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Foie Gras in California
euge:
From what I saw the birds were quite happy with the process. The feeder didn't have to chase them down.
Ever see a mother bird feed her chicks? Looks pretty violent to me. Nearly sticks her head down their throats.
nateo:
The only truly ethical diet is to only eat fallen fruit. I don't see how raising and killing living organisms, whether plant or animal, is ethical. The difference between a cattle feedlot, an industrial chicken coop, and Foie Gras is splitting hairs, IMO.
I have no problem killing and eating animals, but I don't think it's the "right" thing to do. I think it's neutral at best, or acceptably malevolent at worst.
bo:
I won't eat it, nor will I eat veal. Got no problem eating meat and I eat a lot of it, but the animals should be treated well while they're living.
tubercle:
I have never had foie gras and not even sure you can get in S.C. Maybe in Charleston at some of the fancier places.
Besides, we would just deep fry it, make gravy from the drippings and serve it with grits. ;D
morticaixavier:
I think it's perfectly reasonable for a society to decide that we will follow certain guidelines in our food production system. I hate that the same year that law passed so did prop 8, so people apparently care more about how we treat a goose before we kill it than how we treat our fellow humans but that is another story and FAR to political for this forum.
However I don't think it's unreasonable to say 'you can't tie a bird down and force feed it' or 'you can't feed a cow cement and make it stand chest deep in S**t all day and all night' or 'you can't tie a baby cow to a stake and not let it move for 4 months and then kill it' or 'you can't force chickens to never move and live 6-10 to a square yard and clip off their beaks and claws'
If, however, a farmer chooses to allow their geese to eat WAY too much grain, or to slaughter their calves before they have weened that is a different story. It's all cruel but there should be a threshold.
( I don't eat flesh at all but I do eat dairy and eggs)
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