tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9184499599312552350.post2394588910964486510..comments2023-10-18T11:41:03.019+01:00Comments on Pink Triangle: A nation of animal lovers?Pink Trianglehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16643436823037952744noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9184499599312552350.post-56659347522377494242012-05-07T15:24:42.897+01:002012-05-07T15:24:42.897+01:00To be fair, I've also come across a local exam...To be fair, I've also come across a local example of a large store (Tesco) putting pressure on a government-run abbatoir which has been quietly adopting halal as a cheap option. Local farmers (already well protected by their government friends) kicked off when Tesco weren't buying enough of their meat. Tesco then put the abbatoir through the same health and quality audit they give to all their meat suppliers around the world, and failed it for poor health standards. Reading between the lines I have to think one of their concerns was some dubious halal procedure which surfaced briefly a year or two ago and which even the tiny local Muslim community weren't too sure about. Interestingly, I've also come across examples of opposition to 'foreign' supermarket chains in East Europe, where, on closer examination, 'foreign' is code for 'Jewish' and the churches so keen to protect local shops and farmers and promote 'organic' schemes have -well - a less than spotless record on anti-semitism, especially immediately before and during World War Two.<br />That's not to dismiss the general argument here, just to say I think secularists also have to be careful to dig a little below the surface of arguments on both (apparent) sides, and to ask if arguments for 'good' practices are also being hijacked by religionists with real agendas which are not so humane.Stuart Hartillhttp://clingingtoarock.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com