Day: 24 January 2008

  • Twitter Updates for 2008-01-24

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    morning twitterverse, feeling a bit tired today, not good, as likely to be another hectic one! # just reading how the classic childrens tale "The Three Little Pigs" can now be considered racially offensive http://snurl.com/1y4hn # @chuckstar76 looks like it does a similar thing to the twitter tools plugin for wordpress # Powered by Twitter…

  • links for 2008-01-24

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    BBC NEWS | Education | Three Little Pigs ‘too offensive’ A story based on the Three Little Pigs has been turned down from a government agency’s annual awards because the subject matter could offend Muslims. The digital book, re-telling the classic fairy tale, was rejected by judges who warned that “the use of (tags: education…