JERUSALEM - The outbreak of swine flu should be renamed "Mexican" influenza in deference to Muslim and Jewish sensitivities over pork, according to an Israeli health official.
Deputy Health Minister Yakov Litzman said the reference to pigs is offensive to both religions and "we should call this Mexican flu and not swine flu," he told a news conference Monday at a hospital in central Israel.
Both Judaism and Islam consider pigs unclean and forbid the eating of pork products.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30453557/
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I saw that article and simply couldn't believe what I was reading.
Who would want to go to a heaven where they didn't serve pork chops? :confused:
How ridiculous..... :rolleyes:
Quote from: Ma and Pa on April 28, 2009, 12:05:01 PM
Who would want to go to a heaven where they didn't serve pork chops? :confused:
Ya got that right. :yes:
What do the Hindu's think of Mad Cow disease?
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There was the "Chicken flu" also...I wonder who that offended :biggrin:
Quote from: Sandy Eggo on April 28, 2009, 11:04:44 PM
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There was the "Chicken flu" also...I wonder who that offended :biggrin:
Don't you remember the big chicken uprising? Chickens everywhere were refusing to lay eggs in protest.... :biggrin: