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Floyd R. Turbo

(32,913 posts)
Fri May 12, 2023, 08:25 AM May 2023

Aussie vegans ask neighbours: No more shrimp on the barbie, please.

If you’re a meat eater, should you be able to barbecue no matter how “sickening” it is for your vegan neighbours?

A debate broke out in Perth, Australia’s northern suburb of Burns Beach, reported news.com.au, after a vegan family asked another neighbour via a letter to close their window when cooking meat, according to PerthNow.

The letter, which began with “Hello neighbour, could you please shut your side window when cooking?” was contained inside an envelope with “PLEASE TAKE SERIOUSLY” written on the front.

“My family are vegan — we eat only plant-based foods — and the smell of the meat you cook makes us feel sick and upset,” wrote the neighbour.

https://vancouversun.com/news/world/aussie-vegans-ask-neighbours-no-more-shrimp-on-the-barbie-please/wcm/076530d8-de8c-4d46-b1da-ebdb4e9bd922

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Aussie vegans ask neighbours: No more shrimp on the barbie, please. (Original Post) Floyd R. Turbo May 2023 OP
People can be sooo sensitive EYESORE 9001 May 2023 #1
Some people! Floyd R. Turbo May 2023 #3
My niece tried going vegan, she gave it up after getting sick stomachs too often. Archae May 2023 #2
Just try coming between me and my KFC! 😁 Floyd R. Turbo May 2023 #4
I live on Fleet Street, near St. Dunstan's church hunter May 2023 #5
Love meat pies! 😋 Floyd R. Turbo May 2023 #6
. Scrivener7 May 2023 #12
I've been to St. Dunstan's peacefreak2.0 May 2023 #15
$20 - all you can eat shrimp at Red Lobster until the end of may underpants May 2023 #7
Are pants required? Floyd R. Turbo May 2023 #8
Good question underpants May 2023 #9
Ah ha! That's the rub! Floyd R. Turbo May 2023 #10
I'd be grilling steak as flagrantly as possible outside, daily. Jirel May 2023 #11
😋🥩🔥 Floyd R. Turbo May 2023 #17
Nope, nope, nope. Scrivener7 May 2023 #13
🤗 Floyd R. Turbo May 2023 #18
I thought I heard it all. jimfields33 May 2023 #14
😁 Floyd R. Turbo May 2023 #19
Now is the time to try making haggis. Wingus Dingus May 2023 #16
😋🐑 Floyd R. Turbo May 2023 #20
Those vegans are a great example of how to lose friends and alienate neighbors. highplainsdem May 2023 #21
Aussie vegans! Floyd R. Turbo May 2023 #22
You can find vegans anywhere. I have a niece who became vegan in highplainsdem May 2023 #23

EYESORE 9001

(29,732 posts)
1. People can be sooo sensitive
Fri May 12, 2023, 08:31 AM
May 2023

I once had neighbors complain when I burned road kill I’d found alongside the road. Can’t imagine why they’d complain.

 

Archae

(47,245 posts)
2. My niece tried going vegan, she gave it up after getting sick stomachs too often.
Fri May 12, 2023, 08:46 AM
May 2023

There are videos at Youtube of vegans actually physically attacking meat eaters and leather wearers.

Including a guy at a fast-food place eating a chicken sandwich who is screamed at and attacked by a militant vegan who is obviously off her rocker.

hunter

(40,692 posts)
5. I live on Fleet Street, near St. Dunstan's church
Fri May 12, 2023, 09:03 AM
May 2023

My neighbor, Mrs. Lovett, makes the best meat pies.

I really don't care what my vegan neighbors think.

peacefreak2.0

(1,044 posts)
15. I've been to St. Dunstan's
Fri May 12, 2023, 09:53 AM
May 2023

What a lovely little church. Also went to the restaurant in former Bank of England. Good Scotch eggs, wasn’t too sure of the source of sausage, though.

underpants

(196,506 posts)
7. $20 - all you can eat shrimp at Red Lobster until the end of may
Fri May 12, 2023, 09:09 AM
May 2023

I wear pants with big pockets.

Jirel

(2,369 posts)
11. I'd be grilling steak as flagrantly as possible outside, daily.
Fri May 12, 2023, 09:17 AM
May 2023

They can hide inside and close THEIR own windows.

highplainsdem

(62,159 posts)
21. Those vegans are a great example of how to lose friends and alienate neighbors.
Fri May 12, 2023, 11:35 AM
May 2023

And what makes them assume everything they cook smells good to their neighbors?

I've never met a vegan who insisted that no meat could be eaten or cooked in their presence. Or a meat-eater who wouldn't try to accomodate vegan guests with vegan dishes, even if other guests were eating meat.

highplainsdem

(62,159 posts)
23. You can find vegans anywhere. I have a niece who became vegan in
Fri May 12, 2023, 11:47 AM
May 2023

her teens, even though her parents consider rare steak a basic food group of its own. She didn't choose her plant-based foods very carefully, either, and her health suffered a bit as a result (going out to eat with friends who wanted pizza, and eating only bread sometimes, wasn't smart). She's now added dairy and lots of fish and seafood to her diet, though she still avoids meat.

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