– – McDonald’s recently introduced a series of cartoon character miniatures in Singapore depicting the twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac calendar; think Happy Meal-type toys. Not wishing to offend Muslims, however, McDonald’s replaced the pig with a character of the love god Cupid, which turned out to be stupid…
If you’re gonna do something, do it right and do it correctly, which doesn’t mean catering to political correctness to an extent that defeats the purpose of what you’re doing.- –Well, Mickey D’s didn’t anticipate a backlash by the 75% Chinese population in Singapore, who understandably complained that they would not have a chance to buy the complete set or for those involved, the animal character representing their birth year.
McDonald’s then backpedaled, re-instituting the pig character and apologizing all over themselves to the Chinese community. The Pig as one of the Chinese zodiac characters is part of Chinese culture and customs, and is not representing food offensive to Muslims…and for crying out loud, it was in this case just a little stuffed toy!
It’s nice to occasionally see political correctness lose out to common sense!
FOXSYLVANIA 
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