Chicago's Goose Liver Goose Step

Published on August 12, 2006 By Gideon MacLeish In Current Events

On August 22, foie gras will be banned in Chicago.

The city made a recent decision to bow to the pressures of animal rights groups who protested the delicacy by banning it in restaurants within the city. While I'm not particularly a fan of livers of ANYHING (livers, after all, are the body's toxin filter...any poisons the animals eat will process through that same liver...but I digress), I AM concerned about this particular piece of legislation. While the ban many cities place on undercooked eggs has at least some health concerns behind its implementation (although only something like 1 in 20,000 eggs actually can pass salmonella on to the diner...but again with the digression), the foie gras ban is unique in that its ban is concerned with the welfare of the animal. And a council that is willing to pass such a ban could find itself soon banning virtually all meat products with the same concerns in mind.

Now, mind you, there ARE health benefits of a vegetarian diet. But I am one who is incensed at the prospect of a vegetarian diet being forced on us by a small group of the mentally ill who happen to be able to make banners and protest. The government should not be allowed to dictate what we may or may not eat, and ironically, the same protestors calling for the ban are the same ones arguing that the government should not be allowed to dictate who we may or may not marry. While they allegedly clamor for freedom, they're quick to yank liberties away from those with whom they ideologically disagree.

Maintaining a humane standard for raising animals is one thing. Banning their consumption is another. The Chicago City Council's edict is just another example of left wing Nazism that should be done away with. I'm guessing the "mudbugs" that are all so famous in Chicago's Cajun restaurants will be the next casualty.

Comments

bakerstreet

on Aug 12, 2006

I can't imagine a city that prides itself on its restaurants and fine dining would do such a moronic thing. There's nothing cruel about foie gras. On one show I saw where they visited a farmer who made it, the duck actually came when he called and happily sat on his lap, unrestrained, while he put the funnel in its mouth and poured the food down.

The problem in Chicago is the one in San Francisco, I'm afraid. The image police are on patrol looking for ways to protect their 'brand' and expand it. That's why the turds in S.F. didn't want the Christian youth concert there. What both don't realize is that they are turning away the majority to fellate the useless whining minority.

"Now, mind you, there ARE health benefits of a vegetarian diet."

That's a myth. You can kill yourself with a vegetarian diet as fast or faster than being omnivorous. There are benefits to a healthy diet, and it is a solid fact that it is more difficult to adequately nourish yourself as a vegetarian than it is being able to eat whatever you like. In many parts of the developing world vegetarianism would be a death sentence.

We embrace the vegetarian crap because we have grocery stores that are open 24/7, and our normal diet is so intolerably unhealthy. America unhealthy cuisine isn't about meat, it's about mainlining saturated fats sandwiched between man-made carbohydrates and using super sugars to wash it down. Sure, vegetarian diets are healthier than that, but what isn't?

Dr Guy

on Aug 12, 2006

Actually, I hate Liver! And I hate Foie Gras because of the way it is prepared. But aren't we talking about individual consciousness?

I dont eat veal for the same reason! But I do not deny that to others (I remember a dinner with my priest when he ordered Veal Parmisan. I told him why I do not eat veal. He enjoyed his dinner. I did not slap the fork out of his hands).

Quite simply, if someone knows and then decides to partake, that is up to them. But my conscious is clear.

But my conscious is not theirs then is it?

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