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| Europe |
| IKEA goes dhimmi |
| 2005-03-10 |
| OSLO, Norway (Reuters) - Dhimmi Swedish home furnishings giant IKEA is guilty of sex discrimination by showing only men putting together furniture in its instruction manuals, Norway's prime minister says. IKEA, which has more than 200 stores in 32 nations and features Halal cuisine in all company cafeterias , fears it might offend Muslims by depicting women assembling everything from cupboards to beds. Someone should tell them it's OK if they're wearing a birka. Its manuals show only men or cartoon figures whose sex is unclear Sounds very European. No wonder they're having so much trouble reproducing.. "This isn't good enough," Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik was quoted Thursday as telling the daily Verdens Gang. "It's important to promote attitudes for sexual equality, not least in Muslim nations." This guy is going to have a Jihadi hit squad on him faster than you can say Dutch Parliamentarian "They should change this," s/he said. "There's no justification for it." IKEA stores are visited by 365 million people a year around the world. Many products have to be assembled by the buyer -- the "flat pack" concept saves the company huge amounts in transport, storage and sales space. Bondevik, whose sex could not be detemined, added: "I myself have great problems with screwing together such furniture." Shakes head, too easy. Leave something for commenters. Verdens Gang quoted an IKEA spokeswoman as saying: "We have to take account of cultural factors. In Muslim countries it's problematic problematic? How about forbidden? to use women in instruction manuals." IKEA was not immediately available for comment. |
| Posted by:Mrs. Davis |
| #5 LOL Funny how 'PC' always disappears over the horizon when 'Muslim sensibilities' appears on the scene. Stupid fraud PC. |
| Posted by: Bulldog 2005-03-10 1:37:51 PM |
| #4 Can you see the headline? Cheesy furniture company guilty of sex discrimination... ACLU sues to have women included in instruction videos in US... Get out the popcorn and wish a plague on both houses... |
| Posted by: BigEd 2005-03-10 12:10:08 PM |
| #3 I'll take your word for that, 2b. Never had any of it myself. I think I did go in one of their stores one time, but everything was overpriced. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2005-03-10 11:59:01 AM |
| #2 their stuff sux anyways. |
| Posted by: 2b 2005-03-10 11:48:40 AM |
| #1 ask 'em if they'll make sure their cafeterias are kosher, too. |
| Posted by: PlanetDan 2005-03-10 11:17:17 AM |