Café apologises after Ramadan joke.

[Insel affe]

Sorry if fixtures.

AN “ILL-THOUGHT-OUT” joke sparked outcry on social media.
Nordic Coffee Collective posted a picture of its sandwich board featuring a pun on the word “Ramadan”.
The Brighton cafe landed in hot water with some social media users who branded the joke “insensitive”, “offensive”, in “bad taste”, “bigoted” and “not cool”.
The inflammatory pun read: “Two Muslims have crashed into the Thames Barrier in London. Police think it might be the start of Ram-a-dam.”
The coffee shop, which is known for posting jokes and off-beat humour on its sandwich boards, promptly removed the message and posted an apology.

 

[GOM]

Please can I be offended for someone too......

 

[Biscuit]

Shit joke. Don't really see it as offensive though, just a rubbish pun?

 

[WhingForPresident]

Muslims in taking offence over nothing shocker.

Crap joke nonetheless.

 

[GOM]

Shit joke. Don't really see it as offensive though, just a rubbish pun?

Heard a lot worse jokes, wasn't that bad !

 

[SAC]

It's a reasonable enough pun/joke but something that you tell to a mate not write on a board where people can get offended.

 

[Bakero]

£3 for a Latte! This country.

 

[daveinprague]

Muslims in taking offence over nothing shocker.

Crap joke nonetheless.

Did they?

 

[The Kid Frankie]

It's a play on words so I don't see how anyone can be offended by it.

 

[Puppet Master]

It's automatically offensive cos it features Muslims. I too, am outraged and horrified on their behalf.

 

[Bladders]

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

it's a play on words so i don't see how anyone can be offended by it.

dave in Prague for starters
regards
DR

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

it's automatically offensive cos it features muslims. I too, am outraged and horrified on their behalf.

yeah bloody white honky's... Shame on us
regards
DR

 

[keaton]

It's a play on words so I don't see how anyone can be offended by it.

I'm not sure whether or not is a play on words is particulalry useful in deciding whether or not something's offensive.

 

[WhingForPresident]

Did they?

After reading your comments on other threads of this nature, I'm not even going to bother getting drawn into this kind of conversation.

But yeah, look it up on Twitter. Supposedly this is offensive because it portrays all Muslims as: "stupid/barbaric/inhuman".

 

[daveinprague]

dave in Prague for starters
regards
DR

Not at all NSC clown.......Im indifferent to it...as I would imagine most people are.
The ONLY people who go on about muslims being 'offended' all the time, are right-wing cockwombles such as yourself...but you already knew that.

 

[Puppet Master]

 

[Badger]

What does it feel like to be offended by something? I'm not sure I've ever experienced it before.

 

[Guinness Boy]

£3 for a Latte! This country.

This

 

[daveinprague]

After reading your comments on other threads of this nature, I'm not even going to bother getting drawn into this kind of conversation.

But yeah, look it up on Twitter. Supposedly this is offensive because it portrays all Muslims as: "stupid/barbaric/inhuman".

Look what up on twitter?....
Seems as though the only muslim in the story, had to be told about this 'offending' sign....and he didnt seem particularly 'offended'