[Vision2020] Vision2020 Digest, Vol 2, Issue 209

[J Ford]

"I find it funny that that name came from someone quite intolerant."

That's the Dougster for ya!



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>From: Megan Prusynski <megan at meganpru.com>
>To: vision2020 at moscow.com
>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Vision2020 Digest, Vol 2, Issue 209
>Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 10:16:31 -0700
>
>Why thank you for the lovely welcome to the "intoleristas." I find it
>funny that that name came from someone quite intolerant...
>
>And as for the foie gras, the suppliers in the US and elsewhere all
>have the same practice (as seen in several undercover investigations
>into these suppliers), in fact, to make foie gras one has to induce a
>liver disease. That is why it gets fatty, because the ducks & geese
>are so overfed that their liver swells and they become very sick,
>often unable to move or do anything they would do normally. There is
>no way to produce foie gras without force-feeding the animals and
>inducing the disease. Foie gras is not a delicacy, it is a disease.
>
>It's great that the restaurant offer free-range chicken instead of
>factory farmed chicken, but it seems that your "ethics" are quite
>skewed, this doesn't make up for the fact that foie gras is just
>about the most cruel way to produce a meat (fat?) that is totally
>unnecessary and considered a "delicacy." I hope you'll consider
>making a higher degree of ethics universal throughout the restaurant.
>I would love to offer you more information on this subject, or some
>videos so you can see exactly what goes into foie gras production.
>Many restaurants, states (including California) and countries
>(including the UK & Switzerland) have banned it because producing it
>requires cruelty and there is much public outcry against it.
>
>I would be happy to eat at the restaurant if you're willing to take
>foie gras off the menu (assuming you offer vegetarian and vegan
>options). Until then, I'd be even happier to protest it. I hope we
>can have a civilized discussion about this, but if not, be prepared
>to deal with protesters. :)
>
>Here's a video showing what was revealed at an undercover
>investigation of a foie gras "farm": http://www.petatv.com/tvpopup/
>Prefs.asp?video=foie_gras_USA
>
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