UK: Cambridge University Warns Staff Not To Shake Hands With Muslims For Fear of Offending Them…
The UK continuously sets the bar high when it comes to liberal PC madness.
(Huff Po) — Cambridge University has warned its dons not to shake hands with Muslims or students with disabilities for fear of offending them.
The top university has cautioned its academics not to proffer their hand automatically in case the gesture causes an upset. A directive has also gone to admissions tutors which explains that some people are “culturally sensitive” to the traditional British style of greeting.
“Suitable body language conveys welcome just as well,” Cambridge advises. But some dons are infuriated by the “advice”, with one telling the Daily Telegraph they are being treated as “social misfits”.
“It seems to be totally bonkers,” one said. “We know when to shake someone’s hand and when not to.”
The academic, who asked not to be named, added that it all seemed “a bit stupid and pointless” and would make interviews “even more awkward”.
The advice, published on Cambridge University’s website, states “Apparently insignificant details of behaviour and language can offend disabled people.”
Posted by ZIP on Thursday, December 15, 2011, at 5:19 pm | 
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I wouldn’t get within ten feet of a Muslim.
I believe their insanity is a contagious virus.
‘Sokay with me. They wipe with their right hands and eat with their left. Oh, sans toilet paper.
I would NEVER touch one. My knuckels might, but I have alcohol wipes for that.
“knuckles”
I can imagine those lovely gothic cathedrals in Britain sporting minarets. Sooner rather than later.
Tsk. Tsk.
I wouldn’t trust anyone who wouldn’t shake my hand. One of the ways I take a persons measure is to shake their hand. If shaking my hand is offensive to someone that tells me all I need to know.
What happens if I Flow some Gas in their direction?
And it would offend me if I had to shake one of their hands. We are well aware of this culture failure to engage in using toilet paper.
If these are the same people who like to talk about purely ‘democratic’ solutions to problems, then why do they let a MINORITY interest dictate the terms of behavior?
A tyranny of the majority is bad enough. This is idiotic!
I’m offended by the constant insistence of Liberals that freedom of expression be limited because it “offends” someone. ‘Freedom of Speech’ is a literal guarantee that someone will eventually be offended at some point.
http://www.jihadwatch.org/2011/12/university-of-london-college-holds-christmas-service-featuring-quran-readings.html
And what did the assembled festive throng hear? The prophecy of of Isaiah? ‘For unto us a child is born…’? The Gospel of Luke? ‘There went out a decree from Caesar Augustus…’? A reading from Micah, perhaps? ‘But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall He come forth unto Me that is to be Ruler in Israel’?
No, none of the above. Instead, they got the Qur’an:
Behold! the angels said “O Mary! Allah giveth thee glad tidings of a Word from Him: his name will be Christ Jesus the son of Mary held in honour in this world and the Hereafter and of (the company of) those nearest to Allah.
There’s more, simply disgusting.
There is very little learning going on in higher learning today.
Just the elitist fools in academia turning the truth upside down with p.c. insanity and in their spare time figuring out ways to pre-emptively capitulate to 7th Century head chopping barbarians.
Too many people are going in debt to a part of such b.s.
Who would want to shake hands with a Muslim?
Oh wait. It’s academic loonies.
And if you must, make sure you have a large pulled pork sammich in both hands, don’t wipe off the juices, then say “hey….glad to meetcha” and shake the krap outta their stinkin hand! Evil………..
“Cambridge University has warned its dons not to shake hands with Muslims or students with disabilities for fear of offending them.”
If I had a disability, I would be offended at being lumped in with filthy muslims.
Then again, muslims ARE disabled – mentally disabled.
Here’s an idea. If you’re in a country where people customarily shake hands, get over yourself and your stupid sensibilities and shake their hands.
Yes, we wouldn’t want to “OFFEND” a society that wipes their ass with a bare hand now would we?
Brass “knuckles”
Oh now I get it, muslims are always pointing the ass in the air. Are we supposed to jam something in there when greeting them? Hmm. I think I’ll got out to the garage and see what I can find.
They never stop for a second and wonder why it is Muslims would be offended by someone trying to shake their hand. It must be their made-up explanation that it’s a “cultural thing”, never that Muslims are taught to think of non-Muslims as unclean.
Who’s up for a double down?
Shake hands WHILE holding BACON!!!!!
I’m good with not shaking hands with a muzzie. Left hook followed by a right cross is a better use of my hands where they are concerned anyway.
I wouldnt touch em with a 39 and 1/2 foot pole
Muzzies wipe their ass with their hand. Protect yourself and just shoot the muzzie.
I’ve been wondering about this for a while: Muslims, particularly D-vout ones, eat with their right hand and scrape off their dingle berries with their left hand, and therefore consider their left hand un-clean. So which hand holds their booger-hook? And would you shake it? And if the booger-hook is also on their left hand, yuck………………..
‘course I don’t spend all my time thinking about this…………..
They better not pass wind.
…and there better not be any banana’s or cucumbers in their salads.
I would be more worried about there being a handy wetnap or bottle of hand sanitizer available. No telling how far in the goat those fingers actually went.
Oh, for heaven’s sake. England has turned into a pussy farm.
In ANY country, the native citizens –when dealing with ANY immigrants– should follow their normal social customs. It is UP TO THE NEW IMMIGRANTS to accept and adapt to their new home and its culture and traditions. If they can’t bear to do so, well oops, they made a mistake. They need to decamp, depart, leave, vacate, go elsewhere. Period.
It’s as simple as that.
Really.
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Have you ever noticed how similar Islam is to wild-eyed Progressivism? Both sets of people believe that “In the Great Scheme of Things, I am perfectly fine just the way I am. It’s YOU who need to change to suit MY preferences”.
For both Islamists and Progressives:
On the one hand, “If *I* am offended by something you say or do, *YOU* need to change your behavior to avoid offending me. Civilized people understand the sensitivities of others, and work to avoid giving offense.”
Yet on the other hand, “If *YOU* are offended by something I say or do, obviously *YOU* need to become more tolerant and open-minded. After all, civilized people celebrate diversity and refrain from taking offense at someone else’s different customs or unique manner of expressing themselves.”
Is spitting on them ok?
•Don’t lean on their wheelchair, if they have one
•Talk to the disabled person – and not to their assistant or dog
Uh how dumb are their students ?
If they are stupid enough to to tip over a wheelchair or talk to dogs,they best stick with basket weaving classes.
Actually, it’s good advice not to shake hands with muslims. The “dumb dons” are not so dumb after all. All of us in the UK should take up this, and refuse to shake hands with muslims. I wish it would go viral.
I would strongly advise the pussies at Cambridge to shoot on sight instead.