Spoof, or reality show?
A police force [in Scotland--I'd said England: sorry!] has apologised to Islamic leaders for the “offensive” postcard advertising a new non-emergency telephone number, which shows a six-month-old trainee police dog named Rebel.
But some Muslims in the Dundee area have reportedly been upset by the image because they consider dogs to be “ritually unclean”, while shopkeepers have refused to display the advert.
Believe it: the Telegraph has the whole sorry story here.
My favorite bit:
[S]ome Islamic scholars believe that dogs are impure and therefore ‘haraam’ – or forbidden – except for use in hunting or farming, and that it is not hygienic to keep a dog in the house.
They say that the “impurity of dogs is the greatest of animal impurities”, and anyone who touches one must wash the body part that has come into contact with the animal seven times.
Clearly, what we need is MORE DOGS. Lots of ‘em. Pigs, too, of course , not to mention bottles beer, wine, and whiskey. If I were running the police force in Tayside, the first thing I would do–after dispensing with the services of the force’s “diversity adviser”–is stock up on doggies: at least one for every officer. And if the paynim foe is offended? What I say is: Woof, woof, i.e., tough luck, Mohammad. Don’t get your burqa in a twist. You aren’t more offended by fido than I am by you.
I wrote about this myself. It is a shame that the liberal mindset that requires pandering in such a way fails to see the alienation it creates in the majority.
There are times, Roger, when despite our quite rare and basically trivial differences on matters of politics – religion, I wish urgently to be where you are so that I might buy you a drink or shake hands with you in, say, old fraternity style. This is one of those. More delightful dogs and precious porkers, any time, not to mention winsome wines!
Good Lord! Is there no end to the trivial pretexts for Muslims taking offense? Since there’s clearly no end to liberal pretexts for issuing apologies, I wonder if the real cure for Muslim umbrage lies not in a surfeit of apology, but rather in its curtailment henceforth.
Sir,
I am pretty sure that Dundee is still in Scotland.
The Animadversor
Bravo, Roger!
Can’t we please have a bit more bold gutsiness on the side of the sane? Any ears to be whispered in to?
Keep it up, but maybe proofread before posting.
All the best….
Animadversor is right, Dundee is in Scotland, not England.