Well, there's always more than one way to skin a...er, I mean to stop a mosque from being built.
Sure can. But aren't pigs on the property line racing on a Friday night a little offensive to a Muslim neighbor?
"The meat of a pig is prohibited in the religion of Islam," said Katy Islamic Association member Youssof Allam. "It's looked upon as a dirty creature."
Yeah, there's that and also that Friday night is a Muslim holy day.
"That is definitely a slap in the face," said Allam..
Kudos to Mr Baker and if the muzzies don't like it they can relocate.
We'll see how this plays out. I'd be willing to purchase a whole herd of pigs to be turned loose inside the mosque if it is ever built.
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I know this may not seem like philosophy, but philosophy has consequences and this story would not be possible but for the multiculturalism rampant in this country.
The story may also seem a bit funny, but there is nothing funny about the threat to property rights, free speech, and Western society this story represents.
Hank
Put me down for $10 for "Mohammad's Bacon" in the first race and another $10 on "Infidel's Revenge" in the second.
"But aren't pigs on the property line racing on a Friday night a little offensive to a Muslim neighbor?" Since when do they worry about offending us? If they don't want to be around pig races, how 'bout returning to their ancestral hell hole? They move in and, with unmitigated gall, want to tell us how do live by THEIR rules and what to do. Hooray for Katy. Perhaps someone could rent a crop duster and sprinkle powdered pig doody all over their property from the air.
How precious!
Damn zoning laws - wont allow pigs! Argh!
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. . . there's something wrong with someone who is "offended" by them.From the elitist, leftist point of view, if we were educated and bright enough to understand and accept moral relativity as the law of the land, they wouldn't need to legislate extra protection for minorities. The left believes that if we would just accept the minorities as they are, flaws included, that all the problems of the world would be solved.
This is where Christianity an Judaism get in the way. These religions both include a set of moral guidelines which spell out right and wrong in black and white. The left lives in a gray world.
This reminds me of a local situation, where the Indians have decided to build a casino in an agricultural area on a piece of land that was left to the tribe by an Indian who never lived on the reservation.
The town is predominantly second and third generation Dutch Reformed and still has some blue laws in place, so you can imagine the fuss that the casino is causing. Well, the local farmers have decided to return to the practice of burning the farm sewage, taking turns every week. The town people won't like it much, but I'm sure that they'll put up with it, if it discourages the casino. (The farms have been there for 100 years, and there's a law protecting the farms from complaints)
How about a zoning law that says that no mosque may be built in a county where there is an establishment selling pork BBQ or ham sandwiches?
But, maybe that's just me and a few other anti-religious bigots...
Friday night pig roasts might also be a good idea. Nice savory barbecue smell adding to the ambiance of the neighborhood.
Vincent Want some bacon?
Jules No man, I don’t eat pork.
Vincent Are you Jewish?
Jules Nah, I ain't Jewish, I just don't dig on swine, that’s all.
Vincent Why not?
Jules Pigs are filthy animals. I don't eat filthy animals.
Vincent Yeah, but bacon tastes gooood. Pork chops taste gooood.
Jules Hey, sewer rat may taste like pumpkin pie, but I'd never know ‘cause I wouldn't eat the filthy . . .. Pigs sleep and root in shit. That's a filthy animal. I ain't eatin' nothin' that ain't got sense enough to disregard its own feces.
Vincent How about a dog? Dog eats its own feces.
Jules I don't eat dog either.
Vincent Yeah, but do you consider a dog to be a filthy animal?
Jules I wouldn't go so far as to call a dog filthy but they're definitely dirty. A dog's got personality. Personality goes a long way.
Vincent Ah, so by that rationale, if a pig had a better personality, he would cease to be a filthy animal. Is that true?
Jules Well we'd have to be talkin' about one charmin' . . .' pig. I mean he'd have to be ten times more charmin' than that Arnold on Green Acres, you know what I'm sayin'’?