Piggybank outlawed in the Netherlands

Knorbert

My dad told me about this and my first reaction was: "Sure dad good joke". Problem is if my dad is not joking and I think he is, he gets mad. Imaging my reaction when his voice turned unfriendly...

Fortis, a bank in the Netherlands (Holland) has pulled the plug on Knorbert. Kids who opened their first savings account at Fortis would get Knorbert the piggybank as a gift. There were also a few Knorbert games on their site the kids could play. This discision was made because of ethnic minorities complaining about a pig being an unsanitary animal. Well this is quite true, but their meat is still quite tasty. Last I heard the meat is cleaned before it is cooked or shipped to your local stores. I mean that is the standard procedure with any meat, also this is not a pig but a piggybank.

I don't know about you but I have never tried to eat a piggybank, but something tells me that if I did try I would be seeing my dentist a few minutes later. Another thing, this is a piggybank. haven't seen them on National Geographic as a newly discovered animal. It's not rolling around in mud and it's own filth. Its just sitting in the closet not getting dirty at all. Unless kids take it outside and put it in mud, the own filth part is still quite impossible...

Now it is my understanding that the piggybank is a quite well known phenomenon and cultural icon, also widely accepted into the western culture. Fortis PR would rather not speak about this "killing of Knorbert". All that was said was the following:

"After 7 years, Knorbert was finally going to be retired and set aside for a new gift. You have to keep the people and customers happy"
Dutch to English translation

There were only a few complaints, wait a minute... Isn't it true that in a democracy, the majority rules, so howcome these "few" complains are the discisive factor. Sound like lazy research to me.

Perhaps it is time to show Fortis that the people are no that happy at all with this dicision. Maybe to emphasize this, they could move their money to another bank. Or simply open their kid's savins account at another bank, the Netherlands has quite a few candidates who would happily take in their customers, I think.