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Clairvoyant Abilities of the City Administration or Folded Under Pressure from Animal Rights Protesters?Did the city of Weißenfels give in to the animal rights protesters? Or what is the real reason behind the cancellation of the street food and small arts festival? 
On Monday, the article Stop exploitation, promote solidarity, shut down Tönnies! and the Street Food and Small Arts Festival was published here, pointing out the animal liberation demonstration scheduled parallel to the street food and small arts festival. The next day, the city of Weißenfels announced that the same street food and small arts festival was cancelled. The reason given was poor weather forecasts — rain and gusty winds. “Under these conditions, a successful street food and small arts festival is unimaginable. The event, focused on enjoyment and entertainment, would attract almost no visitors, and the primarily hobby caterers would suffer severe financial damage,” culture office director Christian Endt was quoted in the Mitteldeutsche Zeitung. This is surprising since other open-air events in the greater area have not been cancelled so far. For example, the Eisleben fair is still being set up. There has been no cancellation of the “Green Market” scheduled for September 14, 2024, on the market square in Weißenfels. In Zeitz, the Sputnik Spring Break Tour for the Wine Festival and the open-air concert by Joelina Drews are planned. The weather conditions are likely not that different in Weißenfels. A few looks at various forecast models on kachelmannwetter.de for Weißenfels predict some wind but no rain this coming Saturday (Wednesday’s forecast), and less wind with only 0.1 mm of precipitation on Sunday. Weather forecasts several days ahead are always tricky and rarely hold true. A forecast from yesterday would be even less precise. What’s really behind the cancellation?The situation suggests there is more behind the cancellation than just fear of bad weather. A demonstration against the Tönnies slaughterhouse had been announced for September 15, 2024, at the same time as the street food and small arts festival. While Jüdenstraße in Weißenfels was supposed to offer a culinary journey of discovery with an international selection of dishes — including wild boar specialties, venison burgers, and Filipino suckling pig — the animal liberators wanted to protest the mass production of meat and poor working conditions in the meat industry. This creates an obvious dilemma: On one side, meat dishes are celebrated as delicacies; on the other, protests are held against the very industry and its abuses.A meeting of festival visitors and animal rights activists could lead to open tensions. For many visitors who see the festival as a relaxed moment of enjoyment, it might become uncomfortable to suddenly face the harsh reality of meat production, especially if protesters point out the grievances linked to the production of exactly these foods. Could it be that the city of Weißenfels saw the cancellation with reference to the weather as a way to defuse exactly this conflict potential? Officially, the weather was cited as the reason, but it seems at least possible that the protest of the animal liberators and the symbolic power of the planned street food festival — with its many meat specialties — played a bigger role. But why couldn’t the demonstration simply be kept at bay with increased police presence? The demonstration is probably legally registered and protected by freedom of assembly. A strict police crackdown to keep protesters away might have caused even more attention and fueled the protest further. Also, the visibility of the demonstration near the street food festival could unintentionally bring more focus to criticism of the meat industry. An image the city wants to avoid? Or is the city yielding to the protesters, especially since the political agenda aims to reduce meat consumption? But what does this mean for future events if a minority can force the majority’s hand? New date in OctoberThe street food and small arts festival is now planned to be held simultaneously with the Genussmarkt (Gourmet Market) on October 19, 2024. Will the weather be better then? Or do the officials have clairvoyant abilities to look that far into the future? But can it be ruled out that there might again be a demonstration by animal liberators on that day? What does the crystal ball say?Author: AI-Translation - Michael Thurm | 11.09.2024 |
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