Posted on 11/09/2014 8:58:08 PM PST by naturalman1975
A BURGER restaurant has caused uproar by mocking a vegan customer on Facebook and comparing her beliefs to Nazism.
Mark Clews, co-owner of Tuk Tuk in the NSW Hunter Valley, said he had warned the woman her food could contain traces of meat, and she had eaten it anyway.
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Others called the post “disgraceful” and as angry messages poured in, one user wrote on the page: “Do not mess with the Vegans ... EVER!!!”
Mr Clews responded: “But they are so easy to mess with. They lack physical strength because of zero red meat in their diet! They are single-minded and Nazi-like in there conviction ... The worst thing, from a chef’s point of view is they cannot cook a vegetable to save their life.”
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Mr Clews told news.com.au he had been bombarded with abuse throughout the night since the incident yesterday.
He said he had received death threats and abusive phone calls to his mobile phone number, which was published on the campaigners’ Facebook page.
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He said the restaurant offered vegetarian and pescetarian options, as well as a bunless burger for gluten-intolerant customers.
But he said that when the customer had questioned the menu, he had told her the falafel burger could have meat traces from the hot plate, which is simply scraped down between burgers.
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He said she and her friend were “aggressive” in their behaviour, and he felt they “wanted to make trouble”.
“One in 200,000 people who dine here might be vegan. We’re a very small restaurant and we don’t have the facilities to clean off the hot plate with caustic soda and add oil again every time.
“This is our restaurant. It’s basically a temple of meat. We cater for who we cater for. Why should we be dictated to?”
(Excerpt) Read more at news.com.au ...
lol I don’t think they use real cheese.
Why would a vegan go to a burger joint?
To stir up crap and “advocate” for their cause, you barbaric omnivore.
First it is entirely your choice on what you eat. No argument from me.
I think you are denying what you are though. You are a predator from a long line of predators.
Your reasoning makes as much sense as wanting to put a lion on a vegan diet. A lion is what a lion is and when it kills and eats its prey it doing what God designed it to do. And when you do the same it is the same. The only difference is we try to minimize the suffering of our prey where the lion has no concern at all.
Joke post?
And here they decry being compared to brownshirts...
She was “disappointed” that the burger shop didn’t offer more vegan options and then she has the audacity to complain that “They need to cater for all dietary requirements without passing personal judgment.”
Um, no. The business decides on the menu, not the customers. Would she offer the same advice if a meat eater went in a vegan restaurant and wanted some veal? How about ordering some bacon at a muslim restaurant?
“The Confederacy was the single greatest conservative resistance to federal authority ever.”
Eating meat bad. Enslaving humans O.K. (Conservative). Got it. Sorry, you are an idiot.
Poster is a joke. Has to be an invader.
Why do you think they hate Palin’s guts like no other? She’s a machine on liberal-mocking punchlines.
Same with me as well. Whole food, vegan diet for about 4 yrs now. Best decision I ever made for myself. The health benefits are almost countless. Would never go back.
That being said, I do believe the customer's discussed in this article were being aggressive asses. But, of course, as usual, the people commenting here cannot stay on topic, and drift into attacking the lifestyle itself. Lack of focus.
Oh, and I enjoy mocking angry vegans as much as anyone, but posting a picture of bacon just isn't witty. It is an insult not to vegetarians, but to humor.
That is like Bar-B-que places having a "non-smoking" section.
These power-mad control freaks need to sit down and shut up. Leave the rest of us alone.
About 1700 the Sikhs got sick and tired of being martyred by Muslims and decided to fight back. Part of the guru's instructions to them on how to go about this was to abandon their vegetarianism so they would grow strong and be able to fight effectively.
If I ever go to San Francisco, I’m heading straight for SO.
To be rude, obnoxious, pick a fight and later get all weepy and put on a huge victim act and have all his friends gushing and fawning all over him.
I just watched the clip of that scene on youtube. It’s been years since I’ve seen that movie. Thanks for reminding me. It never gets old.
I quit eating red meat because my father died of colon cancer and I believe the studies that suggest red meat increases that risk.
I am certainly NOT dogmatic about it and don’t ever tell people what to eat or not eat.
Animals have souls? I don't think so.
Animal welfare, yes. Animal rights, no.
BTW, how many animals would be alive if the human race was vegetarian? There's actually a theory out there that domestic animals are part of a co-evolutionary "bargain", in which the domestics "chose" domestication in order to put their genes farther into the future. (Not my theory, so don't dump on me.)
Absolutely.
You are completely right. Liberals cannot stand being mocked.
So mock away.
How many do you know, and exactly how are they sick? What are their ailments? Please be specific.
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