[Vision2020] A Friday Morning Chuckle

[Tom Hansen]

>From Comb-Over's Brainless Log (BLog) -

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Foie gras business doing well in rural Caledonia: Native Frenchman using his
heritage in duck venture

Via Chris: 

"To paraphrase H. L. Mencken, to be an intolerista is to be filled with the
haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be rejoicing in the manifold
splendor of God's blessings." 

The hand-wringers on V2020 manifest that in spades -- see their complaints
over foie gras. But a more balanced perspective can be found . . . 

As I told Chris, the Intoleristas were going to go to the ends of the earth
to find a justification for boycotting this restaurant - or anything else
that goes into the corner of that building. 

Their minds will justify anything that their hearts have already chosen.

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Note to Comb-Over:  Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.  Get over yourself
already, ok?

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

PS - On the good side, though, I guess this makes it official;

Megan Prusynski:  You are hereby officially dubbed Rookie Intolerista.
Check with Debi Robinson-Smith for your jersey.  You can get your decoder
ring from Keely.  Upon completion of one year's probation, we will secretly
admit you into the inner sanctum at a location known only to the midnight
shift stall sweeper in an unknown village on the mountains of Nepal (check
with Nick Gier) where you will be administered the oath and learn our really
neat-o handshake.  Seeya there.

"If I wanted to overhear every tedious scrap of brain static rattling around
in your head, I'd read your blog."

- Bill Maher

-----Original Message-----
From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com]
On Behalf Of Megan Prusynski
Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 6:45 PM
To: vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Vision2020 Digest, Vol 2, Issue 205

Saundra, I'd like to thank you for posting the notice about foie  
gras. I had no idea this restaurant was even coming to town, and I am  
horrified to see that they will be serving foie gras in Moscow! I  
actually joined the Vision2020 list today after your message was  
forwarded to me. I plan to talk to the owner and give them a little  
information on how cruel the practice of raising ducks & geese for  
foie gras is, and ask that it be taken off the menu. I will probably  
also mention that there are members of the community (including  
myself) that are boycotting the restaurant because of this. I hope  
the owners will be understanding as to why some of us wouldn't want  
such things to be a part of our community.

Also, I know there is an animal rights group on campus and I have  
asked them if they'd like to help me organize a protest outside the  
restaurant if they choose to keep serving duck liver. If anyone is  
interested in participating, please feel free to e-mail me (megan at  
meganpru dot com) and I'll let you know what plans we come up with.  
I'm thinking some large posters of ducks being force fed and a  
petition for people who wish to boycott the restaurant to sign would  
probably help get the point across, nothing too major, and it  
shouldn't be disruptive other than perhaps getting people to think  
twice about what they're eating & supporting.

For those that aren't aware, here is some info on foie gras and how  
geese & ducks are force fed to make it:
http://www.goveg.com/factoryFarming_ducks_foie.asp (see the videos in  
the right column especially)
http://www.gourmetcruelty.com/
http://www.stopforcefeeding.com/page.php?module=home

Thanks again Saundra for not supporting this cruelty. I'll probably  
be called all kinds of "lovely" names for being a "radical" animal  
rights activist, but someone's gotta stick up for the critters. :)

peace,
~megan



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