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I will eat foie gras or anything else I want and I will fight to do so.
I will eat vegetables or anything else I want and I will fight to do so.
I also have toyed with the idea, off and on, of growing/eating chickens myself, but I'm in an apartment right now, so that decision will have to wait.
This idea transfers into fishing while camping....I haven't yet, but I think sustainable fish supplies in wild areas with strong populations would be okay in my moral book.
The one last thing is the recent reporting on a bike shop owner in town who has been trapping and eating the invasive nutria. I may look into that this spring and summer, as nutria are very destructive to wildlife habitats and wetlands.
Sure they are, but only because they don't have access to the meat surplus that we do in America (in which America = stereotypical first world country). If you were to offer a rural Chinese subsistence farmer who currently lives on rice and water a virtually unlimited supply of quality beef or chicken, he'd likely spend every day of the rest of his life grilling T-bones.
Disgusting.
Ummmm, but they advocate for assisted suicide as humane and dignified...
Animal Defense League = Terrorists.
Just like PeTA.
Notice how the 'e' that should stand for Ethical is always undercase?
Oh, because Ethics aren't actually what their concern is.
Some Person:
"Vegetarianism is a luxury you crybabies. Therefore, you shouldn't do it b/c there are starving people in developing countries."
Me:
"Lots of developing countries are vegetarian"
Couple Other People:
"You're stupid bc people who live in developing countries are all heathens and we'd be crazy to take cues about how to be 'humane' from them and also the only reason they are vegetarian is bc they don't have access to awesome American steaks"
So I guess it's my turn. I'll state the obvious and remind the commenter above that many developing countries are vegetarian due primarily to their religious beliefs, not the fact that they don't have a Sizzler next door.
Also, I do believe that choosing to be vegetarian is, in some ways, a privilege. As meat-eaters are so wont to point out, a starving person doesn't get to choose. But the point is; I do. I live in a really rich country that uses their wealth, in part, to fund and operate a factory farming-type food system that I don't believe in. Since I'm not starving, I'm obligated to choose the more humane option.
The fact that other people are starving and so don't get to choose doesn't make me less obligated to think about where my food comes from, it makes me more obligated.
Also, I'd just like to point out to techchefpdx that artificially fattened duck liver is much more of a first world luxury than vegetarianism. While most people in the world don't abjectly refuse to eat meat, it's also a fact that meat is a very inefficient and expensive source of calories, and that most of the world can't afford it. I have no moral opposition to eating animals, but it's actually meat eating that's the luxury, not vegetarianism or veganism.
http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/pdx/1571683260.html
To the Misinformed Animal Rights Activist Who �Liberated� My Chickens
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Date: 2010-01-26, 11:10AM PST
Dear Madam or Sir,
Due to a long string of events surrounding the protest of a backyard poultry processing class to be held at my house (using old egg-laying hens from a local organic farm), you have decided it would be in the best interests of MY egg-laying hens to �liberate� them, i.e. steal them from my yard in the middle of the night. What worries me is not so much the trespassing, theft, harassment and dissemination of my private information (such as my home address) to the public, but is the complete misguided step you have taken to ensure I cannot care for my pets anymore. You have stolen my egg-laying hens, which I have raised from wee chicks, and relocated them to God-knows-where.
There are two options here: you traumatized and killed my hens by setting them �free� in the wilderness, or, you hypocritically passed them on to someone else to enjoy the egg laying benefits.
Let�s start with number 1: You took my four hens from my yard last night to set them free in their �natural environment� away from evil egg-eaters such as myself. They will die because they are domesticated animals and have no ability to fight for themselves. A raccoon will shred the chickens faster than you can beat your vegan meat. Great job, there, animal-lover. Was your plan to provide a nutritious meal to the scavenging raccoon population of Portland?
Or, shall we go with number 2: You re-located my pets to some other house where the owners do not know the history of the chickens or have paid the love and attention I have given them for the past 2 years, i.e. raising them from chicks. You are a hypocrite for furthering a lifestyle that allows people to own domesticated livestock. Great job. Although chickens are not the smartest creatures of the animal kingdom, you can be assured they were still traumatized by your kidnapping and relocation process.
What did you expect to accomplish, radical Portland animal rights activist? Did you think you would earn some cred with the Portland Animal Defense League who gave out all my roommate�s (and therefore my) private information on the internet? Did you want to thoroughly upset and sadden a chicken-owner trying to raise her own eggs instead of resorting to buying nameless farm factory eggs and supporting large corporations? If so, then let�s give you a pat on the back for your great success! I guess I will be buying my eggs from the store now and will look out into my backyard where my loving chickens once stood and wonder where to put my tasty vegetable scraps. Your asshole would be the next best location.
Sincerely,
Angie
P.S. Return my chickens you ignorant fool. You bring a bad name to all activism.