Same old, same old when encountering militant meaties
If TV chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall stuck to the mission of trying to persuade meat-eaters to eat only ethically-raised animals and even keep their own livestock for the table, reared well and allowed to live natural happy lives before being humanely killed, then this topic on the River Cottage forums wouldn’t, perhaps, have become so heated. Conscientious meat-eaters, vegetarians and vegans alike can at least surely unite behind such an aim. The less suffering there is, the better.
Unfortunately, though, while I am 100 per cent behind Hugh’s Chicken Out campaign, it irritates me a bit that Hugh is not only an evangelist for the ethical raising and killing of animals, but also, it really seems, for the consumption of meat by just about everyone. He has said, for example, that if you’re going to keep chickens in the garden for their eggs, then why not eat the chickens as well?
tags: animal cruelty, flame-baiting, food ethics, forums, herbivores, meat-eaters, meaties, militancy, omnivores, spiritual beliefs, trolling, TV chefs, vegetarians, veggiesTesco unveils plan to intensively farm new customers
Tesco has announced plans to start intensively farming new customers on specially-neglected sink estates, in its long-running bid to take over the known universe and expand its customer base by any means necessary. “Tesco believes everybody should have access to cheap food, even cheap people, and morals be damned,” said a spokesperson. “To that end, we have begun a cloning program to produce a new breed of customers who never question, and avidly consume anything we throw their way.”
The sink estates will house thousands of people, with around ten adults and at least as many children living in each one-bedroom flat with no windows and no ventilation. No toilet facilities will be provided, as one way of keeping production costs down, and instead of carpets or other conventional floor coverings the mega-corporation will use sawdust to soak up the shit, piss, and tears of despair.
tags: animal cruelty, battery hens, big business, broiler hens, Chicken Out campaign, ethics, humour, intensive farming, morality, spoof, Tesco
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