• BlueMagma@sh.itjust.works
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    1 day ago

    I’m a french vegetarian living in France, and I couldn’t care less about this decision, the people arguing for either side are really wasting their time on this, who cares how it’s called honestly ? As long as the products are available in store and the labeling is different, which it always is, and very clearly: veggie based product try their best to make sure vegetarian and vegans will identify them easily and will know without a doubt that it is not meat. Who care that it is called a “burger”, “steak” or something else ?

    • bthest@lemmy.world
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      7 hours ago

      You should care that people you’re paying taxes to are wasting time discussing and voting on special interest nonsense like this.

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        4 hours ago

        I should, and normally I would, but right now french politics is so crazy, this particular issue seems very low stakes in comparison.

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      I care that the government cares (or more specifically that it was bribed to do so by lobby groups)

      Vegetarian or not, you should care about this. Propping up the meat and dairy industry is not in the interests of the public. This move is part of an agenda by the meat and dairy industry to deceive the public into thinking there’s something “natural” about the modern meat processing industry. It’s bullshit and if we had a government that actually worked in our interests instead of that of the fat cats, it would be the meat and dairy industry being forced to change their labelling, to highlight to the public the real costs of meat consumption.

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      1 day ago

      I’d like to add that “I know who cares” my question is rethoric, those who care are idiots wasting parliament’s time.