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browneyedgirl
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 Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 5:20 pm Post subject: Cute puppies spark outrage |
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1030798/Muslims-outraged-police-advert-featuring-cute-puppy-sitting-policemans-hat.html
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Muslims outraged at police advert featuring cute puppy sitting in policeman's hat
By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 12:15 PM on 01st July 2008
A postcard featuring a cute puppy sitting in a policeman's hat advertising a Scottish police force's new telephone number has sparked outrage from Muslims.
Tayside Police's new non-emergency phone number has prompted complaints from members of the Islamic community.
The choice of image on the Tayside Police cards - a black dog sitting in a police officer's hat - has now been raised with Chief Constable John Vine.
'They (the police) should have understood. Since then, the police have explained that it was an oversight on their part, and that if they'd seen it was going to cause upset they wouldn't have done it.'
Councillor Asif, who is a member of the Tayside Joint Police Board, said that the force had a diversity adviser and was generally very aware of such issues.
He raised the matter with Mr Vine at a meeting of the board.
The chief constable said he was unaware of the concerns and that the force had not sought to cause any upset but added he would look into the matter.
Councillor Asif said: 'People who have shops just won't put up the postcard. But the police have said to me that it was simply an oversight and they did not seek to offend or upset.'
Cards featuring police dog-in-training Rebel have been distributed to communities throughout the area to advertise the single number point of contact for non-emergency calls to the police.
Rebel has proved a popular recruit for Tayside Police after coming through the very first Lothian and Borders Police dog-breeding programme in February.
One of seven German Shepherd pups born in early December, he has now completed his course of inoculations, and is free to venture out onto the streets of Tayside.
A spokesman for Tayside Police said: 'Trainee police dog Rebel has proved extremely popular with children and adults since being introduced to the public, aged six weeks old, as Tayside Police's newest canine recruit.
'His incredible world-wide popularity - he has attracted record visitor numbers to our website - led us to believe Rebel could play a starring role in the promotion of our non-emergency number.
'We did not seek advice from the force's diversity adviser prior to publishing and distributing the postcards. That was an oversight and we apologise for any offence caused.'
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Bigfeet
Joined: 29 May 2008
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| Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 5:35 pm Post subject: |
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| You left out salient parts of the article. |
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nautilus
Joined: 26 Nov 2005
Location: Je jump, Tu jump, oui jump!
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| Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 5:48 pm Post subject: Re: Cute puppies spark outrage |
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| browneyedgirl wrote: |
Councillor Asif, |
What do you call an honest muslim?
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ED209
Joined: 17 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 6:38 pm Post subject: |
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Your post made no sense.
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| The advert has upset Muslims because dogs are considered ritually unclean and has sparked such anger that some shopkeepers in Dundee have refused to display the advert. |
Now they can see how most Daily Mail readers feel about them. |
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ReeseDog
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| Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 7:14 pm Post subject: |
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| Muslims there need to get over it. Last I checked, Britain wasn't an Islamotheocracy. |
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nautilus
Joined: 26 Nov 2005
Location: Je jump, Tu jump, oui jump!
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| Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 9:42 pm Post subject: |
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Nobody gets it??
Asif = As if.
Hahahaha |
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PeteJB
Joined: 06 Jul 2007
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| Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 10:08 pm Post subject: |
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| ReeseDog wrote: |
| Muslims there need to get over it. Last I checked, Britain wasn't an Islamotheocracy. |
Tis now 
Anyway I would've complained too. What an ugly puppy. |
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bigverne
Joined: 12 May 2004
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| Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 3:45 am Post subject: |
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| Yet again more Muslim whining, clearly demonstrating the position that the Infidel must change to suit the immigrant minority, and not the other way round. The police officer should have told the Muslim councillor to piss-off, instead he apologised like a good dhimmi fool. |
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bigverne
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| Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 3:47 am Post subject: |
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| I wonder how much money could be saved, if the entire Race Relations industry, with their 'Diversity Officers', and 'Community Outreach Programs' was scrapped. |
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Axiom
Joined: 18 Jan 2008
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| Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 4:12 am Post subject: |
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| bigverne wrote: |
| I wonder how much money could be saved, if the entire Race Relations industry, with their 'Diversity Officers', and 'Community Outreach Programs' was scrapped. |
In OZ alone.. massive amounts |
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warren pease
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| Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 8:22 am Post subject: |
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Ok, let's be reasonable. The image of a dog is offensive to Muslims. If some governmental agency told you that you had to post an image of something that you found offensive (think aqufresh) in you business where people with similar tastes frequented wouldn't you be upset? Granted, it's a puppy but one man's puppy is another man's back door bottle holder. People should have a right not to post, or to feel pressure to post, things in their own establishments that they find distasteful.
Should a Jewish business man be asked to display a swastika?
Should a Christian be forced to display a crucified cartoon character?
Should a Hindu... eh Hinduian, Hindu person.... anyway, be asked to display a picture of cut and seered beef?
Should the Amish be forced to display light bulbs?
People, especially, when they have become established in a society should have the right to petition to live reasonably unoffended. At least by the people who are paid, in part, by their tax dollars. |
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blaseblasphemener
Joined: 01 Jun 2006
Location: There's a voice, keeps on calling me, down the road, that's where I'll always be
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| Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 10:08 am Post subject: |
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| warren pease wrote: |
Ok, let's be reasonable. The image of a dog is offensive to Muslims. If some governmental agency told you that you had to post an image of something that you found offensive (think aqufresh) in you business where people with similar tastes frequented wouldn't you be upset? Granted, it's a puppy but one man's puppy is another man's back door bottle holder. People should have a right not to post, or to feel pressure to post, things in their own establishments that they find distasteful.
Should a Jewish business man be asked to display a swastika?
Should a Christian be forced to display a crucified cartoon character?
Should a Hindu... eh Hinduian, Hindu person.... anyway, be asked to display a picture of cut and seered beef?
Should the Amish be forced to display light bulbs?
People, especially, when they have become established in a society should have the right to petition to live reasonably unoffended. At least by the people who are paid, in part, by their tax dollars. |
In my religion, I'm offended by women who cover their faces in public. I'm also offended by people who were little knives as part of their religion. I'm also offended by people who don't cut their hair and wrap it in a turban. I have many more things I'm offended by, but if the police could just ban those, that would be a start, and I won't be offended, for a while. I'm outraged! |
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thiophene
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| Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 10:18 am Post subject: |
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| nautilus wrote: |
Nobody gets it??
Asif = As if.
Hahahaha |
oh...I thought it was 'a theif'  |
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wannago
Joined: 16 Apr 2004
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| Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 12:10 pm Post subject: |
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| warren pease wrote: |
Ok, let's be reasonable. The image of a dog is offensive to Muslims. If some governmental agency told you that you had to post an image of something that you found offensive (think aqufresh) in you business where people with similar tastes frequented wouldn't you be upset? Granted, it's a puppy but one man's puppy is another man's back door bottle holder. People should have a right not to post, or to feel pressure to post, things in their own establishments that they find distasteful.
Should a Jewish business man be asked to display a swastika?
Should a Christian be forced to display a crucified cartoon character?
Should a Hindu... eh Hinduian, Hindu person.... anyway, be asked to display a picture of cut and seered beef?
Should the Amish be forced to display light bulbs?
People, especially, when they have become established in a society should have the right to petition to live reasonably unoffended. At least by the people who are paid, in part, by their tax dollars. |
Except the image of a dog is not offensive to Muslims. A pig, maybe. The only thing the Koran says about dogs is that Muslims are not to touch their nose and mouth area. This is just another example of how Islam is trying to bend western governments to meet their needs. It really has little to do with religion. It has everything to do with exploiting western nations' pathetic need to have everyone be free from offense. |
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On the other hand
Joined: 19 Apr 2003
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| Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 12:31 pm Post subject: |
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Should a Jewish business man be asked to display a swastika?
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Interesting question. If some government agency in Korea were distributing swastika stickers for display in shop windows on Buddha's birthday, it might be a nice idea for them to send a different design to any stores that happened to be owned by Jewish immigrants.
On the other hand, I guess it could be argued that if Jews really want to avoid seeing swastikas, the onus falls upon them to stay away from countries where swastikas are regarded as innocent symbols suitable for public display.
And, more generally, has anyone else noticed that these stories about creeping dhimmitude almost always come from either a small circle of bloggers(Green Footballs etc), and/or the Daily Mail newspaper? It's too bad, because I am interested in issues of Islam and cultural assimilation, and would like to know more about what's going on. But it's hard to take the one side seriously when they seem to have such an incestuous pool of sources. |
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