Oh you have to love cultural sensitivity, when you start down that road who knows where it will end. No matter how sensitive and pc the state tries to be there will always be some one or some group that finds something to take offense at.
So naturally the only thing the government and its agencies can do is ban and censor as much as possible to cover themselves from offending said groups.
So naturally this story from the Mail about the three pigs comes as no surprise, although I can't really see lots of builders downing tools in protest over a child's CD-rom.
A story based on The Three Little Pigs has been rejected by a Government-backed awards event because it might offend Muslims... and builders.
The digital book, retelling the classic children's tale, was criticised by judges who said "the use of pigs raises cultural issues".
They also claimed the award-winning CD-rom, entitled The Three Little Cowboy Builders, might "alienate parts of the workforce (building trade)".
The "virtual" book is designed for use on computers and interactive whiteboards and aimed at primary school children.
Its publishers, Shoo-Fly, insist there is nothing offensive in it.
But judges for the annual BETT awards, which recognise excellence in educational technology, claimed they had "concerns about the Asian community" and insisted "the use of pigs raises cultural issues".
As a result, they "could not recommend this product to the Muslim community".
Anne Curtis, of Newcastle-based Shoo Fly, said the idea that including pigs in a story could be interpreted as racism was a "slap in the face" and described the criticism as "inflammatory".
Mrs Curtis said the product was "tongue in cheek" and took a humorous look at the building trade, with an attack on cowboy builders.
The awards are run by Becta, the Government's educational technology agency, Emap Education and the British Educational Suppliers Association.
They said: "This failed to reach the required standard across a number of criteria... In particular, the product was not sufficiently convincing on curriculum and innovation grounds to be shortlisted."
**To be fair a huge pile of patronizing bullshit from Becta, they seem to think that the mere sight of a pig will be enough to set big burly builders crying and the moslems off on a march through London baying for blood.
Not that the moslem community would ever take offense at something like a cartoon character.
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