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General => News => Topic started by: flowerlady on November 07, 2005, 15:25:02

Title: The Incredible Veggie Show
Post by: flowerlady on November 07, 2005, 15:25:02
This just came through my letter box,  I looked up the web address to make it easier for you all.

http://www.viva.org.uk/roadshows/london.html

sounds fun if you can get there!
Title: Re: The Incredible Veggie Show
Post by: Delilah on November 07, 2005, 15:48:43
If I lived in the sarf I'd give it a whirl you don't get in many places for 2 quid!!
Title: Re: The Incredible Veggie Show
Post by: Jill on November 07, 2005, 18:08:32
Have to say the one in Canterbury wasn't much good from a vegetables perspective.  It's nothing to do with growing veg but about converting you to being vegetarian or even better (according to them) vegan.  There was a lot of bumph on cruelty to animals etc and a few stalls giving out free dishes of Green Thai curry etc.
Title: Re: The Incredible Veggie Show
Post by: redimp on November 07, 2005, 18:37:34
A vegetarian organisation I have not heard of - bookmarked it.  Martin Shaw says it all really with this quote:

QuoteI became vegetarian in 1971 when after a series of intense discussions with a friend, I came to the conclusion that if I can live well and be healthy without killing, my only justification for doing so would be for taste, and I'm not prepared to kill and cause suffering because of my palate - my palate is irrelevant.
Title: Re: The Incredible Veggie Show
Post by: Merry Tiller on November 07, 2005, 22:58:54
My palate is certainly not irrelevant to me
Title: Re: The Incredible Veggie Show
Post by: redimp on November 07, 2005, 23:06:49
What he is saying is that being vegetarian may mean sacrificing some tastes but at the expense of gaining many new ones that do not involve eating meat.
Title: Re: The Incredible Veggie Show
Post by: Delilah on November 08, 2005, 14:41:00
I m with you on this one Reclanger  :)