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More People To Tell Us What To Do With Our Lives
In the future, 9/11/07 will be known as the day that the tide finally turned and the ducks and geese would be free to, uh, die in peace. Yes, a new group has joined the fight against foie gras, bringing the total number of people who really care about this issue to 15. (This will probably get them about 48 more Sunday Inquirer cover stories.) Foie gras — pronounced “foy grass” — is made from the fattened liver of geese and ducks. About 2-3 weeks before slaughter, the goose or duck is force-fed through a tube in its esophagus. Some people think this is cruel to the animals, sometimes pontificating about it while they chew on a juicy hamburger. The new group that’s entered the fray is called Professionals Against Foie Gras; its members are attempting to convince City Councilman Jack Kelly to push a bill through City Council that would ban foie gras; he introduced a bill back in April 2006 but — surprise! — nobody who matters actually cares. Meanwhile, a bunch of horses were killed today after breaking their legs on horseracing tracks, but that’s heroic. Local Group Enters Fray Over Idea To Ban Foie Gras [KYW 1060] |
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They were protesting outside of Caribou Cafe this Saturday while I was eating at Moriarity’s.
Thought I’d share.
I agree with the hamburger point. All these people protest cruelty to animals and then turn around and gets a bacon cheeseburger. Last time I checked those cows didn’t die of natural causes.
OMG i’m going to join Professionals Against Foie Gras immediately and then display it prominently on my resume.
Foie gras is animal cruelty. So are bacon cheeseburgers. So is dog fighting. In all cases, people inflict terrible suffering on powerless animals for their own passing enjoyment, even when humane sources of enjoyment abound. Why can’t we cut the animals a break? Why not show a little mercy here and there? Why not imagine yourself in their place for a moment and consider what it means that you should know pain, fear, and death, not so another could live, but just so that they could say, “Hmmm…that was yummy. What’s on TV?”