Nov 17 2010
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Nov 16 2010
Hundreds ride with boy to show support for his U.S.-flag
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Bikers Rally to Ride With Boy After School Banned American Flag
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 5:22pm by Meredith Jessup Print » Email » After his Denair, Calif., school told him to remove the American flag from his bicycle, Cody Alicea, 13, received an amazing surprise when hundreds of patriotic bikers — many of them veterans — showed up to escort him to school Monday morning:
Nov 16 2010
pig removed from play set
A UK toy shop has become the target of mothers‘ ridicule after it removed a toy pig from a children’s farm set in an attempt to kowtow to religious preferences. (h/t Weasel Zippers)
Can you spot the difference in these before/after images? Hint: “Oink.” (Sky News)
Sky News reports:
The animal was missing from the Early Learning Centre’s (ELC) HappyLand Goosefeather Farm when a mother bought it as a gift for her daughter’s first birthday.
The set did contain a cow, sheep, chicken, horse and dog, but the pig sty was empty – even though there was a button that made an “oink” noise.
What? No accommodation for Hindus who might find a farm cow offensive?
When the mother named only as Caroline complained, she was told in an email the pig had been removed in case it upset Muslim or Jewish parents.
Eating pork is banned in both religions because pigs are considered unclean.
Thankfully, the company has come to its senses and promised to “reinstate the pig” after parents complained. One parent even condemned the whole episode as “political correctness gone loopy.”
But some defended the toy store’s move even suggested the company should have sold two separate versions of the toy, one with a pig and one without.