[Vision2020] Fwd: West of Paris

[Megan Prusynski]

Sorry if this is a re-post. I didn't see it appear on the digest so I  
just wanted to make sure my explanation went through. :)
~m

> From: Megan Prusynski <megan at meganpru.com>
> Date: August 25, 2006 10:24:26 AM PDT
> To: vision2020 at moscow.com
> Subject: Re: West of Paris
>
> Actually I had no idea where the restaurant was located or that it  
> was affiliated with NSA until AFTER I stated my objection to foie  
> gras and my plans to protest (I found out from Saundra's post about  
> foie gras before I had begun researching the restaurant). So I'm  
> not singling anyone out for their religious affiliations, I could  
> really care less what church Mr. Foucachon belongs to or if he's  
> affiliated with NSA. And he did tell me that he plans to look for a  
> more humane supplier (but the production of foie gras really can't  
> be done humanely, because it relies on force feeding to fatten the  
> animals' livers) and that he took it off the menu until then. He  
> did not mention to me that he planned on putting it back on the  
> menu, nor that he took it off simply because he ran out of it.
>
> As for why I don't attack every single restaurant that serves meat,  
> well that would be a losing battle. I'm not trying to tell people  
> what they can eat. I do protest at KFC because they have especially  
> cruel practices in the way they raise & slaughter their chickens,  
> and they have quite a bit of clout and presence in the industry and  
> could make a lot of changes if they so chose to. PETA has a  
> campaign against KFC because they have refused to make some very  
> minor changes in their slaughtering process (we're asking them to  
> gas the chickens before they are dropped into the feather removal  
> tank that many go into alive, just to be sure they are dead and  
> don't die so painfully). I have to pick my battles here, and I try  
> to pursue campaigns that have the capacity to educate people and  
> bring about real change, and those where the suffering of the  
> animals is the worst. I oppose ALL animal cruelty, but use  
> different tactics in each case. For instance, I'm not going to  
> force all restaurants to stop selling pork or even attempt to  
> because I don't think it would work, but I will happily educate  
> anyone about a vegetarian diet and ask restaurant owners to serve  
> more vegetarian options. I also freely distribute information to  
> anyone who wants it, speak at classes or to the press about animal  
> cruelty issues, etc.
>
> The reason I am particularly concerned with foie gras is that first  
> of all this is the first time I have ever heard of it being served  
> in Moscow (in the 5 years I have lived here) and second, it is a  
> particularly cruel practice, involving what seems to me a bit more  
> inhumane treatment than your average factory farm. These ducks &  
> geese are restrained, a metal pipe is forced down their throats,  
> and food is stuffed into them until they contract a liver disease  
> (their livers swell to 6-10 times the normal size, not exactly  
> comfortable or healthy). Of course most farms also keep them in  
> tiny, cramped cages during this feeding stage, just like chickens  
> in factory farms, but the force feeding is what I find particularly  
> questionable. Also, this food is a delicacy, very expensive, and  
> totally unnecessary for anyone to eat it. So it's not like I'm  
> asking for all meat to be abolished, it would just be one small  
> step in the right direction if foie gras was not served.
>
> I hope I have cleared things up a bit. Mr. Foucachon, I am NOT  
> trying to single you out based on any affiliations, I would  
> campaign against foie gras at any restaurant I found out was  
> serving it mostly because I have a particular aversion to this  
> horrible practice, and it is completely unnecessary to the success  
> of your business anyway.
>
> I don't appreciate accusations either, Mr. Arnold.
>
> peace,
> ~megan
>
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2006 09:09:15 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Donovan Arnold <donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] West of Paris
> To: Joe Campbell <joekc at adelphia.net>, "g. crabtree"
> 	<jampot at adelphia.net>
> Cc: vision2020 at moscow.com
> Message-ID: <20060825160915.34744.qmail at web38102.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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>
> Maybe the Newspaper and/or Megan has misunderstood what Mr.  
> Foucachon said. I bet that is the case.
>
>   My question is why Megan would protest the mistreatment of birds  
> when  pigs are mistreated and served everywhere in Moscow. Sounds  
> to me like  they are just making things up to protest about because  
> the restaurant  is connect to NSA.
>
>   Best,
>
>   _DJA

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