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Foie Gras
8 months from now California will become the first state to ban the sale of foie gras. Chicago already attempted this a few years ago and quickly failed. The same state that leads the charge in fighting for peoples right to smoke whatever they please is suddenly attempting to police peoples eating habits.
If animal rights protesters were able to do so, I imagine they'd force veganism upon all of us. The PETA nutjobs really irk me, and I have so little respect for the organization as a whole. They rely solely on shock-tactics and publicity stunts (see: washed-up pamela anderson naked to protest fur). I don't even eat foie gras all that often, as it's expensive, but I am fond of it. How could I not be? It's delicious.
I watched a video on TED a few months back in which a 'more ethical' method of obtaining foie gras was discussed but, from what I've read, even the 'unethical' foie gras farms still host ducks that exhibit the pleasant 'plz feed me more' behavior. Anyway, I'm hoping this ban on foie gras doesn't gain a foothold from which it can spread. What's next - veal? Fuck off.
What do you guys think??
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