restaurant's betrayal - tell the vegan press

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Isn't there a SF based vegetarian newspaper or magazine? I know someone writes a vegan column. I suggest one of you contact this publication and/or the vegan columnist and tell them about this outrage. It's certainly newsworthy and vegans will want to know about it. Cheers - MoyaLisa Herzstein <lisavegansf wrote: Mat & All,I intend to never go back either. Mat, I've been a long time loyalcustomer of both places. Ugh.They're actually idiotic to lie. I know most places don't

care aboutvegans, but not thinking about legal consequences about people withallergies who could actually die is dumb on their part. Practically ifnot ethically.I'm saying that whether people go back or not, they should let therestaurants know their feelings. My never going back might not even benoticed if I don't tell them why they've lost my business.I like Mat's idea of a group letter/petition, although many individualletters could be effective as well. As far as legal action, McDonaldsis a huge corporation; these guys are little and unless we could showactual harm, I doubt anyone would take a case. Yes, I feel veryharmed, but doubt that would fly legally.Anyway, thanks Tammy for giving out this information!- LisaOn 9/24/07, Mat Thomas <mathomas > wrote:>However, while I would support an effort to inform> them, I

myself will probably never eat at either of them again. Bok Choy> Garden and Shangri-La have been around for years, and by this point should> know better: they have earned a lifetime boycott, as far as I'm concerned.>> I believe inconsiderate restaurants will continue to lie until they are held> truly accountable for their actions. One way to do so is for customers to> let them know they have lost our trust and therefore our business: forever.> If there are others who would like to, say, collectively send them a letter> stating this, I would be interested in signing. When other restaurants hear> that people are refusing to eat at such places, they will get the message> that the vegan community is serious about sticking by our principles, and> that we will not be taken advantage of. Some may recognize that being> extra-careful about ingredients is a major selling point for> attracting

vegan patrons.>> In addition, if there was some legal recourse we could take, I would> actually support that course of action. Vegetarians successfully sued> McDonald's because they claimed their fries were vegetarian,> conveniently omitting the fact that they were flavored with beef tallow. Yet> I doubt the practicality of a legal approach, as it would probably be a> wasted effort. Still, I think it's a shame that restaurants can blatantly> lie about the food they are serving without legal repercussions.-- "Animals are my friends and I don't eat my friends" - George Bernard Shaw"The reasonable (person) adapts (herself/himself) to the world; theunreasonable one persists to adapt the world to (herself/himself).Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable (person)." - GeorgeBernard Shaw

Our first duty to our little brothers and sisters, the animals, is never to do them any harm. Our responsibilities do not end there, however. We are obligated to help them whenever they require it. – Saint Francis

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