You mean like Ellen doing PSA's? No indignation. Any nutjob who complains about that is pretty quickly written off.

I'm just amazed that people have not gotten sick and tired of the poor offended muslims popping up all the time.

Assimilate or go the fuck back where you came from.

Dana, you are in England and I am not so YMMV, but what I notice is that the people who are offended most often and what us to change are people that chose to come here voluntarily. That means that something caused them to wake up and decide that the US was better than where they were living; better enough that they chose take the risk in moving here. Now they are here and the complaints they have are generally of the "you people who've always been here have to change to make this place more like the home we left so we'll be comfortable."

Uh, eff that. if you thought back home was better, then go back. If you feel that here is better, then enjoy. Either way shut the fuck up with the "i'm offended PC chorus".

Problem is, it's not usually the first generation immigrants who are offended. They know to keep their heads down and try to assimilate/be invisible. It's the second and third generation who feel American and are American, but with a non-Christian familly culture. Are they so much less entitled than you in this "cultural melting pot", this land of immigration?

I agree 100%. This is getting waaay beyond ridiculous!

That is just ridiculous - no one should be offended at all. This is, to me a STFU issue.

I suppose they will complain about the coming police dogs being on the streets. :eyebrow:

wow, quite a divergence of opinion here. I have all sorts of reactions. Among them:

--that Dana is right, in that an ad for public services should be appreciated by the largest number of the public for maximum effectiveness
--that classicman and foot3 are right; there's too much catering to special interest groups in the name of political correctness, and to Muslim groups in particular out of guilt and fear
--that Mohammed was a pussy who was scared of big black dogs and so condemned an entire people to go without the service and companionship of one of man's best friends
--but that means that Muslims are cat people--a point in their favor!
--another reason why Islam is a fucked-up religion, and a poor model to base a culture on
--that I don't agree with the "go back to where you came from" sentiment; at all.
--that there may be some relevant cultural and political differences between the UK and the US which haven't been addressed here
--and I wonder what blind Muslims do?

Can't say I'm right or wrong on any of that stuff, but this is what has been going through my mind in response to this thread.

Muslims may not have to undergo sniffer dog checks in UK

LONDON: Muslim passengers may not be touched by sniffer dogs of the British Transport Police after complaints that the practice is against Islam. According to the religion, dogs are deemed to be spiritually “unclean”.

A Transport Department report has raised the prospect that animals should only touch passengers’ luggage because it is considered “more acceptable”, the Daily Express reported. The ban may restrict the efficiency of sniffer dog squads which have been trained to spot terrorists at railway stations.

On Thursday night, British Transport Police insisted that it would still use sniffer dogs with any passengers regardless of faith, but handlers would remain aware of “cultural sensitivities”.

The Transport Department report follows the trials of station security measures in the wake of the 2005 London suicide bomb attacks. In one trial, certain Muslim women said the use of a body scanner was also unacceptable because it amounted to being forced to strip.

During the trials, passengers stopped in London had the exterior of their bags checked by dogs. But in Brighton, dogs patrolled the station concourse and were walked past passengers by their handlers. Massoud Shadjareh, chairman of the Islamic Human Rights Commission, however, said that even dogs touching baggage would be an issue for a Muslim preparing to pray. But he stressed on the fact that it should be easy to allow dogs to check passengers without physical contact.

"No sniffer dog? No problem. What's your position on a finger up the ass?"

It turns out that the dog in the poster is being trained as a police dog in the area of the ad, and the dog is a popular part of the website where updates on his training are posted.

I read that, but don't see that it makes a difference to the offended people's sensitivities.

it looks like there's a lot of misunderstanding by muslims on the role of dogs. I mean, it's not like they can get contaminated by saliva from a picture; and the dog isn't in their homes, so the angels can get in all right.

The trouble all started when the Christians tried to turn Xmas into some kind of wacky religious holiday.

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/...98_468x338.jpg

just so we're all clear
just what dog and
just what picture
we're all discussing here
(for those of us who
for whatever reason
are too lazy
or too wary
to bother clicking)

Great. Now you've chased away all the muslim dwellers.