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it would be so much easier to just ban rich people

what does it matter if the duck was force fed? in the end, the duck will die and we will eat it. if people feel such guilt, we should ban eating livestock and let them run free!

foie gras is really good though.

For the record, the Chicago city council is considering reversing the ban on foie gras because of all the bad press the city has gotten for this stupid piece of legislation.

You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.

Foie gras is DELICIOUS!!!!

foie gras is gross and pointless.

I like how all the anti-abortion trolls are men. So typical.

Fellas, get pregnant and then let's talk.

This is not about freedom issues for New Yorkers. It is about the most basic compassion that all living creatures deserve.

People around the world have spoken out against the cruelty of foie gras. In 2004, California passed a law banning the sale and production of foie gras effective in 2012, and Chicago banned the sale of foie gras in 2006. Foie gras production has also been outlawed in the U.K., Germany, the Czech Republic, Finland, Luxembourg, Norway, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland, Denmark, and Israel.

To produce foie gras, a metal pipe is shoved down a goose or duck's throat and into their stomach. 6-7 pounds of grain is pressure-driven down the pipe, rupturing the bird's stomach or esophogus 10% of the time, leading to a very slow and agonizing death. Vomiting is often prevented by tying an elastic band around the bird's throat. This force feeding process takes place 3 to 5 times a day for a month, and transforms the normally 2 to 3 ounce liver into a 1 to 2 pound mass known as foie gras. As a result, ducks and geese at foie gras farms have trouble standing, walking, and breathing. Many of them die before the end of the force-feeding cycle, and the mortality rate for ducks raised on foie gras farms is among the highest in the farming industry.

As Abraham Lincoln said, "I am in favor of animal rights as well as human rights. That is the way of the whole human being."

For # 24

Yeah, and what "protection" might that be? The protection from being a responsible adult accountable for her own actions? Nice assumption that all abortions are done for the health of the mother.

I didn't assume any such thing; you did.

In this case, it means that the woman is protected from hosting an organism she does not wish to host. Having an abortion IS an act of responsibility: it's realizing you are unwilling or unable to carry a fetus to term, and taking care of it.

Look, if you're going to be pro-choice, just admit you have no idea when that "group of cells" actually becomes a sentient human life, because you don't.

And do YOU know? My stance is supported by scientific fact, is yours? There have been many, many studies conducted on this issue. According to medical journals, significant brain development in fetii doesn't even occur until the 20th-32nd weeks. Before then, movement is viewed as reflex reaction; not conscious response.

A foie gras ban would be the most asinine, morally inconsistent food-related law to come down the pike since that bill passed banning the slaughter of horses in the US (sponsored in part by John Sweeney). All I gotta say about these legislators is WTF!!! I wouldn't put it pass them to ban pork after the next cute talking pig movie comes out rather than thinking about the real issues, such as the fact that industrial-scale meat production is inherently cruel.

#16. it was my attempt at humor and since i post often on gothamist under this tag, i would hardly call any of my posts trolling.

"Abortion = an established medical procedure to remove a tiny mass of non-sentient, mostly undifferentiated cells hosted in a sentient human who does not require or wish it to be there, for the protection of said human."

Yeah, and what "protection" might that be? The protection from being a responsible adult accountable for her own actions? Nice assumption that all abortions are done for the health of the mother.

Look, if you're going to be pro-choice, just admit you have no idea when that "group of cells" actually becomes a sentient human life, because you don't.

This thread of comments is totally making my day! Foie gras. Abortion. Peta. I love it. Keep it up, folks. Bring the hate!

Meanwhile, I don't mean to be politically incorrect but I fucking love foie gras. It could be made from the hearts of a 1,000 little kittens and I would still think it was dee-lish-ous! Mea culpa, my friends, but how can anything that tastes so good be that cruel?

That being said, who do you think serves the best foie gras in NYC?

(I think it used to be Cafe des Artistes but the stopped serving it. Now, I like Picholine's.0

There's nothing so compelling as vague, scientific statements with no citations.

Try reading Wiki or this report:

http://ec.europa.eu/food/fs/sc/scah/out17_en.pdf

can't we just force-feed ducks aborted fetuses? EVERYONE WINS.

@La Leone

"A duck that has had NO CHOICE"

Are you sure ? Did you asked the duck ?

No ?

Why ?

Yes good guess it is an animal...

A recent study of the blood hormones of duck that were force fed and other that weren't wasn't conclusive to find any trace of high rate hormones that could have shown any sign of distress...

Don't you think that projecting your own fear of beeing force fed maybe doesn't applied to an animal ?

it's an adult woman's choice to have an abortion or not. A duck that has had NO CHOICE is force fed and torturted for its entire miserable life. This is just about human beings imposing their will onto weaker animals and torturing them.

Why are you comparing the pregnant woman to the duck? It's the fetus that is being involuntarily killed. Look, I'm all for legalized abortion but I found the political ads this fall (I don't remember the candidate) with the rather hostile woman telling the camera "I know what's best for my body" more than a little creepy. Chris, if only all abortions were only for the safety of the mother.

Kojak, no the abortion is NOT that clear cut, but still. Look at it this way: it's an adult woman's choice to have an abortion or not. A duck that has had NO CHOICE is force fed and torturted for its entire miserable life. This is just about human beings imposing their will onto weaker animals and torturing them.

Thanks for your post, Chris. I liked it.

Sommelier, please don't be an alarmist. While the fair treatment of dairy animals is debatable, they are not blatantly tortured for their product. Ducks ARE TOURTURED for the foie gras process. Bees are NOT AT ALL tourtured to produce honey. Some vegans even eat honey since honey is their natural bi-product. Hope this helps squash a little of your "food nazi" panic.

THAT'S IT, MC DONALDS SHOULD INTRODUCE THE MC GROIS IF THIS SHIT HOLDS UP.... PLS . GOD HOW LONG UNTIL IT RAINS BLOOD AND FROGS?