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Muslims offended by 'Jewish' cookies
Yigal Romm, EJP
Published: 07.12.05, 11:27
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1. I'm Jewish, and I'M offended by the cookies!
Sivan ,   Tel Aviv   (12.07.05)
2. ???
michael ,   austin, tx, usa   (12.07.05)
what doesn't offend them??? It seems they're offended by the whole planet.
3. #2
Jane ,   New York   (12.07.05)
And the whole planet is offended by them as well
4. Offended by the Jewish name of a cookie?
AK   (12.07.05)
Must be all those tolerant , "Moderate Muslims" we have been hearing about, who never cease preaching tolerance to all of us, accursed "islamaphobes." So, will the truly tolerant members of the ROP finally appear in public and take on the obviously intolerant Danish Muslims, I wonder? But I will not hold my breath.
5. Jewish cookies? Well, Lebenese cookies...
(12.08.05)
...taste like complete and utter crud. So these ones have gotta be a little bit better Whats so offensive anway? Its not letting off any offensive odours or anything so what gives? Maybe the cookies are ''occupying'' too much space on Danish shelves and taking space away from ''arab cookies''? Oh but wait! Arab cookies are already occupying 99% of arab shelves and 50% of european shelves already. Funny thing that. I thought I smelled something dodgy a while ago now I know what it is
6. Cookies and buns
Dorothy Friend ,   Tel Aviv   (12.08.05)
Jeez Louise! But anyone can get riled up over anything. Someone once got very upset when I had a Hot Cross Bun with my coffee next to them, and that person wasn't of the Muslim faith.
7. Offended
Emily ,   Australia   (12.08.05)
I'm offended by anything and everything Moslem. Well maybe arab horses are OK.
8. No. 1 - "Sivan"
Sivan ,   Tel-Aviv   (12.08.05)
I'm Sivan from Tel-Aviv, and I didn't post comment No. 1. Must Accessol getting his own back at me .....
9. why?
Josie ,   Israel   (12.08.05)
Why must everything everywhere be changed to cater to the needs, wants and demands of the muslim population? If they don't want it, they wont be forced to eat them!!! Sydney is not putting up a christmas tree cause it will offend the muslim brothers! And other cases in other parts of the world have their own shares as well. why? why? why?
10. I'm offended at the hate speech tripe in the "koran." DUH!!!
Bunnie Meyer ,   Santa Monica, CA   (12.08.05)
11. to emily
moslem and araby ,   jerusalem   (12.08.05)
you like the araby horses and do not like the moslem food at first arab is less than the tenth of the moslems in the world second every moslem country has a special food with a special taste i mean bakistani food is deferant than araby one ..realy i do not like thier food ..but to moslem the food must be halal this is about the meat ...and we have two saying iwant to tell you first one is [eat with the jew and sleep in the house of cristian] why becouse as a moslem jews food is halal also and why to sleepe in cristian house or the more correct to not in the jew house becouse there is not faith in the jews ....the other saying is [eate what you like and dress what other like ] simply no one follow the food to the stomack of any but we like the beuty in dressing ....lastly i will aske you about the horses which you like to kick you or ride on the back yes my daughter arab horse can kick also the same like its owner
12. I am offended by anti-Semites
Howard ,   Pacific Coast, USA   (12.08.05)
Anyone who attacks culturally positive references to Jews or Jewishness because such references to Jews "make them uncomfortable" is simply an anti-Semite. I am offended by anti-Semites. I am severely offended when anti-Semites use threats to eliminate from society any reference to Jewishness that happen to be positive, while trying to magnify negative references. I am intensely offended when the free press is being pressured in this manner, and gives in. I don't care about the cookies. But I am disgusted by the pressure that was applied and the acquiescence thereto.
13. Muslims offended by the place name 'Denmark'
Ezra ,   USA   (12.08.05)
The Danes should change the name of their country to "Arabia Jr." as soon as possible to appease their new masters.
14. The Danes, the Arabs and a bisquit
Sally Ann ,   New York   (12.08.05)
The cookies have nothing Jewish about them, but the Arabs who frown and abstain from buying a package of bisquits for their allusion to Jews...they are what is going to make Europe - Danes included - less European. Oh...Europe. Freed of its Jews, awash with Muslims who chirrup offenses at the continent's culture. Maybe Europe deserves this.
15. here's one solution
sam ,   potomac, md   (12.08.05)
here's one solution that reflects the European drift: greatly decrease the size of the cookies and call them "European balls."
16. No more piggy banks in England
Bezalel ,   London, England   (12.08.05)
Moslems have decided to stay away from banks which give piggy banks to their customers because it offends them.
17. 2 STATEMENTS WE COULD DO WITHOUT
DACON9 ,   FOOLS VILLE DENMARK   (12.08.05)
1) USING THE MAJORITY AS AN EXCUSE. ACCORDING TO THAT LOGIC THEN THE MAJORITY IN THE MIDDLE EAST CAN DO AS THEY DO BECAUSE THEY ARE MAJORITY AND THE JEWS SHOULD START LEARNING ARABIC. THE STATEMENT IS FOOLISH 2) NOT KOSHER AND CALLING IT A JEWISH COOKIE.. AMAZING WHAT OUR JEWS HAVE BECOME AND THIS RABBI IS THE SPOKEMAN FOR THE ''UNKOSHER JEWISH COOKIE'' ??? THE MARKETERS OF THE COOKIE WEAR THE GRAND FOOLS CROWN.. MARKETING A NON JEWISH UNKOSHER ITEM DURING THE XMAS SEASON AS A 'JEWISH' COOKIE'' AND EXPECTING SALES TO BOOM. PLEASE.. I CANT TAKE THIS MORNINGS NEWS REPORTS. I AM SO HAPPY THAT SHABBAT IS HERE IN A FEW HOURS AND I ''CANT'' SEE THE NEWS
18. jewish cookies
Chas ,   USA   (12.08.05)
Unbelievable stupidity! People are falling for this kind of garbage. Accepting this from a community that fails to speak of the outrages that are committed by fellow Muslims everyday all over the world. Killings, beheadings, killing Christians and Jews for no other reason than the choice of religion. I hope you Europeans enjoy bending over and kissing the rear ends of the Muslims everytime they moan and cry about everything European. They are like a bunch of bratty children.
19. I bet the Muslims would eat the cookies if they were called
Seth ,   Washington, DC   (12.08.05)
Killers of Jesus & Stealers of Palestine Cookies
20. Jewish cookies
Hilda ,   US   (12.09.05)
As someone who is married to a Dane, I want you to know that my husband has never heard of a Jewish cookie. But since he grew up under the German occupation there probably was no such cookie then. If the Muslims do not want to eat them, let them not eat them. Since when do they decide what is Danish. Since it is a Christmas cookie, who cares what it is called except that I resent that Muslims get to decide everything. At present they are causing friction between Christians and non Christians because they want no more Christmas in schools offices. Jews are being blamed but we never had the problem before the Muslims moved in. Incidentally, Muslims had no problem buying and eating Kosher meat before they started opening Hallal butchershops
21. muslim are offended by the bigger jewish penis as well
(12.09.05)
22. COOKIES!!!YUM!!!
janiece ,   hemet,USA   (12.09.05)
May i have the recipe? they look delcious!
23. The Muslems are offended
Aharon ,   Israel   (12.09.05)
The Muslems always say they are offended by anything that looks, sounds or reminds Jewish. This is, of course, not new since their racial campaign to erase and/or delegitimize the Jewish people has been going on for over a century. I just wonder if the Muslems will also be offended by anything that reminds them christian, when they become the major population in Europe.
24. change the name
Hanina ,   USA   (12.09.05)
Let's call them kissing cookies and forget about slashing other people up into tiny bites.
25. I'm offended by Muslims so lets ban them.
Daisy ,   USA   (12.11.05)
26. What about a danish?
Cynthia ,   USA   (12.11.05)
I guess we'll have to forget about eating a danish with coffee and say goodbye to those yummy Danish butter cookies. Soon the muslims will take offense at anything Danish. Imagine ordering a martyr chocolate chip cookie that explodes, instead of melts in your mouth.
27. Oh my my
Salameh ,   Gaza, Palestine   (12.11.05)
26 postings and they are ALL HATEFUL. It just tells you how much RACIST and ANTI-ARAB AND ANTI-MUSLIM you folks are. And then you come back and bi*** why there is so much voilence in this area. Shame on you.
28. Come on people, lighten up.
Shimon ,   Kfar Saba   (12.11.05)
I certainly wouldn't eat a biscuit (cookie) filled with strawberry jam called "Blood of the holy Islamic Martyrs": it's only a matter of degree. I suppose that the main difference is that Jews wouldn't threaten to blow up the bakery and slaughter the baker and his family
29. NO OFFENSE BUT
(12.12.05)
HOW many times do you read or hear about jews getting offended by EVERYTHING_ including a Christmas CARD- whats good for the goose is good for the gander.
30. #16 - not just Moslems
Dorothy Friend ,   Tel Aviv   (12.12.05)
I've seen translations into Hebrew of foreign childen's books about farms with the pigs airbrushed out.
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