Rather than boycott Burger King when the company chose to avoid paying some U.S. taxes by headquartering in Canada, extreme conservatives now want to boycott because Burger King has stopped selling bacon-cheeseburgers in Muslim sectors of Paris and other areas of France.
Instead of calling this what it is, a capitalist business decision to garner more euros out of the city's inner quadrants, they see the move as endorsing Sharia Law.
I can’t. I just can’t.
From the Conservative Tribune's website:
"Burger King has succumbed to the relentless Islamic surroundings in France under the brutality that is Shariah law.
"According to the The Local, the popular American fast food chain has engulfed over 400 Quick chain outlets in France in a major business transaction. While still keeping the Quick brand on 40 restaurants, those outlets will now serve 100 percent halal meat.
"What this also means is that bacon and chicken will no longer be displayed on the menus nor served in the remaining Quick locations."
Had the Conservative Tribune not been so reactionary, wanting to rile up its devoted readers, they might have asked themselves if there were any Burger Kings in Israel to see if they were selling bacon-cheeseburgers there.
“Burger King Israel (Hebrew: ברגר קינג) is the Israeli franchise of international fast food chain Burger King. Burger King first entered the Israeli market in 1993. It eventually closed in 2010, after the franchise owner Orgad Holdings purchased local chain Burgeranch and converted all Burger King locations in the country into Burgeranch locations. In July 2013, it was announced that Burger King was attempting to re-enter Israel. Initial discussions with its original Israeli franchise owner Yair Hasson were unsuccessful, and it finally secured re-entrance to the country by entering into a deal with a French company. The first restaurant, under the new franchise group, has been scheduled to open in February 2016, at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv.” --Wikipedia
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"When the Stranger says: 'What is the meaning of this city?
Do you huddle close together because you love each other?'
What will you answer? 'We all dwell together
To make money from each other'? or 'This is a community'?
And the Stranger will depart and return to the desert.
O my soul, be prepared for the coming of the Stranger,
Be prepared for him who knows how to ask questions."
—T. S. Eliot, "Choruses from 'The Rock'"