Just read this on the beeb. Not nice.
BBC NEWS | Education | Three Little Pigs 'too offensive'
Yes, it's been raised before, but this is getting ludicrous when the PC version of the story is then blamed because it "upsets builders". Urm. How many builders do you think will get offended by that?The digital book, re-telling the classic fairy tale, was rejected by judges who warned that "the use of pigs raises cultural issues".
Becta, the government's educational technology agency, is a leading partner in the annual schools award.
The judges also attacked Three Little Cowboy Builders for offending builders.


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