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Germany's Environment Ministry Bans Meat at Official Functions

posted by takyon on Friday February 24 2017, @07:40AM   Printer-friendly
from the not-in-America dept.

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Clearly Veg reports:

Barbara Hendricks, Germany's environment minister, has banned meat in all official functions and called for only vegetarian food to be served. The ban became clear through an email "to department heads from a senior civil servant in the environment ministry", according to The Telegraph . The e-mail noted that the ministry had a responsibility and should set an example to combat the "negative effects of meat consumption", with a statement by the ministry reading:

"We're not telling anyone what they should eat. But we want to set a good example for climate protection, because vegetarian food is more climate-friendly than meat and fish."

Unsurprisingly, the ban has caused a lot of controversy. Minister of food and agriculture Christian Schmidt, who has previously stated that he will push for a ban on "misleading" vegan labels such as vegan curry sausages, stated that he will not be having this "Veggie Day through the back door", and that "meat and fish are also part of a balanced diet".

[Ed Note: This submission vandalized by cmn32480.]

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  • (Score: 2) by maxwell demon on Saturday February 25 2017, @08:46AM

    by maxwell demon (1608) on Saturday February 25 2017, @08:46AM (#471446) Journal

    But the difference in meaning in this case between understanding it as a joke, as sarcasm, or as irony is considerable.

    So is the difference between ":)" and ";)".

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  • (Score: 1, Offtopic) by HiThere on Saturday February 25 2017, @06:52PM

    by HiThere (866) Subscriber Badge on Saturday February 25 2017, @06:52PM (#471567) Journal

    OK. I don't follow emoticons, so even now I don't know which was indicated without a google search. Wikipedia reports the meaning as either a wink or a smirk...which leaves me confused, as neither seems to apply to your post.

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    • (Score: 2) by maxwell demon on Saturday February 25 2017, @10:02PM

      by maxwell demon (1608) on Saturday February 25 2017, @10:02PM (#471632) Journal

      To my post? I don't have several accounts.

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