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Governor Spitzer Is Seeking To Block Ban on Foie Gras
in response to reader comment: Governor Spitzer Should Take a Tour of a Foie Gras Plant

Submitted by Brigitte, Jan 28, 2007 08:28

All of you make comments about having a "tube rammed down" the esoph. of a duck and even have the nerve to compare the pain a man feels to that of the duck itself. YOU CLEARLY KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THE ANATOMY OF DUCKS AND GEESE NOR DO YOU, FOR THAT MATTER, HAVE THE RIGHT TO DETERMINE THE EXTENT TO WHICH A DUCK OR GOOSE MIGHT FEEL PAIN. A DUCKS ESOPH. EXPANDS TO A SURPRISING SIZE (!) --- UNLIKE THAT OF THE MAN BY ANY MEANS AND IT HAS BEEN NOTED THAT THE DUCKS AND GEESE USED IN FOIE GRAS PRODUCTION WILLINGLY ---- YES WILLINGLY --- WOBBLE OVER TO THE PEOPLE WITH "TUBES TO RAM DOWN" THEIR GARBAGE SHUTES OF ESOPHIGI. THREE TIMES A DAY. THREE TIMES. BY THEIR OWN CHOICE. BY THE HUD. VALLEY. NO FENCES. JUSE GEESE. DUCKS. LOUNGING.

YOUR EXCUSE THAT FOIE GRAS IS NOT NEEDED IN THIS WORLD IS UNJUSTIFIED.


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Is foie gras halal? In other words, can good practicing moslems consume foie gras? I have heard that some makers... [MORE]

Haddon 

Feb 27, 2007 22:09

From Ancient Egypt to Gaul. Foie gras has a long-standing tradition in the history of gastronomy. Foie gras "pâté" only... [MORE]

Hangbuddy 

Feb 14, 2007 19:11

I believe there should be a question of morality here. Is it moral to forcably stuff a human being? I... [MORE]

Debbie Walter 

Feb 11, 2007 15:20

Just plain disappointed & disgusted Gov Spitzer would support eating parts of a goose or duck that has suffered HORRIBLY... [MORE]

toosh....... 

Jan 29, 2007 10:41

Foie grass is the diseased tissue of a tortured, sick animal; the result of farmers pumping up to four pounds... [MORE]

Annelise 

Jan 31, 2007 01:37

I can't believe all these militant commenters coming out of nowhere just to put in their 2 cents' worth about... [MORE]

DH 

Jan 29, 2007 10:37

Someone should look into that side of the foie gras production. Do we care more about the animals than the... [MORE]

mop 

Jan 20, 2007 10:25

I hope it is ignorance and human weakness that keeps us torturing animals , and humans as well. Shame on... [MORE]

carla 

Jan 19, 2007 20:47

Wouldn't we be better off if we just directly acknowledged that all the factory farming that produces almost all of... [MORE]

Tom in Chicago 

Jan 19, 2007 17:26

Remember those frat boys in college who stuck tubes down their throats in order to ingest as much booze as... [MORE]

Audrey 

Jan 19, 2007 09:07

Governor Spitzer has a chance now to educate himself and learn the facts about what happens to the ducks on... [MORE]

Julie Van Ness 

Jan 19, 2007 00:14

Why are the animal rights activists not making the "cruelty to animals" case, as was done in Chicago?

Are the ducks... [MORE]

Joan Robinson 

Jan 18, 2007 20:40

Never mind that Foie Gras--really any organ meat--has been proven to be completely unhealthful, contributing to high cholesterol. Nevermind that... [MORE]

Peter 

Jan 18, 2007 14:43

The short lives of these ducks and geese consist solely of torture three times a day, having a metal feeding... [MORE]

Paula von der Lancken 

Jan 18, 2007 14:35

I hope Spitzer changes his position. Foie gras is produced by sticking a pipe down ducks' and geese' throats, then... [MORE]

Daniel 

Jan 18, 2007 13:27

Governor Spitzer should take a tour through a foie gras plant. Foie gras is one of the most cruel and... [MORE]

Rina Deych 

Jan 18, 2007 13:17

All of you make comments about having a "tube rammed down" the esoph. of a duck and even have the...

Brigitte 

Jan 28, 2007 08:28

Hi Brigitte,

Lets hang out tonight and I'll stick something that's 3 times the normal inside diameter of your esophagus down... [MORE]

Vincenzo Verrelli 

Jan 28, 2007 12:59

I guess Spitzer doesn't realize he's not Attorney General anymore? I hate to say it but after everything I've hard... [MORE]

Erica 

Jan 18, 2007 09:56

Why are ducks any more important than cows, calves, chickens? Why aren't the same people who oppose foie up in... [MORE]

gustofsteel 

Jan 18, 2007 11:37

How could you possibly imply that people against foie gras are not also against the factory farms that abuse cows,... [MORE]

Peter 

Jan 30, 2007 16:06

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