“Swine flu” branded offensive
by bigpresh on Apr.29, 2009, under Wibbles
Oh, do fuck off: Swine flu name branded offensive
The outbreak of swine flu should be renamed “Mexican” influenza in deference to Muslim and Jewish sensitivities over pork, an Israeli health official has said.
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.
Just fuck off, how pathetic can you get?
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steevc's status on Wednesday, 29-Apr-09 12:46:37 UTC - Identi.ca
April 29th, 2009 on 12:46 pm[…] Sounds like something from the Onion, but sadly not http://blog.preshweb.co.uk/2009/04/swine-flu-branded-offensive/ […]
June 13th, 2009 on 8:34 pm
I agree with this.