New £5 note angers vegans and vegetarians

Shock and horror as over 1,700 people won't eat £5 notes. I tell you what I think.... "Stuff 'em"....
 
The amount of tallow in the notes is tiny though!!

Quote from another article:
the Bank of England said: “There is a trace of tallow in the polymer pellets used in the base substrate of the polymer £5 notes.”

Source

Surely there isn't going to be a massive uplift in cows being slaughtered for the extra tallow??

Personally, I don't like using tested on animal products, or food where the welfare standard is low so I try and shop around that where ever possible (free range eggs etc) but give me a good steak any day of the week.
 
Our bodies are built to eat meat and our taste buds designed to enjoy it, so jog on. I'm having a bacon butty in your honour.

did you see on the news about the worlds oldest women today born in 1899 117 hasnt eat fruit or veg in over 50 years .

haha :D

all she eats is eggs.:p
 
did you see on the news about the worlds oldest women today born in 1899 117 hasnt eat fruit or veg in over 50 years .

haha :D

all she eats is eggs.:p

You don't expect a grand old lady to tell the world about all the meat she'd had in days gone by... Definitely part of the secret of a longer life. :p
 
Meat is meant to be eaten, the name itself has "eat" in it. This fact cannot be avoided.

Your move, veggies/vegans.

What about £5 notes? Or are we done with that and just going to go off on one on people's diets again?

As per usual:

OP: "Something something - a few Vegans/Vegetarians offended by animal by-product used in everyday item -something something"
GD Response: "ERRHHMAGERD NOT EATING MEAT IS WRONG, ALL VEGETARIANS ARE WEIRD AND VEGANS ARE NAZIS!"

:p
 
I'm vegetarian. Why so much hatred for me? I don't like seeing animals suffer or being killed unnecessarily. Does that make me a terrible person deserving of two pages of hate-posts?

It seems unlikely that tallow is necessary for making the banknotes, so why shouldn't people who care about animals speak up and ask for an alternative to be found? You'd think vegetarians were pooing through people's letter boxes based on some of the posts in this thread!
 
Indeed.

It shouldn't really offend vegetarians at all. It will Vegans though.

This. very confused why a vegetarian would give a damn?

And the vegans should just avoid using 5GBP notes, like they avoid using leather shoes etc.
 
did you see on the news about the worlds oldest women today born in 1899 117 hasnt eat fruit or veg in over 50 years .

haha :D

all she eats is eggs.:p

She rocks:

It does defy all accepted advice on healthy living, her doctor of 27 years, Carlo Bava, told AFP news agency:

"Emma has always eaten very few vegetables, very little fruit.

"When I met her, she ate three eggs per day, two raw in the morning and then an omelette at noon, and chicken at dinner."

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-38134004

Edit: Where's Nate when you need him?
 
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I'm vegetarian. Why so much hatred for me? I don't like seeing animals suffer or being killed unnecessarily. Does that make me a terrible person deserving of two pages of hate-posts?
!

I hate animal cruelty and I am staunch advocate for banning hunting/culls. Hell, for the most part I prefer animals to people.

But animals being killed for food isn't an unnecessary death. People need to eat, food chain etc etc.
 
Vegans gonna crazy.

Although as has been pointed out kinda hard to avoid meat products in todays society.

But ask yourselves this vegans, what would happen to all the cows if we didnt eat them? They'd all die anyway to make room for the soy plantations, so might as well enjoy the tastiness of it.
 
Soon when the rest of the notes are converted to plastic we'll be able to spot them as they will be the ones paying for everything in coins.
 
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