AH#49" <"AssholeT#49"@your.com> wrote in message
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tiny dancer
"Cerberus" <cerb...@hades.org> wrote in message
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> When the monster came, AH#49 <"AssholeT#49"@your.com>, could only huddle
> paralysed, screaming:
>
> The teasing headline, from the original and repeated here, is, of course,
> grossly exaggerated and misleading: the geopolitical scope is obviously
> somewhat smaller, the intent, at worst, perhaps an excess of sensitivity
to
> the feelings of children under seven.
>
> td: I simply Googled the entire subject line from your post here to find
> this in one hop.
Thank you Cerb, I'm still riding the short bus to computer class. I never
thought of doing that.........took a long, round about way, have a feeling
I'll be riding the short bus for some time yet. <g> I'm always thankful for
assistance when it comes to the computer. :)
Oh, I get it now, I think I just copied the headline, and it shouldn't
have said 'Britain bans' .........but the one school or town........I
couldn't figure out what all the fuss was about my article.
td
tiny dancer
"Dahlink" <le...@lone.org> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 06 Mar 2003 16:51:47 GMT, "tiny dancer"
> <tinyda...@nospamhotmail.com> wrote:
>
> >I'm sorry I didn't do that, but I seem to have a hard time copying those
> >from google. I went to Drudge, and from there to 'google
news'........and
> >then plunked in 'Three Little Pigs'........because I'd seen something
about
> >this on the news. It was a British paper that it came from, so I imagine
if
> >you follow my 'path' you should be able to find it too.
> >
> >td
> >
>
> http://www.rediff.com/news/2003/mar/05uk.htm
Thank you, I'm still plodding my way around on the computer, but hey, I look
at it this way, two years ago all I could do was play solitaire on it. :)
As I said to Cerb, I'm always appreciative of any and all help and
instruction people give me.
best wishes,
td
>
> School in UK bans 'The three little pigs'
>
> Shyam Bhatia in London | March 05, 2003 22:12 IST
>
>
> A primary school in the United Kingdom has banned the popular story of
> The Three Little Pigs and their escape from the big bad wolf, on the
> concern that the references to pigs might offend the Muslim pupils.
>
> The head teacher of Park Road Infant School in the Yorkshire town of
> Batley, has removed all books containing stories about pigs, including
> the fairy tale and the talking pig 'Babe', from the classrooms of
> children aged under seven.
>
> Barbara Harris claims it had been school policy for seven years to
> avoid telling the stories to young Muslim children, following
> complaints from Muslim parents and the books had been removed after a
> teacher had accidentally breached the policy.
>
> Local Muslims have condemned the move as 'nonsense', as the Koran
> permits followers of Islam to talk or read about pigs as long as they
> do not eat their meat.
>
> Sheikh Ibrahim Mogra a member of the Muslim Council of Britain, who
> agreed that the Koran contains references to pigs, said, "I wish
> schools would consult the religious authorities before doing these
> things."
>
> The chairman of the Indian Muslim Welfare Society in Batley, Ibrahim
> Dockrat, said he is puzzled and the school policy appeared to be a
> knee-jerk reaction to complaints from some parents. "I am surprised
> that it has been blown out of proportion, that they would have acted
> in this way. If you are going to use religion, you need to be able to
> substantiate that by seeking religious guidance from properly
> qualified people."
>
> Mrs Harris has defended the policy, saying she was merely trying to
> ensure respect for pupils' religious sensitivities, although she did
> concede it might be time to review it.
>
> She said, "Approximately 60 per cent of the children attending are
> Pakistani or Indian origin and 99 per cent of these are of the Muslim
> faith. The remaining 40 per cent of children are mostly from the white
> community with some Bosnian Muslim, some mixed-race and some Sikh
> children.
>
> She added that the school is fortunate to have a variety of children
> and the pupils on the whole are sensitive to each other's needs.
>
> But she said she had only recently become aware of an occasion when
> young Muslim children were read stories about pigs. She said she then
> sent a memo to staff stating that fiction books containing pigs should
> be removed from early years and key stage one classrooms so that such
> a mistake would not happen again.
>
> She said, "The books remain in the school library and there is nothing
> to stop our youngest children reading stories such as Three Little
> Pigs in small groups. The memo made it clear that older children
> [seven years and above] can be expected to make informed choice about
> their reading material.
>
> "I very much regret that anyone should find this controversial as all
> we are doing is trying hard and reasonably successfully to ensure all
> of our children are awarded the respect that all human beings
> deserve," she added.
>
>
> --
> If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything.
> - Notebook, 1894, Mark Twain
AH#49
>
> When the monster came, AH#49 <"Asshole™#49"@your.com>, could only huddle
> paralysed, screaming:
>
>
> The teasing headline, from the original and repeated here, is, of course,
> grossly exaggerated and misleading: the geopolitical scope is obviously
> somewhat smaller, the intent, at worst, perhaps an excess of sensitivity to
> the feelings of children under seven.
>
> td: I simply Googled the entire subject line from your post here to find
> this in one hop.
Yer the breas...er, best, Cerb.
Thanks
--
AH™ #49 BS#213
AH#49
All I am simply asking is for you to provide the URL/ LINKS to those
fabulous tidbits you provide, so that folks like me can check them out.
I am NOT calling you a lair by any means.
I just want to research the sources further.
Like I said, I HATE rumors and stupidity.
It saves us all a lot of time.
As much as I would LOVE to "SPREAD THE WORD" I can't do that honestly
without having a source to back it up, can I?
So please!
I beg of you!
When you find these fab stories, INCLUDE the URL that you found them!
Without back up, they make no sense and are seen as more "urban legend
shit."
Thank you and regards,
AH#49
AH#49
>
> http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100regionalnews/page.cfm?object
> id=12702935&method=full&siteid=50061
>
> Is Liverpool legit ...........
GREAT!
That's perfect!
I'd kiss ya on the lips...but that wouldn't be proper without a cup of
tea and a crumpet first!
tiny dancer
Well I'm sorry, I'm obviously doing something wrong because everytime I try
to copy an address from somewhere I've found through google, all I get is
the google website place, the beginning of it I mean. I don't get the
actual page I'm reading. I even went through the whole deal of 'make a
shorter link' to try and post it, and still it links to
'google'............. Now if someone can explain to me what I'm doing wrong
I'd be happy to comply. I just don't know what it is I'm not doing right in
the copying. I don't have any trouble when the site I've found isn't
through google..........
td
tiny dancer
"Ann" <o...@two.three> wrote in message
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> >news:3E676B47...@your.com...
> >> tiny dancer wrote:
> >> >
> >> > Britain bans the Three Little Pigs
> >>
> >> If you could provide a cite (URL) to this, I would greatly appreciate
> >> it.
> >
> >
> >I'm sorry I didn't do that, but I seem to have a hard time copying those
> >from google.
>
>
> Here's how to copy the url's from google:
>
> Using Internet Explorer:
>
> Use the right mouse button to right click on the link and you'll see a
> pop up menu. Highlight the menu option that says Copy Shortcut and
> left click on it. Then paste into the news group post you're making.
Thank you Ann, I will try this the next time. The way I do it now is to
highlight that place up top where the address is listed, and then click on
copy. That seems to work everywhere else, except when I use google. So you
say there should be something that comes up that says 'copy
shortcut'.........I will look for it and give it a try,
thanks again,
td
>
> Using Netscape:
>
> Right click on the link and select the pop up menu option that says
> Copy Link Locaiton. Then you can paste into the news group post.
>
> I remember well when I was just learning :)
