veg-sf my comments on The Reality of BKs veggie burger

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a week. In it, we talk about various issues related to veganism. We had one

recently that talked about the BK Veggie:

 

http://www.veganoutreach.org/spam/20020327.html

 

I will admit, it was biased towards our opinion on the matter. : ) Some of

what I wrote in that Spam was also posted on SFBAVeg, but other stuff

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Jack Norris

Vegan Outreach

 

> Dear Sue,

>

> " The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. " - Lao-tse

>

> And we have a hell of a lot further to go than 1,000 miles.

>

>> Fellow Veg listers,

>>

>> I don't think that the " purist " tact is counter-productive at all. And

>> though the bottom line from an animal rights standpoint certainly is

>> supposed to be that a cow is being saved, I am quite certain that they are

>> not killing any less cows in order to produce this veggie burger! They

>> aren't doing so because they hold the same ethics and beliefs that the veg

>> community does. They are doing it simply as a marketing ploy, a jumping on

>> the veggie bandwagon, if you will. They could CARE LESS about saving cows or

>> health eating and are not going to stop their endless, mindless, cruel

>> production of animal foodstuff because they are adding a new item to their

>> menu.

>>

>> They will continue at the same rate they have been, unless something more is

>> done to educate people who eat meat - those who will otherwise continue to

>> eat hamburgers, regardless of there being a veggie choice on the menu. Thank

>> goodness for folks like Howard Lyman, John Robbins and Neal Barnard who have

>> helped open some of the public's eyes to the dangers and cruelties of eating

>> meat, and to Eric Schlosser for his expose of the fast food industry,

>> slaughterhouses, etc. They have made some important inroads in to the

>> education aspect of the issue.

>>

>> But there is much more to be done before fast food behemoths like McDonalds,

>> Burger King and Wendy's stop the killing of animals for profit. I believe we

>> must all take that " purist " (for lack of a better word - really! what is a

>> vegan anyway?) in order for the bottom line issues at hand to be noticed and

>> respected.

>>

>> That's my two (maybe three) cents. Thanks for reading it.

>>

>> Sue

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