Banning Porky Pig, Pooh, & Piglet to mollify Muslim sensibilities

It seems the United Kingdom is on its way to banning Porky Pig, Winnie the Pooh and Piglet in order to mollify offended Muslim sensibilities. In an article entitled, "Making a pig's ear of defending democracy," Mark Steyn reports in the Telegraph:

Alas, the United Kingdom's descent into dhimmitude is beyond parody. Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council (Tory-controlled) has now announced that, following a complaint by a Muslim employee, all work pictures and knick-knacks of novelty pigs and "pig-related items" will be banned. Among the verboten items is one employee's box of tissues, because it features a representation of Winnie the Pooh and Piglet. And, as we know, Muslims regard pigs as "unclean", even an anthropomorphised cartoon pig wearing a scarf and a bright, colourful singlet.

Cllr Mahbubur Rahman is in favour of the blanket pig crackdown. "It is a good thing, it is a tolerance and acceptance of their beliefs and understanding," he said. That's all, folks, as Porky Pig used to stammer at the end of Looney Tunes. Just a little helpful proscription in the interests of tolerance and acceptance.

And where's the harm in that? As Pastor Niemoeller said, first they came for Piglet and I did not speak out because I was not a Disney character and, if I was, I'm more of an Eeyore.

The whole thing is -- as our campus Pastor, Andrew Weisner, put it -- "hilarious, sad, and angering." Read more here.