Guest guest Posted April 18, 2002 Report Share Posted April 18, 2002 Dear Friends, In the following short piece, Alex Hershaft - founder & president of the Farm Animal Reform Movement - weighs in on the BK Veggie controversy. Hope you find it interesting. Cheers, Alka > DREAMS, REALITY, AND BURGER KING > > Once upon a time, in our wildest dreams, we may have pictured > victory as an > array of slaughterhouses and fast food chains lying in > smoldering ruins, or > at the very least, undergoing bankruptcy proceedings, with > organic health > food stores and vegan fast food chains taking over the food retailing > business. > > Well, guess what, folks. It's wake-up time. > > As a welcome reality check, Burger King, the evil > transnational corporate > giant, has handed us a beautiful present for this year's Meatout > observance: a real veggie burger. Not just in a dozen > avant-garde outlets > in Greenwich Village, but in all 8,300 outlets throughout America. > > To be sure, the burger will not pass the muster of the vegan > police: the > patty is truly vegan, but it's grilled with the bloody ones, the mayo > contains egg whites, and the bun is tainted with 'butter > flavor.' Moreover, > BK is still the evil transnational corporate giant. > > But, you know what? The thousands of cows who won't suffer > and die to make > those patties are delighted. And so am I. > > The Burger King veggie burger is one of the nicest things > that has happened > to farmed animals in decades. One of the nicest things that > we can do for > these wretched animals is to promote this product to all our > friends and > supporters. > > You can be sure that all the other fast food chains are > waiting to see how > this product does. If it succeeds, it will prevent the > suffering and death > of millions. But, if it fails, it will set us back substantially. We > absolutely can not afford to let that happen. > > Alex Hershaft > > -- > > Thank you all for helping with Meatout 2002. > Now, let's work on promoting Animal Rights 2002! > http://www.animalrights2002.org 1-888-FARM USA > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 19, 2002 Report Share Posted April 19, 2002 I agree with everything Alex Hershaft has to say. Regardless of why I am veg*n, it is, in my opinion, unquestionably without a doubt a good thing that BK has a veggie burger. I don't know of any veg*n who thinks otherwise! The only controvery around this product that I can think of is the suggestion that seems to encourage vegans to personally support (eat) this non-vegan product. Since vegans are such a small percentage of the population (less than 1%), and BK itself says this product is not targeted towards vegans, it's a moot point whether vegans eat it or not. However, I absolutely agree that we should all be actively promoting it to our veggie and non-veggie friends who like fast food! I work in downtown SF and just walked by this Burger Place I'd never noticed before (Bistro Burger). One section of their menu is entirely Veggie Burgers (big letters, visible from the sidewalk as you walk by). THAT is why BK is doing the Veggie Burger. Not for us vegans, for all those other folks who want a veggie option and BK wants them to have that veggie option at their store. To them, it's just dollars and cents (not sense). Tammy , " Chandna, Alka " <alka.chandna@s...> wrote: > Dear Friends, > > In the following short piece, Alex Hershaft - founder & president of the > Farm Animal Reform Movement - weighs in on the BK Veggie controversy. Hope > you find it interesting. > > Cheers, > Alka > > > DREAMS, REALITY, AND BURGER KING > > > > Once upon a time, in our wildest dreams, we may have pictured > > victory as an > > array of slaughterhouses and fast food chains lying in > > smoldering ruins, or > > at the very least, undergoing bankruptcy proceedings, with > > organic health > > food stores and vegan fast food chains taking over the food retailing > > business. > > > > Well, guess what, folks. It's wake-up time. > > > > As a welcome reality check, Burger King, the evil > > transnational corporate > > giant, has handed us a beautiful present for this year's Meatout > > observance: a real veggie burger. Not just in a dozen > > avant-garde outlets > > in Greenwich Village, but in all 8,300 outlets throughout America. > > > > To be sure, the burger will not pass the muster of the vegan > > police: the > > patty is truly vegan, but it's grilled with the bloody ones, the mayo > > contains egg whites, and the bun is tainted with 'butter > > flavor.' Moreover, > > BK is still the evil transnational corporate giant. > > > > But, you know what? The thousands of cows who won't suffer > > and die to make > > those patties are delighted. And so am I. > > > > The Burger King veggie burger is one of the nicest things > > that has happened > > to farmed animals in decades. One of the nicest things that > > we can do for > > these wretched animals is to promote this product to all our > > friends and > > supporters. > > > > You can be sure that all the other fast food chains are > > waiting to see how > > this product does. If it succeeds, it will prevent the > > suffering and death > > of millions. But, if it fails, it will set us back substantially. We > > absolutely can not afford to let that happen. > > > > Alex Hershaft > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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