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Re: Boycott halal - it's barbaric
Reply #165 - Sep 4^th, 2013 at 11:39am

Soren wrote on Sep 4^th, 2013 at 11:32am:

So why do you insist on halal if it tastes exactly the same?

wait - you actually thought halal meat had something to do with the taste??

You know the muslim requirement halal meat - I'm obviously not going into a theological debate about it - with you of all people.

The only thing you need to concern yourself with is that having a halal sticker on identical tasting meat is of no concern to you - it is however a concern for us.

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Reply #166 - Sep 4^th, 2013 at 1:56pm

Soren wrote on Sep 4^th, 2013 at 11:32am:

polite_gandalf wrote on Sep 4^th, 2013 at 6:21am:

Everyone else at the BBQ was happy to consume the identical-tasting meat.

So why do you insist on halal if it tastes exactly the same?

It is like Danish, my friend, something we know you like to take. Food is good for all the cultures, isn't it.

Gud is great, no?

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Re: Boycott halal - it's barbaric
Reply #167 - Sep 5^th, 2013 at 9:58pm

polite_gandalf wrote on Sep 4^th, 2013 at 11:34am:

Anyway, no point bitching Soren - in the end the market will sort it out. I mean its not as if its a great conspiracy to ensure that all meat will one day be all halal. The simple fact of the matter is it is encroaching on our supermarket floors because no one is objecting to it (save you and a couple of hicks at a primary school BBQ). If there really is a groundswell of objections to having halal meat at the supermarket, then it will obviously become profitable for someone to market non-halal-only meat at their business.

Maybe you can start one up S? Chop chop, stop whinging about it and do something about it!

That's a lovely dodge.

So why do you insist on halal if it tastes exactly the same?

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Re: Boycott halal - it's barbaric
Reply #168 - Sep 5^th, 2013 at 10:09pm

Mattyfisk wrote on Sep 3^rd, 2013 at 11:04pm:

I went to the Woolworths deli counter the other day and tried to buy some fetta cheese.

Ask me to slow down if you can’t keep up, old boy.

Anyway, I took a ticket and waited for my number to be called. After finalizing another customer’s order, they called my number and asked me what I wished to purchase. I asserted my desire for fetta cheese. Of the Australian variety, thank you very much.

Sorry, old chap, I can’t stomach that foreign muck. Please don’t take offense.

So they pointed at some fishy white paste floating in water and I said, no. Australian, thanks.

They looked at the label.This is Danish, they said.

I want Australian, I said.

But it’s made in Australia, they said.

Well.

I can’t print my immediate response, but I can assure you, I was ropeable. Australian Danish cheese? What if I happen to want just Australian cheese? Or even Danish Australian cheese - will they sell me that?

They checked. No.

I’m not having that. I want Australian fetta cheese.

They couldn’t do it.

Let me tell you, I promised to take my custom elsewhere in future. I wasn’t having that nonsense. If I want Australian, Australian it shall be. I have been shopping at the Woolworths chain for many years. Good heavens, my family has been shopping there for generations.

And they wanted to sell me some foreign muck, supposedly made in Australia, but made to sound foreign.

Nothing personal, old boy, you understand.

Pathetic, just pathetic. I told them so too. I can assure you, I gave that Indian deli chap a piece of my mind.

I didn’t even give him my ticket.

Can you believe it? Australian Danish cheese.

In the end, I went and bought some from Coles.

There is only one type of feta cheese I'm afraid, and that's Greek feta.

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Chimp_Logic Gold Member Offline πολιτικός Posts: 4826 Mawson Base Gender:	Re: Boycott halal - it's barbaric Reply #169 - Sep 5^th, 2013 at 10:10pm Only greek feta cheese.
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Soren Gold Member Offline Posts: 25654 Gender:	Re: Boycott halal - it's barbaric Reply #170 - Sep 5^th, 2013 at 10:17pm Is Dodoni. Is Goodoni.
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Mattyfisk Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 92276 Gender:	Re: Boycott halal - it's barbaric Reply #171 - Sep 5^th, 2013 at 10:23pm Soren wrote on Sep 5^th, 2013 at 10:17pm: Is Dodoni. Is Goodoni. No hawkers and canvassers here, old boy. We do have regulations, you know. This is a civilised board. No cheese-dealing here, thanks.
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Re: Boycott halal - it's barbaric
Reply #172 - Sep 5^th, 2013 at 10:33pm

Soren wrote on Sep 5^th, 2013 at 10:17pm:

Is Dodoni. Is Goodoni.

You must be pleased with the new Jewish court set up to handle legal issues within Victoria pertaining to Jewish people only.

A combination of rabbinical and Australian laws apparently

Great to see the Jewish community fitting in so well with the general Australian society.

Maybe a sharia law court next?

Or perhaps an aboriginal court that sanctions leg spearings?

Maybe even a greek court based upon the ancient laws of Dracon. Every guilty offense punishable in the same way - death

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Re: Boycott halal - it's barbaric
Reply #173 - Sep 5^th, 2013 at 10:35pm

Mattyfisk wrote on Sep 5^th, 2013 at 10:23pm:

Soren wrote on Sep 5^th, 2013 at 10:17pm:

Is Dodoni. Is Goodoni.

No hawkers and canvassers here, old boy. We do have regulations, you know.

This is a civilised board. No cheese-dealing here, thanks.

Do you think every ethnic community in Australia should follow in the footsteps of the Jewish community in Victoria and set up their own quasi religious legal court systems?

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Soren Gold Member Offline Posts: 25654 Gender:	Re: Boycott halal - it's barbaric Reply #174 - Sep 5^th, 2013 at 11:02pm Is Donovitz. Is Goodovitz.
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polite_gandalf Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 20023 Canberra Gender:	Re: Boycott halal - it's barbaric Reply #175 - Sep 5^th, 2013 at 11:24pm Soren wrote on Sep 5^th, 2013 at 9:58pm: That's a lovely dodge. So why do you insist on halal if it tastes exactly the same? Already answered. Do keep up old stick.
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Reply #176 - Sep 5^th, 2013 at 11:57pm

Chimp_Logic wrote on Sep 5^th, 2013 at 10:35pm:

Mattyfisk wrote on Sep 5^th, 2013 at 10:23pm:

Soren wrote on Sep 5^th, 2013 at 10:17pm:

Is Dodoni. Is Goodoni.

No hawkers and canvassers here, old boy. We do have regulations, you know.

This is a civilised board. No cheese-dealing here, thanks.

Do you think every ethnic community in Australia should follow in the footsteps of the Jewish community in Victoria and set up their own quasi religious legal court systems?

I do. I think the quasi-religious field of cultural studies would be a great place to start. Then, who knows? Courts for Freudian old boys with dementia, courts for cleaners who man stalls at the uni, courts for Muselmen and anti-Muselmen and all their apologists and collaborators.

Why not? Think of all the innovative punishments they’d dish out.

The old boy, of course, would still find things to complain about. The molten lead isn’t hot enough, the rack isn’t turned tightly enough, the iron shoes are too loose.

Your old boy, you see, believes in pluralism.

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Reply #177 - Sep 6^th, 2013 at 8:29am

polite_gandalf wrote on Sep 4^th, 2013 at 11:39am:

Soren wrote on Sep 4^th, 2013 at 11:32am:

So why do you insist on halal if it tastes exactly the same?

wait - you actually thought halal meat had something to do with the taste??

You know the muslim requirement halal meat - I'm obviously not going into a theological debate about it - with you of all people.

The only thing you need to concern yourself with is that having a halal sticker on identical tasting meat is of no concern to you - it is however a concern for us.

It is a concern to us if it leads to discrimination in the workplace.

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polite_gandalf Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 20023 Canberra Gender:	Re: Boycott halal - it's barbaric Reply #178 - Sep 6^th, 2013 at 8:43am FD your concern is only valid if we are talking about legislating for compulsory halal - which we are not. If there is demand for halal meat such that it becomes the only source of meat, then thats the way the market works. It won't be as a result of anyone forcing anything on anyone.
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Re: Boycott halal - it's barbaric
Reply #179 - Sep 6^th, 2013 at 9:48am

polite_gandalf wrote on Sep 5^th, 2013 at 11:24pm:

Soren wrote on Sep 5^th, 2013 at 9:58pm:

That's a lovely dodge.

So why do you insist on halal if it tastes exactly the same?

Already answered. Do keep up old stick.

You did not. Had you done so, we would have seen the reason for boycotting halal.

Halal to you is not about taste, it is about submission to Islam. But others do not want to partake in any ritual submission to Islam, no matter how it tastes. Others want top avoid even the appearance to ritual submission to Islam, no matter how indistinguishable the flavour is.
Halal is about submission, not culinary difference.

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