Two sniffy articles (here and here) this morning on Chicago’s pate de foie ban that went into effect yesterday. Applause to Alderman Joe Moore who championed the ban. He sees this issue for what it is: animal cruelty. But people don’t like being told what they can’t do. They refuse to acknowledge the real issue and twist it around to something else. Why ban luxury ingredients? What’s next? It’s my money. Etc. Etc. These self-absorbed stupid rich people are too involved with their greed to see animal cruelty when it hits them in the, ahem, stomach. I would lock ’em up for eating pate de foie gras. But Chicago’s Department of Public Health spokesperson said he wasn’t “chomping at the bit” to enforce the ban. And Mayor Richard M. Daley calls the ban the “silliest law” passed by the city council. Mmmm. Anarchy in the USA?
Grumpy From Birth But Vegan Since 1976
Welcome to Grumpy Vegan
- Kim Stallwood is an independent scholar and author on animal rights. His forthcoming book, Animal Dharma, explores what it means to care deeply about animals. Starting in 1976, he has held leadership positions with some of the world’s foremost organisations in the UK and US, including CIWF, BUAV, PETA, The Animals’ Agenda, Animals and Society Institute and Minding Animals International. A vegetarian since 1974 when as a student he worked in a chicken slaughterhouse. A vegan since 1976. His evil twin is the Grumpy Vegan.
