[Reclaimmayday] Insulting remarks made at Mayday Meeting 28th April

[Jules]

For my part I am in agreement with protag's points.

J x

On 29/03/12 15:50, protag wrote:
> Steady on Richey
>
> I think you're referring to comments about the base cost of food made at
> the Treehouse, which seek to put origins of the ingredients ahead of cost
> in the order of priorities.
>
> (Particularly as this concerns an event associated with worker's struggles
> and the driving down of commodity prices is almost always at the expense of
> the weakest in society).
>
> This was not compared against anything specifically, as I recall, but in
> the context of the coversation could have been construed as a comparison
> with the other stalls we were talking about, one of which could be inferred
> to be of Asian origin. Or not.
>
> The word shit wasn't used, unless my hearing is seriously defective.
>
> Perhaps someone else who was there can confirm?
>
> You'll remember we talked about T-shirts and where they came from. The
> same arguments apply: no one said other T-shirts "were shit" - just that
> it's appropriate to be concerned about the conditions of the workers who
> grow the cotton etc.
>
> Correct?
>
> Cheers
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, 29 Mar 2012 15:41:46 +0100, richygill<richygill at googlemail.com>
> wrote:
>> Hi Heather,
>>
>> I am writing to you regarding the insulting remark made by you at
>> yesterdays mayday meeting namely your inference that asian food
>> suppliers use "shit ingredients".
>> I have put off relaying this to Bradford Catering until after you have
>> explained exactly what was meant by this.
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