Animal rights protesters crash Joe Beef
Animal rights protesters crashed Joe Beef on Saturday night, with signs and a speech before the restaurant’s bouncers hustled them out. Seems to be the work of a group called Direct Action Everywhere.
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Kate
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david100 19:50 on 2020-01-13 Permalink
I mused with a provincial cabinet minister a few years ago that if the vegetarians really wanted to score some successes, they should target the government itself. One of the easiest possible wins on this front would be for prisons and jails to go 100% vegetarian – saves money, zero public pushback, significant impact by volume, and it would (potentially greatly) add to the deterrent effect of prisons/jails.
Joe Beef is small (locally grown) potatoes – go after the prisons/jails and the huge food service providers there!
Kate 21:36 on 2020-01-13 Permalink
I wonder, david100. If federal prisons went veg, Alberta would have another reason to complain. I’m not joking. Last summer, the Weather Network tweeted “If you really want to help save the planet, you could seriously consider limiting the amount of beef you eat.” The Alberta-based beef industry instantly dogpiled on them and forced them to retract.
Chris 21:55 on 2020-01-13 Permalink
david100, “the vegetarians” are not the same as animal rights protesters. There’s a substantial overlap to be sure, but many vegetarians are vegetarian for mostly environmental or health reasons, and not so much animal rights.
David100 13:22 on 2020-01-14 Permalink
Yeah, prisons I don’t think the producers could do much to stop you – public opinion is strong and “why should we be feeding these criminals luxurious meals?” is a winner – but other government measures to curb meat consumption would probably run into more trouble. The trick with government is that you take actions that will increase the cost of meat products – additional inspections, labeling, higher standards, removal of subsidies and favorable tax treatments, all sorts. This is the true way to a vegetarian victory. Anyway, at many of these points you’d have major pushback from the ag sector and, possibly, as you say, retaliatory action by affected provinces.
qatzelok 10:18 on 2020-01-15 Permalink
Putting the word “the” in front of “vegetarians” makes it sound like you could never imagine being one yourself. Just like “the cyclists” or “the non-smokers.”