Halal Burger 'Discrimination' Stirs Debate in France

[grumbler]

Burger + bacon = fat.

Burger + turkey = yuk.

What about Burger + turkey bacon?  Some of that stuff is pretty good.

[Viking]

Tamer the compound manager in Alexandria told me he could get me anything, until I asked for Bacon.

[Capetan Mihali]

Pretty much every food cart on the street in Philadelphia is halal.  Never even considered it would be an issue.   

I don't think they are using meat certified by a cleric or anything, just indicating the use of beef or turkey bacon rather than pork.

[Martinus]

So a state owned consortium owns Quick, meaning France has state-owned fast food joints?
God France sucks.

I agree. I would much better like to live in a country like America, where many big companies are owned by consortia controlled by the Chinese or the Saudi governments. 

[Josquius]

Seems pretty simple.

Government requiring restaurant to be halal = outrage

Restaurant management deciding to go halal = no outrage

Don't like halal = don't eat there

Is halal any different tastewise?
It all seems the same to me...though I do love a halal chicken place back in Newcastle I think thats just because its nice in its own right rather than anything halal has done.

[Martinus]

Pretty much every food cart on the street in Philadelphia is halal.  Never even considered it would be an issue.   

I don't think they are using meat certified by a cleric or anything, just indicating the use of beef or turkey bacon rather than pork.

That's retarded. Pig is the magical animal. Turkey bacon FTL.

[Capetan Mihali]

Also, isn't virtually every can of mixed nuts or other nondescript food item in America kosher-certified to some extent?  I remember a classic thread with Lucianus back in the old days about this.  Nobody here seems to care that you "can't" buy non-kosher cashews...

[Martinus]

Well it's a bit different - I don't hate Judaism as much as I hate Islam, for one.

One thing someone pointed out to me, though, is that pretty much 90% of all nuts sold in Poland come from Iran - so now I carefully check the bags for the crop origin, and don't buy it if it comes from there.

[Capetan Mihali]

Pretty much every food cart on the street in Philadelphia is halal.  Never even considered it would be an issue.   

I don't think they are using meat certified by a cleric or anything, just indicating the use of beef or turkey bacon rather than pork.

That's retarded. Pig is the magical animal. Turkey bacon FTL.

It makes perfect sense.     The owner/operators are mostly Muslim.  A fair minority of their customers are (mainly Black) Muslims.  The overwhelming majority of their other customers don't care.  And there are plenty of other places to seek out "the magical animal" if one so desires...

[Martinus]

Is halal any different tastewise?

Do you believe that bacon, ham or other pork tastes different from turkey or beef?

[Capetan Mihali]

Well it's a bit different - I don't hate Judaism as much as I hate Islam, for one.

One thing someone pointed out to me, though, is that pretty much 90% of all nuts sold in Poland come from Iran - so now I carefully check the bags for the crop origin, and don't buy it if it comes from there.

My cashews are some unholy mixture of Indian, Vietnamese, Indonesian, and Brazilian nuts.   

[Martinus]

Pretty much every food cart on the street in Philadelphia is halal.  Never even considered it would be an issue.   

I don't think they are using meat certified by a cleric or anything, just indicating the use of beef or turkey bacon rather than pork.

That's retarded. Pig is the magical animal. Turkey bacon FTL.

It makes perfect sense.     The owner/operators are mostly Muslim.  A fair minority of their customers are (mainly Black) Muslims.  The overwhelming majority of their other customers don't care.  And there are plenty of other places to seek out "the magical animal" if one so desires...

Ok. From your post, you made it sound like halal was the only kind of meat you could get in the area.

[The Brain]

I was once forced by circumstance to eat non-pork sausage (I was stuck at lunchtime in a very "Southern" neighborhood). I threw up a little in my mouth.

[Viking]

Is halal any different tastewise?
It all seems the same to me...though I do love a halal chicken place back in Newcastle I think thats just because its nice in its own right rather than anything halal has done.

Beef Bacon is the worst curse ever placed on humanity.

[HisMajestyBOB]

So a state owned consortium owns Quick, meaning France has state-owned fast food joints?
God France sucks.

I agree. I would much better like to live in a country like America, where many big companies are owned by consortia controlled by the Chinese or the Saudi governments.