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The Rainbow Vegetarian Café in Cambridge, England, has announced that it will not accept the new £5 polymer notes, introduced by the Bank of England in September. Last week the British vegan community discovered that the notes contain trace amounts of beef tallow, which is animal fat, and are therefore unacceptable by their cruelty-free standards. A heated online controversy has resulted, including a petition asking the Bank to remove tallow from the polymer.
The Rainbow Café's owner, Sharon Meijland, told The Telegraph that her stance was announced last Wednesday, at the end of a BBC radio interview on the unrelated topic of Christmas food.
"We sponsor the Vegan Fair and announced on Wednesday we would not be accepting the £5 notes because they are dubious ethically. We have been providing food for vegans for 30 years and have tried to be as ethical as we possibly can...This is not just a restaurant, it's a restaurant where tiny details like this are really important."
Is any of our money cruelty-free?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 06 2016, @04:59PM
> which can be argued to be the same as consuming pork
Only to someone without an understanding of what is to be muslim.
Note how the reference to hindu reverence for cows is footnoted and the reference to muslim beliefs is not.
The quotation itself only refers to hindus - in case you didn't catch it is says "caste" which is predominately a hindu thing, in part because of their belief in reincarnation.
(Score: 2) by cubancigar11 on Tuesday December 06 2016, @07:14PM
I was going for "Funny" but let me educate y'all now. First thing first - the word usage of British Raj about India and their understanding of Hindus and Muslims in 1857 was so wrong, after the rebellion of 1857 was quashed, The Queen herself decided to step in and take control away from East India Company. Now, pork was a matter and Indian Muslims have a huge problem with even the mention of word 'pork' in butcher shops of muslim dominated area. Lastly, muslims were the true force in 1857 rebellion not only because of this cartridge but because it was them who lost power of ruling over Hindus to British - a fact very cleverly exploited by the British who immediately removed beef cartridges and thus removed the Hindu support base from under Muslim agitators.
(Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Tuesday December 06 2016, @09:14PM
Only to someone without an understanding of what is to be muslim.
Well thanks so much for explaining.
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"