Of course, it’s not offensive to anyone. The thing that IS offensive is this:

A story based on the Three Little Pigs fairy tale has been turned by a government agency’s awards panel as the subject matter could offend Muslims.

The digital book, re-telling the classic story, was rejected by judges who warned that “the use of pigs raises cultural issues”.

It’s almost as if the ruling of Becta was designed to set people against each other. I wrote and asked them about this phrase, and they pointed me to a wishy-washy press release, which didn’t answer the question at all.

Anyway, follow the comments on the PM blog - from which I found the following gem (credit to mittfh, not me)

Other candidates for censorship:
Cinderella - because her aesthetically challenged sisters are portrayed in a negative light.

Snow White - because her vertically challenged housemates do all the work.

Rumpelstiltskin - portrays vertically challenged people in a negative light.

Jack and the Beanstalk - where do we start? A cow, a thief, GM beans, a GM goose, and a cannibalistic tall person!

Sleeping Beauty - a narcoleptic, an “evil” elderley person, and a heterosexual “Love at first sight” match is soooo last century!

Hansel and Gretel - work it out for yourself…

Categories: political_correctness