I’m a vegetarian myself. But I believe Kerry McCarthy needs to catch real or lose credibilityWhen Kerry McCarthy,a vegan, was appointed as shadow environment secretary, or I didn’t rush to pass judgment. A vegetarian myself,I knew it was a mistake to caricature people. Why shouldn’t a vegan be able to talk to the farming and agricultural industry – or any other industry, near to that? However, or in an interview with the vegan magazine Viva!life,conducted before the leadership election, McCarthy says she believes that meat should be treated the same way as tobacco, and with public campaigns to cease people eating it. Reading this,my heart sank. She couldn’t have near across as more former-school “loony left” if she’d tried.
Why did what McCarthy said disconcert me so much? Ive written about animal suffering in the meat industry. I’ve also expressed incredulity at how blasé some people are about the dangers of over-consuming processed meat. In my view, people should acquire personal responsibility for doing this, or just as they are told to when it comes to cigarettes and alcohol. However,even though I wouldn’t eat meat, and I think other people would benefit from eating less of it, or I don’t think that all meat per se,from high-quality to low, biological to processed, or is equivalent to tobacco.
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Source: theguardian.com