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Aibu to be angry with people who do not buy free range eggs?

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ohnoudidnt · 08/04/2011 19:58

I know that they cost more, but surely it is worth the extra to know the bird has had a better standard of living.

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LaWeasel · 08/04/2011 21:47

Suggesting people go vegan from a meat eating diet casually is really bad for their health - and for families like ours (who are too skinny from being too frugal for too long) bloody dangerous

MarianneM · 08/04/2011 21:47

MrsDeVere

But you wouldn't have to pay for a TV license.

youcangetpregnantstandingup · 08/04/2011 21:48

Laweasel, if you value the nutrition of your family that much you could avoid feeding them drugged up tortured meat and its products.

Thingumy · 08/04/2011 21:49

lissielou I see your point and I agree with the sad fact of poverty within this country.

I personally dip out of buying the cheap chicken as I don't want to eat it

I'd rather my children eat pasta or beans on toast than to shovel that shit down their necks.

Same goes for cheap 'sausages'.

We just go without a meat meal and make do with other food stuffs.

LaWeasel · 08/04/2011 21:50

There is no evidence that drugged up meat is damaging - in fact it HAS to be proven to be safe to be sold to us so you can just walk on by with that pathetic argument.

MarianneM · 08/04/2011 21:50

Not eating meat doesn't mean you have go vegan, how about vegetarian?

youcangetpregnantstandingup · 08/04/2011 21:50

scottishmummy, there is never a need to buy value eggs or meat just to put food on the table, there is always an alternative.Instead of the crappy chicken nuggets, buy a box of potato waffles and some beans.

No, goodbye, I don't really even agree with animals being slaughtered in a humane way, and believe me, few are.

Expat, nobody should be vegan because of what I believe, or whether it fits in with me - but because they object to supporting the cruel and inhumane meat and dairy industries!

GreenEyesandHam · 08/04/2011 21:50

YABU.

None of your bloody business.

scottishmummy · 08/04/2011 21:51

oh stop preaching and telling folk to chow down the aduki beans to appease your sensibilities

thefirstMrsDeVere · 08/04/2011 21:51

You have to balance the advantages of having a tv and being 20 floors up in a tower block with a couple of kids with not having one and no money to go anywhere or do anything.

In those days you bought stamps for your tv licence. A black and white tv licence didnt cost much.

A false economy is a false economy even if it does makes the better off feel smug for a while.

scottishmummy · 08/04/2011 21:52

potato waffles is nutritionally inferior to eggs,and there is every need for folk to spend their own money wisely and as they wish

LaWeasel · 08/04/2011 21:52

It is pretty offensive to suggest that people on a tight budget would be so foolish as to waste money on chicken nuggets.

Our main protein comes from eggs, mince and one eeked out free range chicken every two weeks.

chocolatecoveredlissielou · 08/04/2011 21:52

LaWeasel Fri 08-Apr-11 21:47:13
Suggesting people go vegan from a meat eating diet casually is really bad for their health - and for families like ours (who are too skinny from being too frugal for too long) bloody dangerous

yep. I have a severe calcium and iron deficiency and a history of eating disorders. it is very VERY bad for me to stop eating meat, for all kinds of reasons. and why should I? I dont think that a vegan diet is healthy. especially not for a child.

as SM said, if it was a toss up between my family and the chickens it would be no contest. so you can sit a judge, purse your lips and shriek "won't someone think of the chickens?" all you like, but I will continue to do my best for my family.

millie30 · 08/04/2011 21:52

I was a strict vegetarian for several years in my 20s, and I never preached or tried to make people feel guilty about eating meat. It was MY CHOICE. I really think it's arrogant to make assumptions about people's financial choices and dietary decisions.

LaWeasel · 08/04/2011 21:53

(as well as beans, cheese etc... we probably eat meat every other day)

buttonmooncup · 08/04/2011 21:54

I wonder if all the vegans and 'cruelty free' shoppers (no such thing imo) on here buy everything they can Fairtrade or is exploitation of people OK?

To shop as ethically as possible IS expensive and time consuming and that is time and money that a lot of people don't have. Just because some of you have managed on a low income there will always be others worse off.

chocolatecoveredlissielou · 08/04/2011 21:54

youcangetpregnantstandingup Fri 08-Apr-11 21:50:46
scottishmummy, there is never a need to buy value eggs or meat just to put food on the table, there is always an alternative.Instead of the crappy chicken nuggets, buy a box of potato waffles and some beans.

oh fuck off. my son has never had nuggets. off your high horse now.

scottishmummy · 08/04/2011 21:55

recommending potato waffles as nutritious alternative.priceless

youcangetpregnantstandingup · 08/04/2011 21:55

LaWeasel, if you think that not wanting to feed your kids food that has been fed artificial drugs to make it grow faster is pathetic, walk on by yourself. Not sure why suddenly cutting meat and dairy out of your diet is dangerous.....

Less dangerous than feeding your kids cheap crap stuffed with hormones that possibly causes early puberty in girls, and are potentially carcinogenic? The jury's still out on that, I'm afraid so don't kid yourself what what you are feeding your family is healthy.

MrsBananaGrabber · 08/04/2011 21:56

As scottishmummy said people anthropomorphize animals, you are not eating fog horn leg horn, some people don't have the money to have principles when it comes to food.

mollyt · 08/04/2011 21:56

still think it's easy to go vegan for a bit - it won't do you any harm at all.I'm not pleading poverty - lots of posh rich people are vegan.Is it just the poor working class oiks who have to eat crap meat due to lack of imagination.Do'n think so.I'm a fairly solvent working class oik and i'm just too tight to buy meat coz it's relatively expensive compared to a big bag of spuds say.

Thingumy · 08/04/2011 21:57

Of course it's a personal choice.

I don't respect anyone who says 'this is my way,it's the only way'

We all do what we can and what we choose to.

millie30 · 08/04/2011 21:57

Exactly MrsDeVere. I'm a lone parent with very little support and therefore no social life. My TV keeps me company and if people think I should give that up so I can buy food that they deem acceptable they can do one.

GreenEyesandHam · 08/04/2011 21:57

I can tell you now, potato waffles aren't made from free range potatoes.

They make them from battery potatoes, and worse, all the nasty, scraggy odds and ends of the potatoes. The eyes and such

Original poster
ohnoudidnt · 08/04/2011 21:57

MarianneM That is what I have done.After watching a video called ...

IF SLAUGHTERHOUSES HAD GLASS WALLS EVERYONE WOULD BE A VEGETARIAN

(sorry i dont know how to do the link)

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