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I think they're getting more and more easily offended

By pharyngula on December 20, 2010.

This is getting ridiculous. Now people are getting irate at the use of a common word.

The teacher…was explaining to the class how the cold climate in Trevélez, Granada province, aided in the curing of the village's most famous local product, jamón serrano. The boy told his teacher that hearing the word 'ham' in class was offensive to him because of his religion and asked his geography teacher to stop referring to the product which caused him offence.

El Mundo newspaper reports that the boy's parents then reported the teacher to both the National Police and to the courts. It's understood that an internal investigation is also underway by the education authority in Cádiz province.

Personally, I only have temper tantrums over "ham" when it's preceded by "ken".

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religion
stupidity

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