Posted on 04/25/2007 4:33:40 AM PDT by expatguy
Benign and seemingly harmless to many, above we see the "ham sandwich" from hell. Unless your name is Mama Cass or you happen to be a Muslim, then you have nothing to worry about.
The "ham sandwich" is the natural predator of devout Muslims around the globe. While it might seem to be nothing more than an innoculous organic compound to some, or perhaps a tasty lunch menu item to others, the "ham sandwich" inflicts fear and terror into the hearts and minds of Muslims, and possesses the the capacity to devour the very soul of a Muslim should they happen to venture to close to it.
Whether it is Minnesota cab drivers refusing passengers who are carrying alcohol or students in Maine frightened and offended by a ham sandwich, Im constantly amazed at both the audacity of these new immigrants and the gullibility of well-meaning Americans who zealously fall all over themselves in these futile and pathetic attempts to appease.
Aided and abbetted by liberal politicians and quisling propagandists, the effrontery and supposed indignity of these reprobates is not founded in any religious doctrine. It is founded in their desire to recreate America into a sick parody of their own home countries, or as it is in many cases, simply to achive "victimhood" ($$$).
Claiming that the "close proximity" to either alcohol or pork violates the tenets of their religion is nothing more than cleverly crafted subterfuge with the sole intent of striking it big in the litigation lottery.
The reality is that Muslims, like Jews or even Rastafarians for that matter abstain for eating pork as one of the tenets of their religion.
So when Steven Wessler, the executive director with the Center for the Prevention of Hate Violence says that the close proximity of a "ham sandwich" is "extraordinarily hurtful and degrading" to Muslims and that their "religion prohibits them from being around ham...[sic]". he just proves himself to be either a charlatan or a patsy.
Unless you have a Somalian student hogtied and are shoving baby back ribs and beer down his throat then you basically have nothing to worry about.
On that note, in my many years spent in both Indonesia and Malaysia I have never once come across a Muslim taxi driver who has refused a passenger who was carrying alcohol or heard of a Muslim who believed that the "close proximity" of pork violated the tenets of their religion.
Dont Be Duped!!!
Correct me if I am wrong, but from what I have heard any products containing pork are completely off limits to all servicemen serving in Iraq.
Not at all. The chow halls serve pork bacon, pork chops, pork roast, pork BBQ, etc. regularly.
Heck, a lot of the Iraqis eat pork. When I needed to get 750 hot dogs for July 4 last year, my local buyer couldn't find that many in the all beef variety, but he was able to get plenty of pork hot dogs. Out in town.
Go figure. ;-)
There are many restrictions about what you can send and in many cases; you need to ask what the soldiers actually want. A few no-no's first:
No Pork. No Alcohol in any form. No Pornography. No Magazines that depict the human body (male or female) in an undressed state (IE: Swimsuit issues, body building magazines, Victoria's Secret). No weapons of any sort.
From the following:
Well, there’s certainly plenty of pork around here.
Balance the ham sandwich with slitting throats and flying planes into buildings.
Which one should produce the most outrage?
Which one does?
Lewiston, ME, Generic E-Mail Address: mis@ci.lewiston.me.us
Steven Wessler, Maine’s #1 dhimmi
CPHV Portland, ME
Phone: 207-780-4756
Fax: 207-228-8550
This story has already been corrected. http://www.sunjournal.com/story/209231-3/LewistonAuburn/Ham_report_stirs_mess/
It was actually a parody, and didn’t actually occur. (We all still run into the fact that just because a “news story” is on the internet doesn’t make it accurate.)
Maybe the folks in Maine don’t deserve any irate emails after all.
Mama Cass dies of a myocardial infarction, not choking on a sandwich. Here’s the info:
http://www.snopes.com/music/artists/mamacass.asp
Guiltless ham sandwiches continue to be impugned unfairly!
Im going to suggest that the parody after the incident is now exposing how outrageous this entire thing is.
The fact remains that the school considered this a "hate" incident.
I like the commenter who stated:
"Remember the whole seperation of church and state thing"
Looks like it does not apply to Muslims in Maine.
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