Apparently Britain *isn’t* a hotbed of dhimmitudinous Muslim-coddling, after all – at least judging by Sheikh Ali Tariq Ahmed’s job-hunting experiences under his own name, and under the name of Daniel Jacob.
Top quote: "If you want to find a job when you are out of work and a Muslim, then change your name and it will happen more quickly. Believe me, I know".
Can all the "our culture is being destroyed by Jihadis, and there’s no such thing as Islamophobia" merchants please shut the fuck up now?
(via insaniac B-BBC commenter Pete_London, who seems to be blaming the Beeb for running the article rather than himself for being a bigot)
On the subject of discrimination, you might want to remove the reference to midgets at the top of your blog. This is considered insulting these days. The correct terminology is now "little people", although some find dwarf acceptable.
"Bugger" on the other hand is perfectly acceptable.
How about ‘Munchkin’ or ‘Oompa Loompa’? I like those, they sound affectionate.
I’m led to believe by the uber-PC San Francisco Chronical that using "midgets" allegorically is still acceptable.
Meanwhile, my PC term for actually describing people of limited statue is "fucking freakass hobbit creatures".
Indeed, I wrote the midgets comment.
It means midgets within the context of both the blogosphere and general contribution to "news" generally.
I could have used "minnows", but I don’t like to descriminate against fish.
It would be interesting to compare two experiments like that one, one done before 2001 and one after 2003.
No platform for sizeists. Taller platforms for midgets.
An old one, but it still makes me laugh.
I call my son "midgety-boy" all the time, and he’s never uttered the merest smidgen of a complaint.
Mind you, he’s only two. And only three foot tall. So it’s not as if he has any grounds.