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Thanks to everyone for the replies, as much as would like to leave the plate on I think I will change it out.

I could go the whole trip and not have an issue, but there is the chance that I may get into a situation because of the plate, I don't want to bring any more attention to my self then I need to so I think it prudent to do.

I don't know a thing about the religion, however I have seen how situations can become heated rather quickly in some countries, I don't wish that to happen.

Thank you to all that replied, I am currently in the process of selling everything and hoping to get away either just before or just after Xmas.

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You will probably have more problems convincing officials that the plate is real than you will dealing with offended people.
A combination of letters and numbers will look more "official".
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I have seen how situations can become heated rather quickly in some countries, I don't wish that to happen.
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My plate reads

Y***
AZZ

Standard UK black letters on yellow just like it came from the dealers.

I have a cartoon of the Bender robot from Futurama on the top box as in "kiss my shiney metal azz". No one has noticed yet.

Is that plate standard? If not I'd get a plate where the pig bit stands out less. It's the plod it'll wind up, they've the time to give you hassle, most people of any religion have got better things to do.

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My plate reads

Y***
AZZ

Standard UK black letters on yellow just like it came from the dealers.

I have a cartoon of the Bender robot from Futurama on the top box as in "kiss my shiney metal azz". No one has noticed yet.

Is that plate standard? If not I'd get a plate where the pig bit stands out less. It's the plod it'll wind up, they've the time to give you hassle, most people of any religion have got better things to do.

Andy

Andy,

Yes that's a standard size plate in the Northern Territory, actually I'm pretty sure it's standard size right across Oz. The PIG plate was ordered by myself and is not a standard of the shelf offering, standard plates are a letter and then numbers.

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Not a question of political correctness ... but a question of someone's feelings. And individual people can be very fixed in their ways .. however we might regard their view.

Best to 'fit in' as a visitor, if you confront these difference the result may well be unpleasant. Most will be tolerant of the stranger not knowing, but that said travellers should take their lead from the locals - do what they do. Much like the road rules .. if you do something like what the locals do you should be ok. You are a minority in another's territory, avoiding offence is good manners.

There are lots of cultural differences .. one of the reasons why we travel. Respect it and it may remain for the next generation of travellers.
i'm not gonna fight about this, but to quote one of the articles YOU cited:

"The Jewish Leadership Council said in response that “Jewish law prohibits eating pork, not the mention of the word, or the animal from which it derives.”


British-Muslim Labor MP Khalid Mahmood was also quoted by the Mail as saying, “I absolutely agree. That’s absolute utter nonsense. And when people go too far, that brings the whole discussion into disrepute.”"


nuff said.
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A few years ago a British expat acquaintance of mine had the New York vanity plate WANKR on one of his American bikes.

No idea why I'm mentioning this, but at this current time it seems like a good idea.
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... is PIG offending...
You have more chance to get shot by a traffic cop in the US with your PIG plate than to offend anyone in the rest of the world... So don't worry.

PS Try to avoid vegan areas too ;-)
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"The Jewish Leadership Council said in response that “Jewish law prohibits eating pork, not the mention of the word, or the animal from which it derives.”
Perhaps, but in Israel there a large number of Russian jews eating pork like there's no tomorrow. Not to mention that I have many Muslim friends who eat pork, chicken, beef, duck, you name it. So, the world is not necessarely how the ultra religious portray it.

Russian Jews Eat Pork | Russians' taste of home offends religious Jews - tribunedigital-baltimoresun

"BEIT SHEMESH, Israel - The shelves of Borris Yoffe's butcher shop brim with delicacies of Eastern Europe, from tins of black caviar to bottles of Romanian cabernet. And the meat case has what thousands of Russian immigrants in Israel long for - choice cuts of pork."


"I love Israel," said one of Yoffe's loyal customers, Berta Shipira, 65, who grew up outside Moscow. "People should leave us alone and let us eat what we want. I am Jewish, and I like eating pork. I eat what I like."
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A PIG licence plate could be offensive to vegetarians... Just don't get stopped by a jewish vegetarian cop. Try "Pussy" as a license plate but don't get caught by a feminist female cop. And the list goes one. Basically, just do what you want. ;-)
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I haven't met any muslim friends on the road who would find that offensive, nor would any muslim authorities i'd come across have this issue.

British cops though, bloody norah! They would be offended, you'd have to bend over the bonnet for that my friend...
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Ask Jeremy Clarkson about number plate sensitivity in Argentina…
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Spyderco makes a knife called the Police. The original model had PIG etched on the blade. When the blade was folded closed it read PIG. When folded open, it read as shown below.

Regarding the plate, id change it, just for the ease of mind. Nothing to do with political correctness, but not worth worrying about.

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Ask Jeremy Clarkson about number plate sensitivity in Argentina…


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