Occasional Scribbles

And so we have it, our country which is well known to be devoted to its pooches, have been told that they are viewed by the minority of Muslims living in our country, as dirty, ‘ritually’ dirty at that.  And so Tayside police’s attempts to broadcast their new ‘point of contact’ phone number, have been thoroughly ticked off for using the image of Rebel, a pup-in-training, on cards to be put up in public places and newsagents and shops.  Apparently, some newsagents and shop keepers absolutely refuse to have these cards in their windows at all and have become very angry and offended.

 Several thoughts spring to mind, the obvious that perhaps they need to be reminded of the saying, ‘when in Rome , do as the Romans do’ but also, that these Muslims are rather selective about what they get offended about.  Funny really,  I mean if you were to browse through some of the magazines that adorn top shelves of newsagents and shops run by these people, you would imagine that the content of said magazines goes against their strict attitude to women and sex.  You might also wonder why they sell alcohol since they are offended by the Western approach to drink too.  Both of which I understand and in part agree with.  There is far too much loutish behaviour on public display and far too much midrif.  We have become a nation full of badly behaved people who are actively encouraged by the media and especially TV which coludes in and promote such bad behaviour on programmes such as big brother and other ‘reality’ offerings on TV.

However, it was bad enough when Muslims started on Christmas and began to change the way we celebrate this Christian festivity by insisting we no longer have ‘Happy Christmas’ on our cards and instead go all American with the bland  ‘Season’s greetings’.  But to start on our animals is tantamount to us offering them a ham sandwich and equally offensive.  Muslims have a strange attitude to animals.  They also consider the pig unclean and yet they allow cows to walk all over the place, freely as they are seen to be sacred.  In Karachi, packs of skinny, mangy, hungry dogs roam the city, who carry Rabies and are much feared.  Maybe that accounts for this attitude and sense that dogs are ritually unclean.  Over there, that is probably the case,  though if people looked after them better there wouldn’t be so many.  But here in England, we care for our animals on the whole and there are a multitude of stories of how important a role dogs play in our lives.  Many dogs are devoted beyond reason to their owners and many others are helpful to the handicapped and sick.  They are loving and loyal companions to many.

Someone wise once said, you can judge a nation by the way they treat their animals, (I think it was Gandhi).  Quite.  Perhaps these people who seek to undermine us at every opportunity should realise that the country they are so effectively trying to change will become the one that they left behind, if they are not careful.  P.S.  Note to Chief Constable John Vine, will you please stop apologising for us and there is no need whatsoever to have an ‘investigation’ into this matter.  If the Muslims are offended, (again), they can always leave.  It’s a free country, just.