Cruelty a ‘Cultural Trait’
2008 September 17
Scott Simon’s short NPR commentary about dog fighting and foie gras, “Calling Cruelty a ‘Cultural Trait’ Doesn’t Excuse It“, July 21, 2007.
The title sounds like the 2005 bill passed by France’s parliament declaring foie gras, “part of the cultural and gastronomic patrimony, protected in France”. It will be interesting to see how that declaration holds up against the EU’s directive that all member nations must end feeding practices that cause “suffering or damage” by 2010.
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it’s like the word “tradition”. if it was once a tradition, it’s forever protected. think of all that we don’t do that was once traditional.
how could you jam stuff down a goose’s neck?
Exactly. I really can’t understand how a small-farmer can do that to their animals.