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Free markets: Butchers chase animal rights activists out of London meat market

Posted by freedomforall 4 years, 6 months ago to Entertainment
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A band of animal rights activists bit off more than they could chew when they tried to pull a stunt at a London meat market. Hostile butchers sent the vegans packing after allegedly pelting them with eggs and meat.
The showdown took place after protesters from the Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) group tried to stage a demonstration at Smithfield Market in the UK capital.

Video footage of the feisty stand-off shows a furious fight between activists and the butchers who were clad in white coats. Punches were thrown by both sides before the demonstrators were roughly escorted out of the building by the market workers.

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  • Posted by rhfinle 4 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    In case you've never seen it: the "Dish of the Day" skit from the '80's Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy movie says it best.
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  • Posted by $ pixelate 4 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Now you're talking ... the visual that you present is both more powerful and economical. Thank you!
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  • Posted by $ Olduglycarl 4 years, 6 months ago
    That warms my heart. Must have been a riot to watch.
    Don't they know that Cows Like being served medium rare on my plate?
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  • Posted by rhfinle 4 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Great mental image but sadly a waste of good food. I would think that pelting them with leftover offal, bones, and various excreted bodily fluids and solids would be more rewarding and environmentally friendly.
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  • Posted by $ Commander 4 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I wish I could remember where I got it to give due credit.
    And when Thor delivers Randall Tex Cobb as a visual .....Geeeze Louise!
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  • Posted by $ pixelate 4 years, 6 months ago
    Vegans being pelted with eggs and meat. That is such a thoroughly lovely visual.
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  • Posted by $ pixelate 4 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Good grief. That was beautiful. Nearly peed myself . I need to share this powerful story with others!
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  • Posted by $ Thoritsu 4 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Much better movie than that. Cook works for the thief. Thief is gangster. Gorgeous neglected, abused wife. Lover has affair with her. Thief kills lover. Wife has Cook cook the Lover and serve him to the Thief.

    Very cool movie.
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  • Posted by $ Thoritsu 4 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I bet he wouldn't give any of it back either, with a completely recognizable face, and >$1M in the bank.

    Neither would any of the NFL guys, most who would struggle in manual labor without that career. I doubt I'll make what an average NFL player makes in a lifetime. There is no way they would make it without the NFL...except Terry Crews!
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  • Posted by $ blarman 4 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Cook the illegal server, steal millions from donations meant for relief victims, abuse the help and then execute the love interest/lawyer? Sounds like the Clintons' life story in nine words...
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  • Posted by freedomforall 4 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    One fighter that apparently didn't get brain damage in the ring. Per Wikipedia, in January 2008, at age 57, Cobb graduated magna cum laude from Temple University with a bachelor's degree in sport and recreation management.
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  • Posted by $ Thoritsu 4 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    HA!!!!!!!!!!!!! No doubt.

    Now you need the part where Randall Tex Cobb dressed from Raising Arizona visits the journalist after...
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  • Posted by $ Commander 4 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    THE BIKER AND THE LION
    A little girl was leaning into a lion's cage. Suddenly, the lion grabs her by the collar of her jacket and tries to pull her inside to slaughter her, under the eyes of her screaming parents. A biker jumps off his Harley, runs to the cage and hits the lion square on the nose with powerful punch.
    Whimpering from the pain the lion jumps back letting go of the girl, and the biker brings the girl to her terrified parents, who thank him endlessly.
    A reporter has watched the whole event. The reporter addressing the Harley rider says, 'Sir, this was the most gallant and bravest thing I've seen a man do in my whole life.' The Harley rider replies, 'Why, it was nothing, really. The lion was behind bars. I just saw this little kid in danger, and acted as I felt right.'
    The reporter says, 'Well, I'll make sure this won't go unnoticed. I'm a journalist, you know, and tomorrow's paper will have this story on the front page. So, what do you do for a living, and what political affiliation do you have?
    The biker replies "I'm a U.S. Marine, a Republican and I voted for Trump".
    The journalist leaves.

    The following morning the biker buys the paper to see if it indeed brings news of his actions, and reads on the front page:
    U.S MARINE ASSAULTS AFRICAN IMMIGRANT AND STEALS HIS LUNCH.
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  • Posted by $ Thoritsu 4 years, 6 months ago
    Little dose of reality for the snowflakes. Next they'll be demonstrating on the Serengeti against some lions for their poor treatment of wildebeast, and get a real taste of how much the world sucks for prey animals.
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  • Posted by $ gharkness 4 years, 6 months ago
    I'll have to say I'm disappointed. My first mental image of the butchers chasing off the activists was the butchers with knives held high! I think they were far too gentle with said "activists."
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