Outrage Over Mail’s Use Of Police Dog On Muslims
CONSIDER if you will the image used to advertise Tayside Police’s new non-emergency phone number.
Says the Mail’s headline: “Muslims outraged at police advert featuring cute puppy sitting in policeman’s hat.”
The dog is black. The phone is a creamy white. Read into it what you will. And wonder if Rebel, the featured beast, is best able, however good his training, to field phone calls in the manner of a more technical adept Lassie?
Says the Mail:
The advert has upset Muslims because dogs are considered ritually unclean and has sparked such anger that some shopkeepers in Dundee have refused to display the advert.
Or not. No shopkeeper has refused to put the picture of the dog in their private shop.
Says Dundee councillor Mohammed Asif:
My concern was that it’s not welcomed by all communities, with the dog on the cards. It was probably a waste of resources going to these communities.
That is the “outrage”, one councillor making his voice heard and the police listening to his concern that their efforts might be for nought.
“SHOULD THE POLICE HAVE APOLOISED?” asks the Star in “PUPPY AD COPS SAY CORRY TO MUSLIMS.”,
The local constabulary have apologised but not for any offence to Muslims, rather for an “oversight” that could have reduced the impact of their campaign.
Are you outraged?
July 2nd, 2008 at 11:08 am
I suppose a pig wearing the hat was out of the question then?
July 2nd, 2008 at 11:35 am
It’s not the Muslims complaining it’s the tabloids complaining about Muslims who might complain about the tax payer wasting money on unused posters…
Mr Asif should be thanked
July 2nd, 2008 at 11:52 am
Rebel is an English name anyway, and wasn’t Churchill known as the British Bulldog.
here Boys walkies!!!!
July 2nd, 2008 at 12:22 pm
..is there no end to their hyper-sensitivity…..?
July 2nd, 2008 at 1:00 pm
Just imagine if the advert had used an unveiled woman !!
July 2nd, 2008 at 2:32 pm
…are they not allowed to sit in hats either…?
July 2nd, 2008 at 9:16 pm
I heard that the dog was female, from Israel and was accused of howling during prayers and that’s why they were offended!
July 3rd, 2008 at 9:03 am
Allah protect us from female Jewish dogs barking!!! if that’s all they’ve got to worry about, they’ve got a very nice life!!
July 3rd, 2008 at 4:41 pm
In a bit we are going to have to ask the Muslims if its ok with them, before the rest of us do anything.
July 4th, 2008 at 9:25 am
What do you mean in a bit ?
July 4th, 2008 at 1:40 pm
This kind of stupidity reminds me why I emigrated away from Britain 6 months ago.
July 6th, 2008 at 10:52 pm
If the Muslims don’t like Western ways, why are they HERE??? They should go back to where they feel comfortable and leave us alone! It’s not up to a host country to bend to immigrants’ ways. It’s up to the immigrants (legal or otherwise) to adopt the ways of their adopted country — or LEAVE!
July 7th, 2008 at 10:25 am
Are the comments to this post satirical? There seems to be a lot darkie-baiting going on, when the tone of the post itself was that, actually, it was a bit of friendly advice. We Here In The West think cutsie puppies aww diddums blessum are a good advert, the Muslim community, apparently, don’t. So, if you wanted an advert that appealed to everyone, a widdle puppy-wuppy was probably a bit of a waste of time.
That sounds like cold hard supply and demand capitalist common sense to me. Not ditzy leftie racial pandering.
In fairness, if I’d seen the advert my first reaction would’ve been, what the fuck’s the dog doing on there?
Or am I taking these comments too seriously? Shit. Better play along before I start to look hypersensitive.
Yeah! What is their problem, them and their silly ways, they should stick to their own kind if they have a problem with what we do. Then they can put their own ads in their windows in their shops.
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July 10th, 2008 at 6:57 pm
Cllr Asif is on the police board in Dundee and demanded an apology from the police because he claimed that his constituants were deeply offended. He later backtracked somewhat. Still, he got the apology he was after…