Morrissey Speaks Out Against New £5 Note

What?

 

This made me lol because I said "What?" out loud to myself when I finished reading.

 

Dude, we get it, you're vegan!

 

I mean why are they using animal parts or something derived from it in money though?

 

So your money smells like bacon or burgers when you rub it :)

Just joking*, I don't condone them using animals for this. Seems pretty weird.

* I wish everything smelled like bacon!

 

Ahh. The new notes are made from a thin plastic instead of paper. That makes sense, since they use the same product in plastic bags. Still seems like they could have gone with one of a hundred other types of plastic that don't use tallow. Weird choice.

 

I hope he didn't use a fiver to snort what ever cocaine he was on with that statement

 

That's really weird they have tallow as an ingredient.

 

As much as I that there should not be a need for tallow in a bank note, I think the man should read up on subjects before going on a rant.

BoE already said they're are looking into alternatives and that their supplier used tallow in the polymer without their knowledge.

What else are they to do about about a bank that's not even in circulation?

 

From what I'm aware the tallow that's been in use for the entirety of the notes in use is less than what would be found in 1 cow. Don't know how accurate that statistic is, and I don't want to downplay that it's bad because it is, but Morrissey really does seem to struggle putting things into perspective.

 

while it's very, as expected from Morrisey, impassioned, I think it's a fair criticism, if for no other reason that it puts vegans in a difficult spot of choosing not to use animal products and essentially being forced to by circulation of money.

 

Surely they actually touch leather at some point in their day to day going abouts or do they treat brushing against it like it's holy water burning their skin?

 

Not eating meat sure can make a man cranky.

 

This is a pretty pointlessly antagonistic post

 

This type of comment is not only condescending to vegans but it's also a misunderstanding of veganism so basic that it appears willful. Of course they're not going to act like it burns because that's fucking ridiculous and not the point of veganism at all. Veganism is about making the choice not to support the use of animal product which is why using a bank note with tallow comes into conflict with that because they would be actively benefiting from the use of animal product.

 

i don't know what they do with that, although i imagine I do not touch leather much at all in my day to day. besides, it's different from actively carrying and using something which contains animal product

 

https://goo.gl/images/miDO6U

 

Hahaha. No honestly. It's a legitimate question.
If I'm mates with a vegan and I'm wearing a leather jacket and give them a hug hello or goodbye are they gonna freak out cause they touched some leather @Zac Djamoos @Carmensaopaulo cause this is they way I'm pircturing how they're feeling about 0.001% animal fat in a polymer. It's doing my head in

 

again, can't speak for vegans, but i would expect it's more with the fact that they are forced to regularly use animal products

 

I agree with every word of this statement up until that last sentence!!! Classic Morrisey

This sums it up perfectly! Its the fact that the choice is taken away from vegans; everyone HAS to use money and will inevitably come into contact with one of these new notes at some point.