Halal meat

[timwilky]

I have a non English "muslim" friend, very educated, PHD in noise & vibration engineering applied to steam turbines, married to an English lady and spent the last 35 years living in this country.

It is not unknown for him when reading the menu. "Excuse me miss! Is this bacon halal"?
If they come back and assure him that it is. He will order a bacon and egg sandwich.

But having worked in some strange parts of the world, the flight back from Java with "Beef Bacon" and "chicken sausages" for breakfast with BA just does not work. It needs to be pig.

What is good though is hunting wild boar in the jungle with dogs driving the boar, the locals wont eat it. So it is sport for them. Oil barrel barby and some fine pig meat on the plate. None of this animal welfare malraky for them. So don't be surprised that they don't see a need for it when they live here

Originally Posted by Littlepeahead

I've tried all of those (but I still won't eat bacon)

Originally Posted by SvNewbie

That being said, I don't trust anyone who doesn't eat bacon

I rest my case

Originally Posted by SvNewbie

I can't help but think that most of the controversy around Halal meat is thinly veiled racism.

Funny isn't it. We accept any belief as long as it isn't imposed on others... Except racism.

In a democratic free market (ish) society why shouldn't racists as private individuals be able to buy whatever foods they wish as long as its within UK law?

[PyroUK]

Found this on Facebook today:

[Bibio]

Pmsl...

[ophic]

Originally Posted by Spank86

Funny isn't it. We accept any belief as long as it isn't unfashionable.

Fixed for you.

Originally Posted by ophic

Fixed for you.

I'm not sure how fashionable Islam is.

[kaivalagi]

Originally Posted by Spank86

I'm not sure how fashionable Islam is.

They've got their own clothing industry with a unique style...

[ophic]

Originally Posted by Spank86

I'm not sure how fashionable Islam is.

It's definitely growing.

My point is, it becomes fashionable not to tolerate certain viewpoints - and this varies a lot over time. Social attitudes are ever changing and what is utterly deplorable today might be considered quite acceptable tomorrow and vice versa. It's all a bit less absolute that it really should be.

Originally Posted by kaivalagi

They've got their own clothing industry with a unique style...

It's not that unique.

ET was doing it in the 80's.

Originally Posted by ophic

It's definitely growing.

By that logic so's the fashion of wearing nappies.

Originally Posted by ophic

My point is, it becomes fashionable not to tolerate certain viewpoints - and this varies a lot over time. Social attitudes are ever changing and what is utterly deplorable today might be considered quite acceptable tomorrow and vice versa. It's all a bit less absolute that it really should be.

That's something along the lines of what I was trying to illustrate. I believe that in a tolerant and free society People should have the right to want to punch me in the face, as long as they don't try to act on it [example for illustration only, feel free to plead mitigating circumstances in my specific case case].