Swine flu

[wasp]

Another lie from Gordon Brown. He told us that the government had banned swine flu from Britain just in case it offended Muslims.

[dustypuss]

not bad

[jake-the-peg]

Not muslims

Jews

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/AL eqM5ieHZRubAS3lyjn2GBiCPkXkHrXwwD97QROAG0

[wasp]

Thanks Jake. Yes them too

[rov1200]

Somebody is telling porkies!

[birdie1971]

�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 at a hospital in central Israel.�

Yakov Litzman is clearly a balloon. Pigs are not offensive to Muslims or Jews. Only the consumption of their flesh is deemed to be �offensive� (and even that is open to interpretation). As far as I�m aware, most Muslims and Jews do not recoil in horror at the sight of a pig; nor do they call for all pigs to be destroyed.

It�s amazing that in the event of a potentially deadly flu virus sweeping the globe, some people seem to be far keener on scoring political points by grandstanding to the world�s media, pontificating on this particular virus�s name, than they are about protecting people�s health.

Prat.

[jake-the-peg]

Actually it is slightly serious.

I hear the pork industry is worried about potential sales and that poor girl going back to school after catching it will be teased unmercifully - I dare say she'll get oinks for years!

Of course the Mexicans would much rather it was called Swine flu.

You can't win

But these names take a life of their own - I doubt anybody can change it now

[duduka]

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[duduka]

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[gelda]

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[Haggisdj]

I agree with Jake, I can't see the Mexicans liking the term Mexican Flu...