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I’m looking forward to Christmas Dinner.
We (well Mrs Tash really) will be cooking vegan food for us, and one Daughter, but will also be cooking turkey and a cider roasted ham for the murderers.
I might pretend to be offended by them if I want some time on my own!
Are you in mourning for that wasp brutally murdered by a darts player?
 
All those worms murdered when the tractor ploughed them to pieces, oh the humanity.
It doesn’t work like that though.
No vegans, even the ones doing it for purely ethical reasons, claim that they don’t affect any living creatures.
They simply want to minimise the harm to all living creatures and the harm to worms is less than the harm to other creatures who are bred simply to be killed
That’s without the fact that more worms are killed to feed cows, for example, anyway

I know you know this, but it’s a public service announcement for the less bright!
 
It doesn’t work like that though.
No vegans, even the ones doing it for purely ethical reasons, claim that they don’t affect any living creatures.
They simply want to minimise the harm to all living creatures and the harm to worms is less than the harm to other creatures who are bred simply to be killed
That’s without the fact that more worms are killed to feed cows, for example, anyway

I know you know this, but it’s a public service announcement for the less bright!
You're on dangerous ground in assuming I know something.
 
This country is ****ed.


A Christmas card has been removed from Sainsbury’s shelves after being branded transphobic.

The card was deemed offensive for featuring a cartoon of Dr Seuss’s Grinch character alongside the caption: “This Christmas, I’m identifying as a Grinch.”

The phrase “identifying as” in this context has been described by trans campaigners as an anti-trans dog whistle for suggesting that a person can choose their gender to be anything.

The Telegraph understands that the card will be pulled from Sainsbury’s stores across the UK in the coming days amid a backlash from the trans community.

Sophie Molly, a transgenderjournalist, complained about the “transphobic” card after spotting it at the Berryden branch of Sainsbury’s in Aberdeen.

Sharing a photo on the social media platform Bluesky, she said: “Transphobic Christmas card in my local Sainsbury’s (Berryden). Please do better Sainsbury’s.”

The journalist later told Pink News that the card “belittles the identity of trans and non-binary people”.
Venice Allan, a gender-critical campaigner, told The Telegraph the decision to pull the cards was “surreal”.

“It’s extreme,” she said. “I think a lot of people would have liked that Christmas card. It shows you how people are laughing at this idea of identifying as transgender and social justice discourse in general.

She added: “It also shows you how actually, no, we’re not allowed to laugh at this thing that everybody’s laughing at. They’re so offended by a Christmas card just slightly poking fun at the idea that you can identify as something.”

However, Ms Molly, added that the card was offensive because: “Trans people don’t choose to identify as their gender – it’s part of who they are. Being trans is not a choice.

She said: “Cis people [a person whose gender identity matches their sex at birth] saying they identify as something like a tomato, attack helicopter or a Grinch invalidates the lived experience of trans people.

“It tells the world that they think it’s a choice to be trans, something you can switch in and out of, like playing dress up. This is not true.

“Being trans or non-binary is not something you can switch off, in the same way a cis person can’t switch off being cis.”

She added: “When you consider the current UK climate of trans hostility, I feel that it’s a worrying sight.”

All remaining stock pulped​

Emotional Rescue, the card’s publisher, has since apologised and said it would remove the card from sale.

Jennie Rutter, the creative director at the publisher, told Pink News: “It was in no way our intention to cause anyone in the trans community offence. We will remove this design from our range immediately.”

Jack Wilson, the operations director at Paper Salad, which made the illustration for the card, apologised for any offence caused and said all remaining stock had been pulped.

He told the LGBT website: “Due to our contribution to the card, I’d like to apologise on behalf of Paper Salad for any offence caused.

“This was not our intention. We have removed the design from sale and destroyed all stock with immediate effect.”

A spokesman for Sainsbury’s said: “At Sainsbury’s, we’re committed to being an inclusive retailer where people love to work and shop. We offer a wide selection of Christmas cardsand our ranges vary each year, so there’s something for everyone.

“We value all customer feedback on this year’s designs.”
The only surprise is the Greens didn't find it offensive as well
 
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It doesn’t work like that though.
No vegans, even the ones doing it for purely ethical reasons, claim that they don’t affect any living creatures.
They simply want to minimise the harm to all living creatures and the harm to worms is less than the harm to other creatures who are bred simply to be killed
That’s without the fact that more worms are killed to feed cows, for example, anyway

I know you know this, but it’s a public service announcement for the less bright!
Are your belts, shoes and coats plastic? Your wife’s handbags, purses etc?
 
It doesn’t work like that though.
No vegans, even the ones doing it for purely ethical reasons, claim that they don’t affect any living creatures.
They simply want to minimise the harm to all living creatures and the harm to worms is less than the harm to other creatures who are bred simply to be killed
That’s without the fact that more worms are killed to feed cows, for example, anyway

I know you know this, but it’s a public service announcement for the less bright!
Thank ya. :grin:
 
It doesn’t work like that though.
No vegans, even the ones doing it for purely ethical reasons, claim that they don’t affect any living creatures.
They simply want to minimise the harm to all living creatures and the harm to worms is less than the harm to other creatures who are bred simply to be killed
That’s without the fact that more worms are killed to feed cows, for example, anyway

I know you know this, but it’s a public service announcement for the less bright!
Both the worms and the cows end up dead though. WLM as well.
 
They should put them back on the shelves as more normal people would now buy them to send a message to the hysterical weirdos who were complaining.
There are more Muslims than trans people should we cancel everything they object? No mention of Christmas, pork, alcohol? No images of women not fully draped in black? No music? Or just tell them to do one?
You really don’t understand capitalism do you.

I’d hazard a guess that hardly anyone had bought that card, and to gamble on deliberately creating an issue to encourage ‘protest’ buying really isn’t Sainsbury’s style. They’ve famously built the empire on small per item profit and small risk.

If people thought it was a good card in the first place, rather than it just being the potential of some people who were offended by it being taken off the shelves buying it, then they’d still be on the shelves.

Just like politics we all, collectively, get what we deserve.

If there were enough people offended by that card being removed and stopped shopping there you can guarantee that next Christmas there’d be loads of trans humour on cards. But there isn’t. Whether you, I, or anyone on here likes it there’s more people who don’t want to see cards like that, and are prepared to use their money to make a point, than there are people who want to buy it.

Price of living in a capitalist society. (And I’m not suggesting there’s a better option…it’s just how it is)

It’s why wages at staff level in the average massive business have, over recent decades, raised at a much, much, lower level than CEOs. The successful CEO’s and Boards have worked out how to extract the maximum profit from the majority of people. Decisions like this are part of that whether we like it or not.
 
And you usually <laugh> come across as normal.
Apologies
I’ll try harder.
It was slightly tongue in cheek, but if you advertise your business as one which is trying to minimise harm to living creatures then I think you should be called out if you’re splatting the less popular ones with a menu!
 
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THE CHASE...

In 1970, Motown band the Temptations had a hit with BALL OF......"?

OPTIONS...

A) Confusion
B) Fire
C) String...

THERE ARE ZERO PRIZES FOR WHAT THE ****WIT CONTESTANT CHOSE.,..
It was quite funny but give her a break TSC, that song was likely 15-20 years before the contestant was born, confusion isn't the obvious answer for a blind guess, ****wit's a bit harsh.
 
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It was quite funny but give her a break TSC, that song was likely 15-20 years before the contestant was born, confusion isn't the obvious answer for a blind guess, ****wit's a bit harsh.
ive never heard of this song

id have picked ball of fire
guess i was wrong
 
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