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March 15, 2007

UK: 3 Little Pigs Changed To Appease Muslims

With a hat tip to Robert Spencer's Dhimmi Watch, a story from the Daily Mail:

A school play which was to feature the Three Little Pigs has been deliberately altered to appease the sensibilities of Muslims, even though no Muslims appear to have been bothered by the original story.

The school concerned is Honley Church of England Junior School in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. Instead of featuring three little pigs, the creatures who build their homes with straw, sticks and bricks are puppies. The musical play was to have featured children under 11 years performing, at the Kirklees Primary Music Festival. The event, featuring 63 schools, will be held in June.

The school was forced to change the whole nature of their play on the orders of the organizers of the Kirklees Primary Music Festival. Gill Goodswen is on the festival committee, and is also a head teacher at Stile Common Junior School. She said: "We have to be sensitive if we want to be multi-cultural. It was felt it would be more responsible not to use the three little pigs. We feared that some Muslim children wouldn't sing along to the words about pigs. We didn't want to take that risk. If changing a few words avoids offence then we will do so."

Muslims have condemned the move. This action is similar to that taken by Barbara Harris, head teacher of Park Road Junior Infant and Nursery School in Batley, West Yorkshire. She banned all telling of stories involving pigs to young children at her school. She reasoned: "Recently I have been aware of an occasion where young Muslim children in class were read stories about pigs. We try to be sensitive to the fact that for Muslims talk of pigs is offensive."

Jewish children have been at British schools for far longer than Muslim kids, and yet schools have never considered that Jews do not eat pork, and therefore might find pig stories offensive. The obvious answer is that Jewish parents are not likely to make a fuss. But here, the blame lies entirely with the moronic British people, trying to kow-tow to a deluded concept of "multiculturalism", and happily trashing their own traditions and culture in the process.

The Three Little Pigs story is old, and like some of the Grimm's tales, it has an aura of truth to it. In some of the Grimm's tales, such as the two versions they presented of Red Riding Hood, the wolf approaches a girl, and in the Goat and Seven Kids, the wolf softens its voice.

Rabies causes wolves to approach people and buildings, which they would normally avoid. Additionally, the rabies virus (rhabdovirus) causes paralysis of the throat, leading the creature to be unable to bark, and it will "blow" or have a muted bark. In stories of Red Riding Hood (including one of the versions presented by the Brothers Grimm), and also the Goat and Seven Kids and the Three Little Pigs, the wolf dies in water - echoing hydrophobia, the "fear of water" suffered by humans and animals afflicted by the virus.

WIthin this context, the story of the Three Little Pigs is ancient. According to the folktale types which were given a classification system by ethnologist Stith Thompson in the 19th century, the Three Little Pigs belongs to its own "type" - Type 124. The earliest published account of the story came from 1843.

There is a satirical claim on the internet that the story was first written in the 14th century by a Jewish Rabbi from Gdansk, but this is a tongue-in-cheek "pseudo-history".

It is a shame that such a popular story, with a strong moral - "make strong foundations in your life" - should be so disrespected by the fools at Kirklees Primary Music Festival. Three Little Puppies? It will never come over as anything other than a travesty of culture.

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March 16: Update from the online (not print) edition of the Telegraph.

The issue has provoked strong reactions. A parent said: "Surely there are much worse things to worry about in the world than a story about three little pigs? It is really ridiculous."

Local councillor Terry Lyons said: "I can't believe that Muslims would be offended. This is pandering to a few extremists."

Conservative MP for Shipley Philip Davies summed the situation up most accurately: "My view is that the people responsible for this are completely bonkers. It is the type of political correctness which makes people's blood boil. As usual it is done in the name of ethnic minorities but it is perpetrated by white, middle class, do-gooders with a guilt complex and far too much time on their hands."

As a result of the ridicule heaped on the decision to alter the musical play, "Little Red Riding Hood" written by the late and renowned author Roald Dahl (which includes a segment entitled "The Three Little Pigs", the performance at Huddersfield town hall will go ahead without the ridiculous censorship.

Jim Dodds of Kirklees Council said today: "As well-meaning as it may have been behind the thinking of the organisers of the festival to adapt the wording of the story so as not to cause offence as they saw it, it was a mistake, and it was not the right decision - so let's stick with tradition and make sure everyone enjoys the festival for the fantastic event it will be, and not get distracted by errors of judgment."

Maybe idiots like Gill Goodswen will be shamed into more sensible behaviour. Parents at Stile Junior School, where she is head teacher, should be writing to the board of governors to demand that Ms Goodsen be forbidden from making similar decisions regarding her school.

People like Gill Goodswen typify what is wrong with Britain today, as described by Phillip Davies: "White, middle class, do-gooders with a guilt complex and far too much time on their hands."

Posted by Giraldus Cambrensis at March 15, 2007 6:34 PM

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