Quote Originally Posted by leo9 View Post
If the move against ritual slaughter were included in a general cleanup of slaughterhouse practices, I would believe that it was motivated by an honest concern for animal welfare. A law specifically targeting ritual slaughter is a blatant piece of headline-grabbing by politicians wanting to have it both ways - please the right wing by bashing Muslims, while staying cool with the left by promising they're only doing it for the good of the animals.

If I were a parliamentary member wanting to stop this, I'd put down an amendment to add bans on a raft of other cruel and profitable factory farming practices, and let the media watch the government tap-dancing as they try to explain why their new-found concern for animal welfare stops at the door of the hallal butcher's.
I agree with what your saying wholeheartedly when it comes to the politicians being ass hatts on this, too bad no one is calling them out... yet I do not see prejudice against cultures of the middle east as being a "right wing" thing anymore than support of muslim extremiests and terroristsa as a "left wing" thing, if you catch my meaning.