Yes, but the standard definition of pig includes the word domesticated.
Yes, UK press has a genuine problem. However, I equally wouldn’t trust MCGB on this subject either. They are still unable officially to support the idea of free speech. One of their recent head honchos took part in book burning.The problem is not your memory, but the fact that some sections of the UK media print a constant stream of incorrect anti-muslim stories.
There are dozens of examples of much more serious articles, which had to be corrected, but of course, no-one ever shares a couple of paragraphs at the bottom of p4 of the Express - once the front page story is out there, the damage has been done.
Here's an article from someone at the Muslim Council for Great Britain. One quote is key:
"In the past year and a half, more than 40 stories on issues related to Islam and Muslims have been corrected in mainstream national newspapers following complaints I made"
Islamophobia not an issue in the British press? You’ve got to be kidding | Miqdaad Versi
I’ve personally complained and won corrections from national newspapers on than 40 stories related to Islam and Muslims, says the Muslim Council of Britain’s Miqdaad Versiwww.theguardian.com
There's another guy who got fed up and started investigating everything, and discovered that a lot of the "xmas banned" etc. stories came from a right wing "Christian" organisation, which was putting out inaccurate anti-muslim press releases. The Times, Sun, Express, Mail and Telegraph had reported the "Birmingham ban Xmas" 150 times in the 15 years after it first came out, despite it being easily unproved.
Not sure that's relevant - It's not the MCGB saying these stories were false - this guy reported them and they were corrected.
How do you go about becoming puritan?
On a point of information, Puritans did not object to music per se, but to music in church. Oliver Cromwell had an organ installed at Hampton Court and was happy to listen to secular music.
Good old murdoch eh..The problem is not your memory, but the fact that some sections of the UK media print a constant stream of incorrect anti-muslim stories.
There are dozens of examples of much more serious articles, which had to be corrected, but of course, no-one ever shares a couple of paragraphs at the bottom of p4 of the Express - once the front page story is out there, the damage has been done.
Here's an article from someone at the Muslim Council for Great Britain. One quote is key:
"In the past year and a half, more than 40 stories on issues related to Islam and Muslims have been corrected in mainstream national newspapers following complaints I made"
Islamophobia not an issue in the British press? You’ve got to be kidding | Miqdaad Versi
I’ve personally complained and won corrections from national newspapers on than 40 stories related to Islam and Muslims, says the Muslim Council of Britain’s Miqdaad Versi
There's another guy who got fed up and started investigating everything, and discovered that a lot of the "xmas banned" etc. stories came from a right wing "Christian" organisation, which was putting out inaccurate anti-muslim press releases. The Times, Sun, Express, Mail and Telegraph had reported the "Birmingham ban Xmas" 150 times in the 15 years after it first came out, despite it being easily unproved.
The campaign against our club, Newcastle and the Qatar WC should give you a clue what the UK media is all about.
Context, some information and why they shouldn't be hidden away would be of more use. Offensive as they may seem, perhaps they do more good as a discussion point. Perhaps we now live in an age of snowflakes and lack of conversation. The appropriateness of Ronald McDonald and dumped vapes, overpriced gas, and mortgage rates offends more people. The focus on a cacky stuffed set of dolls that everyone deemed surplus to history yonks ago and agreed weren't appropriate will no doubt be the sticky point.
Book burning is freedom of expression. Those Gerrard autobiographies deserved it.