This vegan woman who sued her neighbors for
cooking meat in their backyard probably didn't
expect such a backlash.
Cilla Carden, who resides in Perth, Western
Australia, tried to sue her neighbors because
she couldn't stand the smell of grilling meat,
according to Insider.
As a response, more than 3,000 online supporters
got busy planning a massive BBQ outside of
her house, just to further annoy her — but
according to the New York Post, it was ultimately
not meant to be.
Carden said that the smell of her neighbors
and their BBQ was bad enough that it affected
her life to the point where she was constantly
upset and had trouble sleeping.
"They've put it so you smell fish, all I can
smell is fish."
In addition to the smell of cooking meat,
she also complained that she couldn't deal
with her neighbors' cigarette smoking or the
sounds of their children playing basketball.
While the State Administrative Tribunal and
the Supreme Court of Western Australia dismissed
her case and denied her appeal, she states
that she's determined to keep fighting, as
9News reported.
However, since her lawsuit made the news,
a Facebook group popped up that attracted
around 3,000 people who planned to hold a
massive BBQ outside her home.
The event description read,
"Don't let Cilla destroy a good old Aussie
tradition."
And it even went so far as to promise to help
her:
"Get some pork on her fork."
These grand plans were kiboshed, though, once
Carden and her lawyer got wind of the revenge
BBQ event.
Her attorney posted to the event and warned,
"Any person who seeks to attend Ms. Carden's
property on Saturday October 19th, 2019 or
at any other time in relation to this event
or matter will be referred to the [police]
on the ground of trespass."
The event organizer noted that the event was
far too big of a logistical nightmare, that
he doesn't condone any harassment of Carden,
and that he doesn't wish for anyone to trespass
upon her property.
The event has since been deleted and is no
longer planned, but the dust-up from her lawsuit
and the resulting news coverage isn't likely
to die down anytime soon.
Australians aren't exactly known for being
vegans.
The actor who played Crocodile Dundee, Paul
Hogan, starred in a series of commercials
in the mid-to-late '80s for the Australian
Tourist Commission, targeted for audiences
in the U.S., that cemented the idea of "shrimp
on the barbie" in the minds of Americans.
"Come on, come and say g'day.
I'll slip an extra shrimp on the barbie for
you."
Veganism, as a whole, does continue to grow
in Australia as the country's inhabitants
are buying less red meat and buying more meat
substitutes, according to ABC News reports.
However, the country still ranks in the world's
top five countries for eating beef.
Veganism is not without its critics, though
— and some are more vocal than others.
Gordon Ramsay, for example, famously known
for speaking his mind, responded to a tweet
about vegan lasagna saying he was a member
of PETA — as in, by his own definition,
"people eating tasty animals."
As expected, this set off a firestorm of comments
and retweets dragging the cantankerous chef
in the dirt, including PETA themselves, who
shamed him for:
"Mocking the future vegan we're betting you
one day become."
This is not the first time, though, that he's
found himself on the carnivorous side of the
road across from unhappy vegans.
According to The Telegraph, Paul McCartney,
a vegan himself, called Ramsay "stupid" in
2008 for saying that he'd electrocute his
children if they told him they were vegan.
As for Carden and her crusade against her
neighbors, it's hard to say how that situation
will ultimately resolve, as the courts didn't
bother validating her lawsuit.
The 3,000-person strong BBQ, though, is not
going to happen.
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