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March 10, 2005
Instruction Manuals Accused of Sex Discrimination
The prime minister of Norway clearly has too much time on his hands. He has just announced that Sweden-based IKEA is guilty of "sex discrimination" because its instruction manuals show only men putting furniture together. Furthermore, he says IKEA should change its manuals to remedy this.
Besides the fact that the prime minister is sticking his nose where it doesn't belong (which they wouldn't dare say), IKEA points out that its products are sold in Muslim countries, where pictures of women assembling furniture might be frowned upon.
This explanation failed to impress the P.M., who said, "This isn't good enough. It's important to promote attitudes for sexual equality, not least in Muslim nations."
IKEA's response should be: "Hey, Mr. Prime Minster! This is IKEA, not Burger King. You can't have it Norway."
Posted by Mike Tennant at March 10, 2005 08:32 AM
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I was thinking as I read this over Mike that a nanny state with no war on (like most of the EU eh?), has nothing to obcess about of consequence so they turn to stuff like this. That is better than bombing cities obviously, so it's better I suppose.
Ali
Posted by: Ali_Massoud ![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.strike-the-root.com/blog/nav-commenters.gif){kind=small}
at March 10, 2005 12:51 PM
That's true. Plus, this guy has no real power to force IKEA to change its manuals (unless he can get the EU to go along), so he's just issuing meaningless threats for lack of anything better to do.
Posted by: Mike Tennant at March 10, 2005 03:38 PM
LOL.
Norway. I love bad puns.
Posted by: herm42 at March 11, 2005 08:05 AM
"Hey, Mr. Prime Minster! This is IKEA, not Burger King. You can't have it Norway."
That is a good pun.
Posted by: Ali_Massoud at March 15, 2005 01:42 AM
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