Foie gras industry's goose cooked

Jerusalem Post ^ | 3-19-06 | DANIEL KENNEMER

[wireman]

No one should support animal cruelty

If my veal chop constitutes "animal cruelty," I wholeheartedly support it! Everything we eat was once alive.

[ikka]

Animals are property and the standard for "animal cruelty" for something you are going to eat, is very high.

[brewcrew]

Here's another Oprah quote: “Take responsibility for your life, and get an education."

You should stop quoting someone who doesn't know proper usage of a comma. Or was that your comma?

[spanalot]

""Are you a vegetarian?""
"Yes. But that doesn't mean I'm not a hypocrit."

Well at least you admit to being a hypocrite.

[31R1O]

Mmmmmm, Foie Gras with sauteed apples and a glass of Sauternes.

[brewcrew]

Not to mention that the quote is about education. What a laughing stock!

[spanalot]

"The son-in-law had taken the father-in-law back to where the dead quail had laid and they buried it back near the house, "

What an incredible shot - it should have been celebrated by braising it in Olive oil, a little garlic , rosemary, and some dry Reisling.

[Chaguito]

The more the eyes look human, the 'cuter' the animal.

[Vision]

The death knell should also be sounded on the veal industry. No one should support animal cruelty

Good luck with that one

"Of all that I have accomplished, the thing I'm proudest of is that I have a good heart."~Oprah

LOL

[Cvengr]

Methinks JarJar isn't that cute...

[King Moonracer]

If it was cute or majestic when it was alive, eating it is cruel. :)

Pretty much excludes dogs, all cats, horses, whales, dolphins, and gorillas. Otherwise, ring the dinner bell.

But not people. IT'S PEOPLE, THEY"RE EATING PEOPLE!!!!

[Cvengr]

I think too many people, who have never lived on a ranch or farm, confuse veal with Kobe beef.

[cbkaty]

The death knell should also be sounded on the veal industry. No one should support animal cruelty.

....and next...the fish, fowl, pork, lamb, and standard beef industries? Where does this animal cruelty issue stop? Will it stop at roach protection (lobsters).....?

[JCEccles]

No one should support animal cruelty.

Time to crack down on carnivores in the wild, then. Their meat slaughtering and eating practices make human methods of harvest look infinitely kind in comparison.

[Chaguito]

Re: JarJar...OK, "cuter", as long as the human-looking eyes aren't on stalks.

[Old Professer]

If it can't be properly defined, how then can it be regulated?

[starbase]

These people consider any human use of animals to be "cruelty." Their demands will never end, until others begin to ignore them.

I saw some scummy PETA types with a bumper sticker on their crappy, run down car that said "Dairy is Rape". You know, keeping the cows pregnant so they produce milk is rape.

You're right, their demands are that we don't use animals for anything, no matter how comfortable we make them on the farm. And they should be comfortable, I think, I mean for animals. It's not necessary for them to have severe pain while fattening up for our culinary pleasure.

[JCEccles]

it should have been celebrated by braising it in Olive oil, a little garlic , rosemary,

About 25 years ago I was deer hunting with a friend and happened upon a forest grouse (fool's hen) sitting quietly on a tree limb about 50 feet away My friend picked up a rock and said, "I wonder how close I can come to hitting it. Maybe I can make it fly." Pegged it square in the head.

We stopped right there, built a fire and had roast breast of forest grouse. Better than pheasant, and almost as mild as chicken. Mmmmm.

[Vision]

Maybe, if I wanna eat goose liver, veal, kobe beef, or cute little fuzzy bunnies, I'm gonna do it

Genesis 28 And God gave them his blessing and said to them, Be fertile and have increase, and make the earth full and be masters of it; be rulers over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing moving on the earth.

[Old Professer]

Look, goose ain't got teeth, taste buds or any true sense of smell but it does get hunger pangs.

As far as any liver is concerned, it would take a funnel and two strong men to get any of it in my stomach.