• Visitors can check out the Forum FAQ by clicking this link. You have to register before you can post: click the REGISTER link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. View our Forum Privacy Policy.
  • Want to receive the latest contracting news and advice straight to your inbox? Sign up to the ContractorUK newsletter here. Every sign up will also be entered into a draw to WIN £100 Amazon vouchers!

An acceptable facet of the surveillance society....

Collapse
X
  •  
  • Filter
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts

    An acceptable facet of the surveillance society....

    ....would be to get CCTV in all abattoirs & impose draconian penalties on anyone flouting the welfare rules; these articles crop up periodically every once in a while but nothing ever seems to get done as a result:

    Link

    I guess that the people who work in these places become desensitised & are more worried about getting their bonuses than the welfare of the animals.

    This one's even worse in that the surveillance was carried out in a Soil Association approved abbatoir. Not going to
    enjoy that outdoor reared pork chop I've got in my fridge so much now.

    #2
    Originally posted by wurzel View Post
    Not going to enjoy that outdoor reared pork chop I've got in my fridge so much now.
    Why not? This is just a daily mail 'animals get killed for food' shocker!!!

    Never thought I'd see the term 'hither and thither' used in a national newspaper:

    One pig tries to escape, running hither and thither...
    Older and ...well, just older!!

    Comment


      #3
      Pigs aint stoopid, they know what's coming, so of course they try and leg it.
      Insanity: repeating the same actions, but expecting different results.
      threadeds website, and here's my blog.

      Comment


        #4
        Originally posted by threaded View Post
        Pigs aint stoopid, they know what's coming, so of course they try and leg it.
        round our way they tried to get a sign up saying 'freedom through Pork'

        but they c0cked it up somehow



        (\__/)
        (>'.'<)
        ("")("") Born to Drink. Forced to Work

        Comment


          #5
          Originally posted by EternalOptimist View Post
          round our way they tried to get a sign up saying 'freedom through Pork'
          Wow, circular arguments going on here today:
          Older and ...well, just older!!

          Comment


            #6
            Originally posted by ratewhore View Post
            Wow, circular arguments going on here today:
            no,no it was a reference to..
            aw fergeddit
            (\__/)
            (>'.'<)
            ("")("") Born to Drink. Forced to Work

            Comment


              #7
              Originally posted by EternalOptimist View Post
              round our way they tried to get a sign up saying 'freedom through Pork'

              but they noddyed it up somehow
              Oh, I think I've seen that:
              Arbeit Macht Pies
              My all-time favourite Dilbert cartoon, this is: BTW, a Dumpster is a brand of skip, I think.

              Comment

              Working...
              X