Over the years I have come across many, many defaced books in libraries. Defaced in all sorts of ways, for all sorts of reasons. There are all sorts of jerks and dweebs everywhere who do this sort of thing. What is noteworthy about this story is not -- horror of horrors! -- the slice of bacon in the Qur'an, but the furious dhimmi overreaction of Sandra Barnsley. They are not going to "win"? Who? The pork lobby? No, of course she means the fiendish defacers of Qur'ans. But how does she propose to make good on her assurance that "nothing like this ever happens again"? Is she going to post a full-time anti-bacon guard in front of the library's Qur'ans? Will police search all those who enter the library and confiscate any stray rashers? (I guess you could call those strip searches.)
Maybe Prince Charles could get involved in this. He could appoint a whole Qur'an-protection force. They could be outfitted like the guards in front of the Buckingham Palace, except that their uniforms would feature brown-and-beige stripes, a la a slice of bacon. He could call them The Royal Qur'an Bacon Guards, and commission them in an elaborate ceremony at the Palace, after which they would march in formation to the nation's libraries and take up their exalted posts. Retirees from the Bacon Guard would, of course, be awarded the United Kingdom's highest honor, The Sacred Order of the Dhimmi. From Rugby Today, with thanks to JS:
THE ANGRY manager of Rugby Library has apologised to Muslims after a slice of bacon was found in a copy of The Koran.The rasher had been placed in the pages of a reference copy of the book, which is available for general use.
Library manager Sandra Barnsley said: "I cannot believe anyone would do this, but they're not going to win.
"I apologise to all members of the Muslim community and we will do everything in our power to prevent any repeat of this incident."
A customer who was using the book for research found the bacon on Monday.
He alerted library staff, who got rid of the book immediately.
Under the terms of Islam, Muslims do not eat any pork-based products.
Sandra said: "We don't know how long the bacon had been there but obviously we were all very upset by this incident as well.
"We welcome all faiths and cultures into the library and we have never had any problems of this nature before."
"It is difficult to be vigilant at all times but I can assure all our customers we will make every effort to ensure nothing like this ever happens again."
Sorry, but I feel more sorry for that poor slice of bacon.
Anyone wanna go halves with me on sending a Honeybaked ham to CAIR in Washington at Christmas time?
That or some Chili's gift certificates.
Ms Barnsley apologised for the lapse of good taste that allowed this rasher to reside alone without the proper accompaniment of a round of fried bread, tomatoes, mushrooms, a fried egg and a pork sausage. At the very least the rasher should have been contained within two slices of crusty buttered bread and garnished with a dollop of tomoato sauce. She assured the hungry readers and munchers of Rugby that in future bacon would be served correctly with all appropriate respect and ceremony.
I would never deface a book, but for on this one occasion I might make an exception...
Bacon in a Koran--expect the next batch of suicide jihadis to cite this as the pretext for their explosive behavior.
What would the librarian's reaction and profuse apology be if someone put a slice of bacon into a copy of the Old Testament or any other Jewish religious book?
Wait - the desecrated Koran was discarded, you say? How? Was its disposal halal or haraam? If it was tossed in the trash, burned, shredded, etc., versus being properly buried, then this is yet another act of sacrilege - perhaps even blasphemy - let us consult our imam on the matter. I pray that the resultant fatwa will urge forbearance toward the foolish dhimmis, as they acted in ignorance. Let us cower, and hope for mercy. I know..let us, as an act of contrition and subjugation, agree not to build new libraries or repair old ones.
Vampires warded off by garlic
Mohammedans warded off by the sight of pork products
I don't own a copy of the unholy Koran but if I ever do I'll be sure to use a slice of crispy bacon as a bookmark.
The sad part is this stupid librarian actually laid out British taxpayer's money to buy a new unholy Koran. Probably 25 quid down the drain. That's the real blasphemy.
Highlights:
THE ANGRY manager of Rugby Library has apologised to Muslims after a slice of bacon was found in a copy of The Koran.
To keep your sacred texts and Holy books Porken-rein, ALWAYS use Koranwrap!
MMMM bacon, this is hilarious.
I am on my way to the supermarket!
This is a great idea.
I am happy.
It is silly and tasteless to leave Bacon, American or Canadian, or even ersatz and vegetarian, inside Qur'an's on library shelves. And, predictably, it will cause a stink. And besides, bacon tastes best on bread as that poem more or less implies (or have I misremembered it?):
The King asked
The Queen
And the Queen
Asked the Dairymaid:
"Could we have some Bacon
For the Royal Slice of Bread?"
The Queen asked the Dairymaid,
The Dairymaid
Said, 'Certainly
I'll go and tell the pig
Now
Before he goes to bed."
Don't waste your bacon in the bibliotheque. Your views may be more eloquently expressed in other, less wasteful, ways. Thrift, thrift -- all you Horatios at the Bridge. Try to save your bacon. Bring home the bacon.
General Pershing used the Islamic fear of pigs to put a stop to terrorism in the Phillipines when he was there before WW1. He took a group of about 6 terrorists, took one aside to watch, whilst the others were shot with bullets rubbed with lard and buried in pigs entrails. The survivor was allowed to run home to his folks and tell them what had happened. This halted terror attacks straight away and saved many lives and much suffering. I really think that our government should give this a go when there are more terror attacks in the UK. I would just prefer to use the parts of pigs that had died of natural causes. I hope this does not sound rash.
Elephant,
The West has changed so profoundly since the days of Pershing, we would be utterly incapable of even discussing such a policy.
PC Leftism rules the waves now. Gone are the days of Pershing and Churchill. Only several massive attacks on Western cities might rouse us to reverse this cultural course we've been on for the last 50-odd years.
How about a TV show called "Buffy the Jihadi Slayer"? Instead of a wooden stake, she dispatches the bad guys with a frozen mortadella.
And what about beef and Rig Vedas?
WOW! Instead of using bullets and bombs in Iraq ... we should be using pork products! It is a win-win. We support the pork industry and f@#k up a msulim's day.
"ALWAYS use Koranwrap!"
-- from a posting above
Well, this is one of those JW items that brings out the best in everyone.
The nerve of these meat-eating, racist, pro-Western civilization types!! The insertion of bacon into a copy of a Koran is wrong, just wrong. Doesn't anyone have any respect for non-Western religious beliefs????
Doesn't anyone know that the correct alternative would be (after quickly excising pages with a razor blade) the placement of the complete and unexpurgated Kama Sutra??!!
Westman, while you are at the supermarket don't forget to 'accidentally' drop a few pork chops into the halal section...
I'm told, that in London, Hindus, Sikhs and other decent kids, are sporting T-shirts emblazoned with
"Don't panic I'm not Islamic"
What bothers me most is the reaction of the Librarian. Dhimmi's, dhimmi's every where, left, right and in between.
I'm feeling pessimistic, but I think the west is doomed. There is a lack of leadership, and no help from Repubs, Dems, LIbs, Greens, no help from left or right or inbetween.
The only light at the end of the tunnel are the Tancredo's, but their political career is dead in the water thanks to Saudi Money.
And the only thing that seems to be important to Americans is inane issues like "protection of family" (anti gay) and "pro life" (anti woman), we are so caught up in an internal cultural war, that we will lose the biggest cultural war of all, the war for the soul of the west.. I do fear in the future we will be Muslim, and for that our descendants can thank (or curse) their feckless and stupid ancestors.. us.
The Saudis have won every election since Carter.
We haven't had a president that wasn't in bed with, or used by the Saudis since Jimmie Carter. And it got worse with each presidency. Clinton had more than one chance to take out Bin Laden, but held fire. Bush is so in bed with them, that they are practically a family unit.
Recall it was the Oil Embargo during Carters administation, that hurt our economy and for which he got blamed.
That embargo and later ones, enriched the Saudis beyond all measure, just like the Iraq war, and the (Saudi sponsored and funded I'm sure) terrorism and pipeline sabotage.
Saudis have all the money (ours, from selling us overpriced oil), and they use it buy up the nation. 7% of our national debt, 30% of our economy, l trillion dollars in our banks. Top drawer lobbyists and law firms like Baker Botts (the Bush families lawyer). And they even use their money to help out the "hated Jew", they invested over $300 million and own 17% of Michael Eisner's Eurodisney and Eisner was so indebted that he prohibited the showing of Michael Moore's Fareneheit 9-11 in Disney owned Theatres.
And the people that helped put the thing together (Eurodisney relief) was none other than the Carlyle Group, whose members included on 9-11, the bin Laden family and Bush Family.
Giaour,
"the only thing that seems to be important to Americans is inane issues like "protection of family" (anti gay) and "pro life" (anti woman), we are so caught up in an internal cultural war, that we will lose the biggest cultural war of all, the war for the soul of the west"
You are blind to the supreme irony of post-911 social politics:
1) the vast majority of people who have proven to be capable of not only criticizing but also condemning Islam itself (not just "extremists" or "hijackers of the religion of peace") are the very same people who have right-wing and often Christian-based puritanical and illiberal goals which you cite (anti-gay, anti-choice, etc.).
2) the vast majority of people who support liberal virtues such as gay respect & rights, feminism, choice on abortion, etc. -- the vast majority of these people, through some pathological paradox of their fucked up multiculturalist PC psychology, continue to equivocate on Islam or blatantly defend Islam from any criticisms, and meanwhile they continue to shift the blame to the West and to America and to Bush, etc.
Bottom Line: Why is it that a subculture which considers homosexuality a "disease" is yet able to promote their agenda in a mature, civil and legal manner with respect for the secular system they live under and is simultaneously able to CONDEMN that other culture which goes to a barbaric extreme against homosexuality? And why is it that the other subculture that promotes rights & respect for homosexuality is 95% incapable of condemning Islam? As Christopher Hitchens has said over and over again: Leftists should be utterly ashamed of themselves for their inability to CONDEMN ISLAM without reservation, without equivocation, without constantly sneaking in an equal condemnation of the West.
WOW! Instead of using bullets and bombs in Iraq ... we should be using pork products! It is a win-win. We support the pork industry and f@#k up a msulim's day.
Posted by: What_the
What_the: I reckon we should, rather than droping bombs on any muslim terroitory, we fly a big Hercules over Mecca and drop a heap of debowled pigs.
It would prove once and for all - that Allah is impotent, and even pigs are more powerful than allah..
Bacon in a Koran - what an excellent idea. I feel like going to every hosopital in my local area (after all, hospitals are about saving lives) and putting a slice of ham or bacon in every Koran (a book about death).
Anyone in for this? What are they going to charge us with??? Treason?????
As John Safran said in "Safran v's God",
"forget Halal - get some pork on your fork!!!!"
Obviously some Poms want more bombings, how the hell did the Poms defeat the Nazi's???? Oh thats right, by digging themselves into such a big hole (by appeasing hitler for too long), they had to get help from the "Great Satan". God bless America!!!
Metaxy,
When did Christopher Hitchens 'see the light?' I have just been reading abou his criticisms of the left lately but I believe he went 180 sometime ago.
This sounds like another false flag Muslim operation to bring out the dhimmi media cavalry. Reminds me of their insurance fires which they claimed were "hate crimes."
On the other hand, if someone did put bacon in a Koran to offend Muslims, I can't imagine anything I'll worry about less the rest of my life.
Gaior wrote ...
"the only thing that seems to be important to Americans is inane issues like "protection of family" (anti gay) and "pro life" (anti woman), we are so caught up in an internal cultural war, that we will lose the biggest cultural war of all, the war for the soul of the west"...
That may all change when there are riots in Europe. The Muslim population there is widely unemployed and much more belligerent (i.e., not as weak) than here in the US. That EU human rights law that protects asylum seekers and immigrants is gonna get tossed or ignored, and France, England and many other countries are gonna make their own rules and start kicking some but. That is when things are going to get ugly.
A lot of politicians are gonna say "What the hell is going on?" Let's hope they seek wise advice from those not corrupted by the Saudis. Pray if you believe. But when it does happen, I would definitely think emails to your Congressman recommending Bat Yeor's Eurabia and Robert's Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam books (or mailing them some books) to help them understand what is happening in Europe.
It's a cheap and easy way to get involved, all you readers of these comments nodding your heads out there in the internet world. I know you are out there and getting smarter everyday about what's going on. I know I am.
reset,
Hitchens dates his "seeing the light" moment long before 911, in the early 80s when the Ayatollah Khomeini issued his death fatwa on the novelist Salman Rushdie (who also happened, and happens, to be a friend of Hitchens).
Saudis have all the money...~ Giaour
Saudi Arabia GDP $ 310 Billion 2004 est
Egypt $ 316 Billion 2004 est
Iran $ 516 Billion 2004 est
California $ 1 Trillion 2002
India $ 3 Trillion 2004 est
US $ 11 Trillion 2004 est
I am absolutely appaled that anyone would have the nerve to abuse bacon. I mean really people, who in their right mind abuses or mistreats bacon. I am truly in shock and will now have to seek a support counsel group to deal with this tragedy.
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"And what about beef and Rig Vedas?"
Posted by: Ibn Rushd at July 30, 2005 05:16 PM
And what's your point? My reply as a Hindu is "So what?" Muslims have committed such atrocities in the Indian subcontinent, that even if some slapped a piece of beef in the Rig Vedas, I wouldn't care, because that is nothing compared to what the Muslims have done for centuries, and it is not like they haven't done such disgusting acts, such as painting the walls of temples with Cow's blood in order to desecrate the sanctum sanctorum. So even if someone did put a piece of beef in a Hindu religious text, I wouldn't care, I'd just hope I'd find out who the punk is so I can intorduce thme to my Khukri, but in terms of losing my temper, obviously not. Muslims are monsters and capable of far worse, and have done so throughout history recorded in their history books.
Wouldn't the normal response be to remove the bacon, wipe the pages, and put the book inside a case where it would have to be specifically requested?
The fewer copies of this warlord's thesis loose on the shelves, where poor impressionable kids could stumble across it, the better.
It should have a warning on it anyway -that: "this book contains hatespeech which might be offensive to non-Muslims", if the p.c. lobby is going to be multiculturally consistent.
Obviously its time for another 'NOT IN MY NAME' campaign.
The 'angry librarian' should be inundated with emails and letters forbidding her to apologise in anyone name but her own.
Bacon in the Koran? Give that guy a medal!!
So, how did he (or she) avoid getting greasy, messing up his pocket or purse. Plastic bag? Don't want to check out the book and get caught when it's returned. Must have been done right there in the library. (As one poster said, might have been a blame-job done by a muslim trying to get dhimmi to apologize).
Well, I like the idea, and admire the spunk. This war is fought in big AND small ways, and I support everything that shoves muslims back, or shows them to be hypocrites, or irrational, or bullies, etc.
I had a great uncle who worked for the Arabian American Oil Company. They had a freezer for their ice cream, which was subject to constant pilferage. They solved the problem by putting two slices of bacon across the top of the ice cream and replacing the lid. The bacon "contaminated" the ice cream, and no muslim would then touch it. Peace was upon them.
Please, someone, provide us with the email link to the library whose staff apologized for the bacon-in-koran incident. We should let them know how wrong they were to "make dhimmi" as they did.
I also personally support the war efforts aimed at the muslim beliefs, and their sacred book. I don't think that I would do the raw bacon thing, but I have considered it, and can appreciate the daring of the person who did. Pictures of pigs (and dogs) could be just as effective, or effective enough, cut from magazines and pasted in a koran, or drawn on the fly pages (front and back).
This is not without risk. One has to be aware that vandalism is a crime just about everywhere, and will be enforced for acts such as the above. Library books are public property. Sooner or later the muslims will demand that the police dust for prints, and you know damn well that that will happen.
For the less bold, simply getting the koran badly smudged up with something obviously dirty or smelly would do. Or defiling your own copy in a way that will produce maximum angst.
There may come a time when we will have to have public sit-ins like the lefties do. You know, bar-b-que pork ribs and koran readings in the peoples' park. Koran-tossing kinda like horseshoe tossing, only using a toilet as a goal. Prize could be a bacon cheezeburger. Runner-up gets plunger. Burka beauty contest. Nobody wins, because all are ugly. Or burka contest, with mini-burkas, contestants judged strictly on bare legs, no faces. Or wet burka contest. Winner gets bacon sandwich. Runner-up gets koran. Or turban wrap, men tie up women with turbans then pretend to beat them. Or best turban made of toilet paper and coffee filters. Or rocking contest, men rock back and forth while eating pork ribs and reading koran. Or mock speeches, stand on box and praise jews and infidels, and proclaim that pork is healthy alternative to insects. Or muslim beard contest. Prize for most outrageous muslim beard. Or produce "prayer kits" with mini-koran, plastic prayer rug, compass for finding Mecca, and pre-printed "prayer" full of completely demented crap taken from real quotes.
The possibilities are endless, and could be lots of fun in addition to drawing attention. If the muslims cause trouble, they wind up on TV looking like thugs.
Frankly, I'm surprized that we haven't heard about dead dogs being thrown over the fence at some mosque, or bacon being smeared on the door, etc. Maybe these things are kept quiet.
Power to the People, haha. The lefties have pushed the limits of free speech, and why not steal their forums?
For those you wondering where the location of Rugby Library is, I think this is the link:
http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/Web/corporate/pages.nsf/Links/F87FA2CA307673E780256A1B00510546
-Ayo Gorkhali
"Bravest of the brave,most generous of the generous,never had country more faithful friends than you."
Sir Ralph Turner (former officer in the 3rd Gurkha Rifles).
Carved on the London memorial to Gurkha soldiers unveiled by Queen Elizabeth II on December 3, 1997
"So, how did he (or she) avoid getting greasy, messing up his pocket or purse. Plastic bag? "
Probably dried streaky bacon, which my local caff served when they attempted to be trendy in what they thought was Italian style. Bookmark in the Koran was the best use for it. The Italians do some luvverly grub, but bacon sarnies are best left traditional.
How to annoy Muslims without giving dhimmi librarians a reason to cry "Islamophobia":
Put the Quran back on the shelf upside down.
Move a copy of The Satanic Verses to the Islam section.
Put other religion bookmarks in the Islam books. Or leave postcards of Hindu art, i.e. statues of half naked goddesses, in the Islam books.
Highlight all of the really evil verses in the Quran. Add "Ameen!!!" in pencil next to the "Kill the infidel..." stuff.
Vandalising public property, Qur'an or no, is stupid. Anyone who wants to upset librarians would do better to go and request that they stock Robert Spencer's books.
The "dweebs" who put bacon in Qur'ans are little better than the idiots who put Holocaust denials inside Anne Frank's diary.
I'm with Hugh and Viking5 on this one. You don't kill a book's blasphemy and falsehood by defacing it; only by refuting those who believe it.
Still, DC, I like your idea of sending CAIR Christmas hams. Maybe we ought to add notes reading "In appreciation of your furtherance of multicultural understanding".
From the link above,
I sent a politely annoying email to Ms. Barnsley this morning.
"the only thing that seems to be important to Americans is inane issues like "protection of family" (anti gay) and "pro life" (anti woman), we are so caught up in an internal cultural war, that we will lose the biggest cultural war of all, the war for the soul of the west"
Giaor,
Since when has being pro-life meant that you can't be a feminist? Is there something wrong about opposing the homosexual agenda? Read some anatomy and physiology books and you might get some insight into why people oppose homosexuality and abortion. It can be argued totally outside of the religious arena. For that matter, where would Western Civilization be without Christian ethics?
Gorkhali,
I was not trying to be funny or insulting. I was just adding to the pile of "what ifs" that was listed above.
On behalf of the people of Little Dunmow, in Essex, on behalf of all the people of England, I Tony Blair wish to apologize profoundly for the Dunmow Flitch, and for such other laws and customs of England, from the time of Bracton (De Legibus et Consuetudinibus Angliae) to the present day, that may offend in any way for any reason the vast and overwhelming majority of Muslims who, as I must never fail to note, wish on every appropriate occassion always to note, are decent and law-abiding citizens of this country, Few will disagree when I insist upon insisting that this vast and overwhelming majority of decent and law-abiding Muslims represent the very most cherished part of British society's rich tapestry and resplendently dazzling diversity.
Again, my deepest apologies if our primitive customs or the perceived savagery of our laws have in any way offended. We will do what we can to make things right, so that never again will you have cause for anger, either because of our actions abroad, or because of ways we have not yet been quick enough to change at home.
I give you my guarantee, and that of all the citizens of Great Britain, that whatever discontent you now so rightly feel will become a thing of the past. For we cannot invite people to participate in the great experiment in international living that is now the country of Great Britain, and not do everything in our power to avoid unduly upsetting them. It may not seem like that now, but you have my word. Of this you can be sure.
Texan
A wet burka contest would be really fun to watch.
`He alerted library staff, who got rid of the book immediately.`
I am very curious as to how they got `rid` of the book. Tear? Burn? In the garbage? or What?
From a previous post above:
Anyone in for this? What are they going to charge us with??? Treason?????
Posted by: 3rdtimelucky at July 30, 2005 07:01 PM
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Count me in - LOVED this thread - nice to have a good laugh occasionally though the threat that Islam represents is no laughing matter - the worst threat we have ever had to world peace - even allowing for nazism and communism.
I am seriously thinking of visiting my local library !!
If I am caught, maybe I'll be charged with "Rash behaviour" !!
(a PORK loving) DOG !!
I am seriously thinking of visiting my local library !!
If your intention is to decorate ququran with a piece of bacon, please don't. Show some respect for pig.
Seriously now, vandalism is not something we should stoop to - we are not moslems.
Let us bury each suicide murderer muslim in dirty pork skin, think about it, no 72, 18 feet virgins for them. It certainly sounds like a deterrent to me. May their souls rest in hell forever. Qurap on them.