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saintjohn · 08-20-2007, 11:33 AM

. . . to avoid offending Muslims

The BBC has dropped plans to show a fictional terror attack in an episode of Casualty to avoid offending Muslims.

The first show of the hospital drama's new series was to have featured a storyline about an explosion caused by Islamic extremists.

Now the bomb will be set off by animal rights campaigners instead.

A BBC spokesman said: "With any storyline there are lots of ideas that get put forward but don't make the series."

source

Btw, I just had a little fun with Google:

"to avoid offending muslims" - 15.400 hits

"to avoid offending christians" - 200 hits

"to avoid offending hindus" - 29 hits

"to avoid offending buddhists" - 1 hit

"to avoid offending animal rights activists" - 0 hits

08-20-2007, 11:33 AM	#1 (permalink)
saintjohn CoolJunkie Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: somewhere else Posts: 2,904	BBC drops fictional terror attack . . . Registered members do not see ads. Register or logon for a better view. . . . to avoid offending Muslims The BBC has dropped plans to show a fictional terror attack in an episode of Casualty to avoid offending Muslims. The first show of the hospital drama's new series was to have featured a storyline about an explosion caused by Islamic extremists. Now the bomb will be set off by animal rights campaigners instead. A BBC spokesman said: "With any storyline there are lots of ideas that get put forward but don't make the series." source Btw, I just had a little fun with Google: "to avoid offending muslims" - 15.400 hits "to avoid offending christians" - 200 hits "to avoid offending hindus" - 29 hits "to avoid offending buddhists" - 1 hit "to avoid offending animal rights activists" - 0 hits __________________ photography