German schools won't offend Muslims, drop sausage from lunch menus

Here's a scene you're not likely to see any more in the cafeteria of Germany's Bundestag -- Chancellor Angela Merkel chowing down on a delicious bratwurst. [Isn't that a foot-long wienie, as seen on SCTV? Ed.] Why not? Because, according to Britain's Express newspapers, bratwurst ist verboten!

That's right. Effective immediately, all kinds of sausages, bacon, ham and other pork products must no longer be sold in public cafés, cafeterias and school lunchrooms. Why?! So as not to offend "refugees" of course. An increasing number of public canteens, child daycare centres and schools have stopped serving pork because of "religious considerations". What religion would that be, I hear you ask. Well, there are still 1000s of Jews in Germany, but they haven't been complaining, so the recent fit of political correctness must have something to do with the hundreds of thousands of Muslims for whom Ms Merkel's government has put out the welcome mat.

But there are those, even in Ms Merkel's own party, who have had enough of the enforced Willkommenskultur. CDU party representative Daniel Günther insists that the consumption of pork is part of German culture! While he concedes that tolerance means "the appreciation and sufferance of other food cultures and lifestyles", he argues that those who don't want to eat pork didn’t have to. Furthermore, he says, "The protection of minorities - including for religious reasons - must not mean that the majority is overruled in their free decision by ill-conceived consideration."

Further reading: "Less 'Willkommenskutur', please, say Germans", WWW 1/11/15.