Christ. You’ve got to do something exceedingly unpopular to lose a SU election. The only people that usually show up are the 5 or so that run it.
Like it or not, that is democracy and veganism is a personal choice. I am vegan and would love it if everyone was vegan too, especially as everyone is supposedly against cruelty to animals when asked. People do not go vegan when it is their only choice though, it is a conclusion they have to reach by themselves, otherwise it becomes a phase that they often end up passing through. Those who finally admit that animal cruelty is wrong and go vegan accordingly are much less likely to go back to eating animals than those who go plant-based for the environment or health reasons.
Have more vegan options but don’t force your beliefs on others
Excellent surely the bans can’t be implemented anyway, what’s to stop people turning up with there meat dishes and eating them on site?
Is there anything more futile than student politics. Posh English girls called Emily that think you can save the world by eating vegetables at uni, meanwhile the Scots out in the hinterlands are eating fish suppers, pies and chips.
Almost makes it sound like it was militant vegans trying to push their agenda down peoples throats. Hmm…
You cannot force food choices on people. Vegans really do want to ruin everything.
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“If Edinburgh’s students are so far unconvinced that animal farming and fishing is wrecking our planet and would rather take the words of those with a vested interest in concealing the truth, then we will continue to work to change that.”
Jesus christ, no wonder she lost. To sum it up they’re basically saying ‘f you all, I don’t actually care about your opinions. It’s my way or the highway’
I generally avoid vegan places as they often use nuts to boost protein.
I’m allergic so it’s not really feasible for me
I’m glad that a student union has actually baulked at this, sometimes the majority do get to wield their democratic might and tell a tiny clique of hardcore activists to fuck off. Unusual in a student union setting.
Stirling Uni was grim as fuck beforehand, now you won’t get meat on campus? The campus is isolated as well, so I guess you’ll be hoofing it a couple of miles to get your meaty grub, or (heaven forbid) taking a planet-destroying vehicle into town / Bridge of Allan.
They’re obviously banking on appealing to tree shaggers more than they’ll put off (e.g.) the sports science students that the university specialised in for decades.
The poorer students will struggle most, since they’ll find it most difficult to get off campus. So they’ll be involuntary vegans. That definitely won’t breed any resentment!
But at least they announced it three years in advance, so people have the chance to go elsewhere and the current cohort can mostly escape before the ban comes in.
Good, menus for such large numbers of people should apolitical.
We’ve cut down our meat consumption to 4 meals a week, which is basically a chicken between two of us.
But we avoid “vegan” food, a lot of it is highly processed, over-priced, gunk.
Two of the main benefits of avoiding meat are eating healthily, and saving money. Best way to do that is to mainly eat fresh vegetables.
Which is not to say it has to be boring. Lots of herbs, spices, tomatoes and mushrooms for umami.
Edinburgh Uni alumnus here and I’ll always love the city and the uni and my time there but mother of God EUSA was probably the worst student union in the three unis I’ve attended for “right on, dude”-ery that was never supported by the student body at large. They banned Blurred Lines the first year I was there because it promoted “rape culture”, despite the fact you’d hear it blaring in pubs the other side of Bristo Square, their meetings were usually more about condemning Israel than the rising rent or conditions in housing or matters more mundane yet really more important to students.
One incident that sticks out to me is a total non-event that made the national news when a sort of part time law student, full time shitstirrer called Robbie Travers brought himself not once but twice to the national papers, first when he was censured by the uni about Islamophobia over something he posted about ISIS, and the second time for having a Facebook fight with a black women on a EUSA committee calling her a racist.
Even though he was never formally on any EUSA committee afaik, he exemplifies the kind of person who got involved in politics up there.
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No one can live without cheese.
Christ. You’ve got to do something exceedingly unpopular to lose a SU election. The only people that usually show up are the 5 or so that run it.
Like it or not, that is democracy and veganism is a personal choice. I am vegan and would love it if everyone was vegan too, especially as everyone is supposedly against cruelty to animals when asked. People do not go vegan when it is their only choice though, it is a conclusion they have to reach by themselves, otherwise it becomes a phase that they often end up passing through. Those who finally admit that animal cruelty is wrong and go vegan accordingly are much less likely to go back to eating animals than those who go plant-based for the environment or health reasons.
Have more vegan options but don’t force your beliefs on others
Excellent surely the bans can’t be implemented anyway, what’s to stop people turning up with there meat dishes and eating them on site?
Is there anything more futile than student politics. Posh English girls called Emily that think you can save the world by eating vegetables at uni, meanwhile the Scots out in the hinterlands are eating fish suppers, pies and chips.
Almost makes it sound like it was militant vegans trying to push their agenda down peoples throats. Hmm…
You cannot force food choices on people. Vegans really do want to ruin everything.
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“If Edinburgh’s students are so far unconvinced that animal farming and fishing is wrecking our planet and would rather take the words of those with a vested interest in concealing the truth, then we will continue to work to change that.”
Jesus christ, no wonder she lost. To sum it up they’re basically saying ‘f you all, I don’t actually care about your opinions. It’s my way or the highway’
I generally avoid vegan places as they often use nuts to boost protein.
I’m allergic so it’s not really feasible for me
I’m glad that a student union has actually baulked at this, sometimes the majority do get to wield their democratic might and tell a tiny clique of hardcore activists to fuck off. Unusual in a student union setting.
Stirling Uni was grim as fuck beforehand, now you won’t get meat on campus? The campus is isolated as well, so I guess you’ll be hoofing it a couple of miles to get your meaty grub, or (heaven forbid) taking a planet-destroying vehicle into town / Bridge of Allan.
They’re obviously banking on appealing to tree shaggers more than they’ll put off (e.g.) the sports science students that the university specialised in for decades.
The poorer students will struggle most, since they’ll find it most difficult to get off campus. So they’ll be involuntary vegans. That definitely won’t breed any resentment!
But at least they announced it three years in advance, so people have the chance to go elsewhere and the current cohort can mostly escape before the ban comes in.
Good, menus for such large numbers of people should apolitical.
We’ve cut down our meat consumption to 4 meals a week, which is basically a chicken between two of us.
But we avoid “vegan” food, a lot of it is highly processed, over-priced, gunk.
Two of the main benefits of avoiding meat are eating healthily, and saving money. Best way to do that is to mainly eat fresh vegetables.
Which is not to say it has to be boring. Lots of herbs, spices, tomatoes and mushrooms for umami.
Edinburgh Uni alumnus here and I’ll always love the city and the uni and my time there but mother of God EUSA was probably the worst student union in the three unis I’ve attended for “right on, dude”-ery that was never supported by the student body at large. They banned Blurred Lines the first year I was there because it promoted “rape culture”, despite the fact you’d hear it blaring in pubs the other side of Bristo Square, their meetings were usually more about condemning Israel than the rising rent or conditions in housing or matters more mundane yet really more important to students.
One incident that sticks out to me is a total non-event that made the national news when a sort of part time law student, full time shitstirrer called Robbie Travers brought himself not once but twice to the national papers, first when he was censured by the uni about Islamophobia over something he posted about ISIS, and the second time for having a Facebook fight with a black women on a EUSA committee calling her a racist.
Even though he was never formally on any EUSA committee afaik, he exemplifies the kind of person who got involved in politics up there.