leibowde84
Veteran Member
What do you mean? Because it's hard to wear shirts with collars and a necklace?
-
Welcome to Religious Forums, a friendly forum to discuss all religions in a friendly surrounding.
Your voice is missing! You will need to register to get access to the following site features:- Reply to discussions and create your own threads.
- Our modern chat room. No add-ons or extensions required, just login and start chatting!
- Access to private conversations with other members.
We hope to see you as a part of our community soon!
You don't eat pork? Wear this so we do not serve it to you
- Thread starter Khudayar
- Start date
dust1n
Zindīq
Well then FH's solution makes more sense; give everyone a color coded necklace of some kind. Just seems weird to me to have people publicly expose their dietary habits to everyone.
leibowde84
Veteran Member
I mean, it's not the government's fault that they refuse to eat a perfectly safe, cheap, and available source of protein and deliciousness (and dictate this to their children). It isn't a health concern, so, if they feel that strongly about it, they should be willing to put up with a tid bit of inconvenience, IMHO. It's like getting more time on the SATs when you have ADD. It outs you as having a mental hindrance, but, if it's worth it ...
dust1n
Zindīq
Sure, but it's not really unreasonable to accommodate vegetarianism in schools either, or lack of pork products. It's a tad bit inconvenient, but it's a simple practical solution. Just always have a vegetarian option, and the problem is solved for everyone. I'm not even sure why a necklace would even be necessary. Can the kids self-identify what it is they want to eat or not?
Politesse
Amor Vincit Omnia
Deliberately obtuse.
leibowde84
Veteran Member
Who said they don't have a vegetarian option? If we allow pork, what about shellfish? What about glutin? How many options will there have to be?
leibowde84
Veteran Member
I was serious actually. I hope I didn't offend you. I am genuinely curious. I don't get it. Can you answer my question, please?
dust1n
Zindīq
What kind of school serves shellfish?
Anyway, food allergens is a problem. CDC publishes voluntary guidelines for schools: http://www.foodallergy.org/document.doc?id=249
This generally includes being able to work a food plan in advance of alternative food options.
Politesse
Amor Vincit Omnia
Collars, on humans, are always used to humiliate. It implies the person is an animal. I felt you were being deliberately obtuse by pretending these were like shirt-collars, when they obviously are not.
leibowde84
Veteran Member
Would bracelets fix the issue then?
Some kids are too young to be able to identify Kosher/Halal foods, or the offending meat's hidden in a casserole. Being able to quickly identify which kid not to give the clam chowder to will move the line along a lot faster.
Sometimes it isn't a health or religious concern. Some veggies consider it simply immoral to contribute to the suffering of other sentient beings.
Agreed. catering to fifty different special needs can quickly get out of hand. Maybe best to label the major dietary groups or hazardous allergies and leave the outliers to fend for themselves.
French public schools, for one. In many schools lunch is a class, where culinary appreciation is taught. Meals that would be considered high-end, gourmet fare in the US are prepared by trained and certified chefs de cuisine.
Politesse
Amor Vincit Omnia
Singling out Muslim kids will always be a bad idea. Simply make meats optional. No other school sees the need to color-code their children.
roger1440
I do stuff
What does that mean?
freethinker44
Well-Known Member
Except for bacon, only the greatest food in the history of the world.
psychoslice
Veteran Member
Wouldn't it be easy just to ask for a dish of food that isn't pork, I can't see the problem ?.
Jumi
Well-Known Member
If it's a queueing system it might take extra minutes if everyone asks for vegan or no-pork version. Add to that, some of them might not even know French enough to explain what they want. I think that's why they wanted to have easy way of identifying what to serve.
It's basically politeness gone wrong since they didn't understand these kind of color codes might be offensive.
MARCELLO
Transitioning from male to female
This is not realistic. Just 4 letters : porc .
psychoslice
Veteran Member
I personally think its ridiculers, if its going to be so complicated then eat at home or take your lunch to school or whatever, you can't go wrong then and you will also save money.