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Now before anyone starts, I don't eat veal myself due to animal cruelty reasons, but this is a genius response to a complaint. From the online commentary to the cricket, in response to a comment about the veal sandwiches
one of the commentators had for lunch...

"A rather irate Paul Syrett emails: "Any chance of dropping the references to (intensively farmed) meat that various folk have been devouring? Veal!! I and many other like minded people find this more offensive than, for example, the use of Anglo Saxon expletives which I assume you frown upon. If you eat meat then that's your decision but no need to go on about it." We only mentioned the veal once and I can't believe there are too many people who complained. Veal be sure not to mention it again."

He he...

Date: 2007-05-20 11:55 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nigelh.livejournal.com
I don't eat veal myself due to animal cruelty reasons

I believe there is an argument that eating UK raised veal is actually better for animal welfare than boycotting it. It goes something like this:

Veal calves are essentially a waste product of the dairy industry so the number born is largely dependent on the demand for dairy produce rather than meat.

The calves are either raised here or shipped off to the continent. Those that are shipped to the continent not only face the journey itself but also once they get to the other end they are likely to be raised in worse conditions since a number of the nastier veal farming practices have been outlawed over here but are still prevalent on mainland Europe.

Date: 2007-05-23 06:40 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] belisarius-534.livejournal.com
Interesting. I feel less guilty about veal but more guilty about milk!

I've mostly been offered veal in France, but stopped eating it when I stopped eating beef and never got back into the habit.

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