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Governor Spitzer Is Seeking To Block Ban on Foie Gras
in response to reader comment: YOU CLEARLY KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THE ANATOMY OF DUCKS AND GEESE

Submitted by Vincenzo Verrelli, Jan 28, 2007 12:59

Hi Brigitte,

Lets hang out tonight and I'll stick something that's 3 times the normal inside diameter of your esophagus down your throat and then you can rant and rave all day tomorrow about how much fun and enjoyable of an experience it was. Are you for real? Have you seen and videos on Peta TV? These animals are tortured and forced feed. Each are in a small cage by them selves or with a few others and a few times a day large quantities of food are forced into them. They don't waddle over to the feeder. Silly person you. They actually crowd into the back of the cage or room, trying to avoid the individual that's feeding them. If this is your profession, well then you sound like a scary person and should seek help immediately. Going vegan will be a good start. It is true that many bird species can gorge on food, this is a survival instinct that comes handy while migrating across the country or in some cases across the globe. Just in case globe is to big of a word for you, it means the Earth. You know? Your the one that's unjustified and ignorant. If someone's job intales cruelty and torture well then, to bad for them if that job becomes illegal or goes away. By the way what are your credentials? I'm an avid environmentalist and animal rights activist with a background in physics and mechanical engineering.

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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... [MORE]	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...	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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