joneh
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 posted on 11/10/08 at 06:22 PM |
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OT: Tesco Boycot
Hi All,
I just want to make you all aware of the inhumane Chinease Turtle trade by Tesco's.
http://www.tortoisetrust.org/activities/tesco.html
I've not shopped or bought anything in Tescos for the last year - I found out from my Tortoise trust letter this month that they still have no
intention of stopping this trade.
I just hope that at least one of you guys have a tortoise or turtle and feel as strongly as I do, enough to stop shopping with Tesco.
Thanks for reading.
Jon
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mr henderson
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| posted on 11/10/08 at 06:38 PM |
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As a nation and as a race, the Chinese have a great deal to answer for, especially in their treatment of animals.
John
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Confused but excited.
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| posted on 11/10/08 at 06:55 PM |
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Whilst originally aimed at paedophiles, who go to the far east to procure under age victims for their perverse desires, didn't Tony Blair state
that English law now applied to British citizens anywhere in the world?
Surely this could be applied to these money grubbing greedy gits.
Tell them about the bent treacle edges!
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coozer
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| posted on 11/10/08 at 09:38 PM |
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Sorry but Tesco is the nearest, cheapest supermarket to us.
So, I will be shopping there until it gets cheaper some where nearer...
There is tons of this stuff going all over the world and I don't think the finger can be single pointed at Tesco.
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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Dingz
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| posted on 11/10/08 at 10:17 PM |
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Having been to China it is a totally different culture, in the markets you find chickens, bags of frogs, buckets of fish, eels. Skewered insects,
grubs, birds, starfish, squid. Here we cook live crabs, lobsters, shellfish, factory farm animals which have a miserable life then kill them. Are we
any better?
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nstrug
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| posted on 11/10/08 at 11:11 PM |
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Tesco are one of the most brutal, cut-throat operations I've ever dealt with - they will do ANYTHING to make money and screw over the
opposition.
Witness their IT department in Welwyn Garden City, replaced by dirt-cheap Indian contractors, flown into the UK on dodgy work permits and dossing 10
to a house in Welwyn and Stevenage.
I've nothing against these guys personally, but they are basically being brought over here as indentured workers (they can only work for
Tesco's and are banned from seeking work elsewhere) and massively undercutting UK and EU nationals.
Nick
[Edited on 11/10/08 by nstrug]
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StevieB
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| posted on 12/10/08 at 09:26 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by nstrug
Tesco are one of the most brutal, cut-throat operations I've ever dealt with - they will do ANYTHING to make money and screw over the
opposition.
Witness their IT department in Welwyn Garden City, replaced by dirt-cheap Indian contractors, flown into the UK on dodgy work permits and dossing 10
to a house in Welwyn and Stevenage.
I've nothing against these guys personally, but they are basically being brought over here as indentured workers (they can only work for
Tesco's and are banned from seeking work elsewhere) and massively undercutting UK and EU nationals.
Nick
[Edited on 11/10/08 by nstrug]
That's just called subcontracting, and if you go to any OPEC country, you'll find lots of british expats doing exactly the same thing
working as engineers, project managers and commercial managers.
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nstrug
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| posted on 12/10/08 at 10:20 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by StevieB
quote:
Originally posted by nstrug
Tesco are one of the most brutal, cut-throat operations I've ever dealt with - they will do ANYTHING to make money and screw over the
opposition.
Witness their IT department in Welwyn Garden City, replaced by dirt-cheap Indian contractors, flown into the UK on dodgy work permits and dossing 10
to a house in Welwyn and Stevenage.
I've nothing against these guys personally, but they are basically being brought over here as indentured workers (they can only work for
Tesco's and are banned from seeking work elsewhere) and massively undercutting UK and EU nationals.
Nick
[Edited on 11/10/08 by nstrug]
That's just called subcontracting, and if you go to any OPEC country, you'll find lots of british expats doing exactly the same thing
working as engineers, project managers and commercial managers.
And this makes it right how?
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joneh
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| posted on 12/10/08 at 12:21 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by coozer
Sorry but Tesco is the nearest, cheapest supermarket to us.
So, I will be shopping there until it gets cheaper some where nearer...
There is tons of this stuff going all over the world and I don't think the finger can be single pointed at Tesco.
I'm sure there is tons of stuff going on all over the world.
The sale of live turtles in China, however, can be pointed at Tesco.
If even one of you stops shopping with them, then thats a good start. Thanks for the comments and support.
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mr henderson
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| posted on 12/10/08 at 01:17 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by joneh
The sale of live turtles in China, however, can be pointed at Tesco.
And the purchase of live turtles is being done by the Chinese.
John
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Benzine
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| posted on 12/10/08 at 01:27 PM |
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They're all as bad as each other
See:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0379225/
[Edited on 12/10/08 by Benzine]
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britishtrident
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| posted on 12/10/08 at 07:47 PM |
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A valid reason for boycotting Tesco is the way they appear to be able to steam roller through planning permission for enormous developments in
totally unsuitable locations against even the most organised mass local opposition.
Something smaell of fish and it ain't the Tesco fish counter.
A new word has entered the english language to describe it Tescopoly
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DarrenW
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| posted on 13/10/08 at 08:36 AM |
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Ive been to a Chinese restaurant where turtles and tortoises were avalable for the hungry patron to pick from. Also seen many other things that we
would deem as not acceptable. i find it hard to decide if this is wrong or not. They are a different culture.
I had some Chinese visitors over here once. Treat them to a full English. They wouldnt eat the black pudding, something we find normal. This made me
reaslise that things they find normal but we are horrified at shouldnt be shunned. It just highlights the cultural diversity that exists in the world
and is being better understood since the advent of TV and internet.
Personally i was shocked to see the live Tortoises. They were more shocked when i told them why and explained how much it would cost to buy one as a
pet in UK. Luckily they were priced such that the normal patrons couldnt afford them. Ive had turtle soup and to be quite honest its not worth trying
twice, its not awful but i like a good slab of meat when im having a meal, nota bowl of shell with some hard to find bits on.
Snake wine isnt too great either.
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joneh
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| posted on 13/10/08 at 05:58 PM |
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Don't get me wrong, I'm not against the actual sale of these turtles, it's the inhumane treatment of the turtles. They're
kept in very poor conditions and inhumanely executed. If they were kept in good conditions and humanely executed then there wouldn't be any
issue. Most of us eat meat.
Personally I'd eat anything with a face, but I wouldn't want it to suffer prior to my consumption.
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DarrenW
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| posted on 14/10/08 at 12:09 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by joneh
Don't get me wrong, I'm not against the actual sale of these turtles, it's the inhumane treatment of the turtles. They're
kept in very poor conditions and inhumanely executed. If they were kept in good conditions and humanely executed then there wouldn't be any
issue. Most of us eat meat.
Personally I'd eat anything with a face, but I wouldn't want it to suffer prior to my consumption.
Very good point. Have to agree.
It does open up a general question though. We are so used to seeing packets of meat on shop shelves. Therefore we get desensitised to the whole topic
of raising meat products, the slaughter and processing that follows. I bet not many people fully appreciate what goes on so i bet sub standard
procedures are more common place than most would like to know about.
I joke with the kids when they used to ask for things like hot dogs - they dont ask for them now after i told them they contain toe nails etc! I cant
bring myself to but teddy bear sliced meat or turkey twixxlers etc either. The meat i buy might be cheap sometimes but at least it looks like meat.
I still cant bring myself to eat 'exotic' stuff when i go to China. Did you know they prize a fishes head more than the body? Its a
strange experience when one of them is served up and people are almost fighting over it. Having said that the meat in large head cheeks isnt too bad.
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