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Re: This headline:<\/p>\n

Oxford University warns authors not to write about pork, bacon to avoid offending Muslims<\/a><\/p>\n

Permit me to reply as follows: Bacon, bacon, bacon, bacon, bacon, bacon, bacon, bacon, bacon, bacon, bacon, bacon, bacon, bacon, bacon, bacon, bacon, bacon, bacon, bacon, bacon, bacon, bacon, bacon, bacon, bacon, bacon, bacon, bacon, bacon, bacon, bacon, bacon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<\/p>\n

I note that it does not appear that Muslims are demanding this, merely cowardly PC academics. At any rate, whoever is demanding this needs to understand that Muslims are welcome to not eat pork or hang around pigs, but they are not welcome, nor is Oxford University welcome, to demand that non-Muslims not enjoy\u2013or talk about enjoying\u2013a BLT, Winnie the Pooh and Piglet, or Charlotte\u2019s Web<\/em>. Just as it is obnoxious to go out of one\u2019s way to offend people, it is obnoxious to go out of one\u2019s way to take offense at somebody else for not living by your particular sects ceremonial and cultic practices. I don\u2019t demand everybody in the world fast on Ash Wednesday, Oxford. You don\u2019t tell me what ritually unclean animals I can eat or discuss.<\/p>\n

In short, normal people don\u2019t need Sensitivity Training. Oxford needs Insensitivity Training.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"