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British Airways takes beef off the menu to avoid offending Hindus
ThisIsLondon.co.uk ^ | Friday 09.05.08

Posted on 05/09/2008 2:36:28 PM PDT by Joiseydude

For decades the national dish has been a staple meal on the national carrier.

But now British Airways has taken beef off the menu for economy passengers amid concerns about its "religious restrictions".

The airline has instead switched to a fish pie or chicken dish option for the so-called "cattle class" passengers.

BA's second-biggest long-haul market is to India, where the majority Hindu population do not eat beef because of their beliefs.

(Excerpt) Read more at thisislondon.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: airlines; ba; beef; hindus; pc
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1 posted on 05/09/2008 2:36:29 PM PDT by Joiseydude
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To: Joiseydude

peanuts offend me!


2 posted on 05/09/2008 2:37:08 PM PDT by ronnie raygun (I'd rather be hunting with dick than driving with Ted)
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To: Joiseydude

I’m offended by people killing fish and chicken! I think they need to make soy patties. It really is a GREEN thing, as these flatulating cows are killing the ozone. So BEEF be gone! Now pass the pork so I can offend another religion of peace!


3 posted on 05/09/2008 2:38:37 PM PDT by rovenstinez
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To: Joiseydude

My God, how spineless. Just douse the whole damn everything in curry and nobody will know the damn difference.

Or flash a sign that they are British cows and so there is no risk you are eating a reincarnated ancestor.

Jeez. The world is going nuts. I am waiting for the “Come Up Here” voice every day.


4 posted on 05/09/2008 2:39:16 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
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To: Joiseydude

All of the Brits have turned into pantywaists.


5 posted on 05/09/2008 2:41:04 PM PDT by caver (Yes, I did crawl out of a hole in the ground.)
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To: Joiseydude
Screw 'em. If the du's don't want to eat beef, then let them eat something else. Why penalize the entire rest of the passengers just because you might offend some turbin tops?

This politically correct BS is so far out of control it is now become downright laughable.

"Oh Bluto, we can't have beef on this flight, we might offend Jugdish and the rest of his turbin top pals......"


6 posted on 05/09/2008 2:42:07 PM PDT by infantrywhooah
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To: Joiseydude

How lame. This political correctness crap has gotten way out of hand. I suggest BA fix a chicken and a beef dish and be done with it. If you’re vegetarian or some other “special needs” person, make special arrangements before hand or BYO, or ride a boat or a bike, whatever works.


7 posted on 05/09/2008 2:42:54 PM PDT by econjack (Some people are as dumb as soup.)
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To: Joiseydude

Why feed the “cattle class” at all? Next they will ban any food for those passengers.


8 posted on 05/09/2008 2:43:20 PM PDT by acoulterfan
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To: Joiseydude

Why couldn’t Spineless Airways just leave it on the menu and tell these towel-heads to: suck it up...there are other people that live on this planet too, you know.


9 posted on 05/09/2008 2:44:40 PM PDT by kromike
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Why feed the “cattle class” at all? Next they will ban any food for those passengers.

Pretty soon it'll be just air and water, and tell you to drink plenty of water before boarding.
10 posted on 05/09/2008 2:45:57 PM PDT by ZX12R
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“Pretty soon it’ll be just air and water, and tell you to drink plenty of water before boarding.”

But then they’d have to provide bathrooms.


11 posted on 05/09/2008 2:46:51 PM PDT by keepitreal
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To: infantrywhooah
This politically correct BS is so far out of control it is now become downright laughable.

Your mis-characterization of Hindus is downright laughable. "turbin (sic) tops"?

13 posted on 05/09/2008 2:47:44 PM PDT by steve86 (Acerbic by nature, not nurture™)
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To: keepitreal
But then they’d have to provide bathrooms.

You mean...bomb assembly efficiency labs?
14 posted on 05/09/2008 2:50:06 PM PDT by ZX12R
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To: ZX12R

hehe


15 posted on 05/09/2008 2:52:05 PM PDT by keepitreal
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To: Joiseydude

I bet it was just as much to save money as anything else. If given a choice themselves, I have found very few Indians to judge what the rest of us are eating.


16 posted on 05/09/2008 2:53:03 PM PDT by conservative cat
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To: steve86

India has a large population of Hindus. Indians wear turbans on their heads. Is that connection clear enough or do I have to write it in crayon for you?


17 posted on 05/09/2008 2:53:05 PM PDT by infantrywhooah
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To: ZX12R

Not even water. Wouldn’t want to offend the Breatharians:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inedia


18 posted on 05/09/2008 2:55:24 PM PDT by PLMerite ("Unarmed, one can only flee from Evil. But Evil isn't overcome by fleeing from it." Jeff Cooper)
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To: Joiseydude

A recent poll of our polled bovine friends indicate that 99.44% of them are reincarnated Hindu and encourage the increased consumption of chicken, fish, snakes and rodents. Save the life of a reincarnated Hindu friend....”Eat mor Chikin” http://www.chick-fil-a.com/#thecows


19 posted on 05/09/2008 2:55:37 PM PDT by politicalwit (AKA... A Tradition Continues...Now a Hoosier Freeper)
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To: Joiseydude
I guess I'll just have to bring my own if I find myself on BA. I wonder if they'll kick me off the flight?


20 posted on 05/09/2008 2:59:56 PM PDT by varyouga ("Rove is some mysterious God of politics & mind control" - DU 10-24-06)
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