A Criminal Portrait in Ceramics

Pretty soon it will be unlawful to bring home the bacon in Britain. It's already a crime, it seems, to have pigs displayed on your window sill.

Police here in central England seized a collection of porcelain pigs from a house's window sill after Muslims complained that they were offensive.

"I just couldn't believe it, I didn't know whether to laugh or cry," Mrs Nancy Bennett, the owner of the 17 miniature pigs, told the Sun tabloid newspaper.

The porcelain figures were held at the local police station, while Mrs Bennett was threatened with prosecution if she replaces the collection. Her house is located in the same street as the city's main mosque, meaning that Muslim worshippers often passed by her front window where the pig figurines were on display.

"Muslims find pigs highly offensive," explained police officer David Griffiths. "That is why the complaints were made".

No, not a comedy sketch.

It's a tragedy from the pages of real life.

(HT: LGF)