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You can find evidence to back up both sides of the argument. There's no clear-cut here.
If you believe that 1. The process of foie gras creation is cruel and unusual punishment. 2. This treatment is morally unacceptable to inflict on an animal, then you would conclude that 3. Eating foie gras is wrong because it supports inhumane treatment of geese.
If you believe that 1. Humans were designed to get nutrition from meat and non-meat sources and are at their healthiest when they do so, 2. Taste is a primary factor in food selection and 3. The treatment of animals in regards to food production is a minimal concern, then you would conclude that 4. eating foie gras is acceptable and a good thing.
Now, most people fall somewhere between these two extremes. Like me, for example. On the one hand, I believe that animal products (meat, dairy, eggs) are essential to a healthy diet because they provide certain vitamins and trace minerals that you simply cannot get without supplementation (although there is a little bit of room for debate on this point). I also enjoy the taste of food as a hobby, and having had foie gras, once, I found it to be absolutely amazingly delicious.
Finally, I tend to be believe that things that are more acceptable on rare or special occasions are less acceptable if done on a regular basis.
So, for me, overall, I believe eating foie gras is, in general, a practice to be avoided due to the moral issues. (Side note: This also means that I should, if I want to be ethically consistent, shun a lot of animal products such as beef, chicken and pork, that are not produced "humanely".) I might, on very rare occassion, eat foie gras if it is offered, for example, as part of a fixed or tasting menu at a very fancy restaurant, of which I have gone to one or two such places in my life.
However, I also feel that everybody has the right to make their own decisions regarding foie gras that is right for them.
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It's only in France that it's the result of force-feeding (by law). It's not necessarily the result of force-feeding in other countries. Since, like many animals, geese and ducks naturally attempt to store food in preparation for winter migration, simply providing geese or ducks with extra food during this time naturally fattens their livers. This natural process is one of the ways that "humane" foie gras producers use.
So no. I don't think it's wrong. I'm not terribly thrilled with the French method of production, but I also know that animals who live and die painfully generally don't make very good eating.
http://ec.europa.eu/food/animal/welfare/international/out17_en.pdf
Comment about living/ dying painfully making bad eating: experience as child of extended farm family and currently buying most food from local farms
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I just cant understand the negative fuss about Foie Gras. Its an acquired taste. A culinary and gastronomic delight when done right.
I'm a professional cook and I like it. I went to culinary school and one of the highlights of our training ,is that each individuals would cook their own foie gras and eat it. It came to a suprise and a shameful waste that not everybody liked it. But don't worry I cleaned up my plate. =)
The Moral Issue of eating Foie Gra is absurd. Animal Rights Activist main agenda is to stop people from eating meat. Foie Gra is just one of their battle fronts of their propaganda -> "That you should only eat Vegan and all animal products are all bad."
The Anatomy of a Duck is different from Humans.
An excerpt from Anthony Bourdain's show 'No Reservation.'
"The birds don't choke when the tubes are inserted down their throats, because their windpipes are not obstructed, as ours would be. Also, he said that storing fat in the liver is normal for these guys, not a disease, as animal rights groups claim."
The show also prove that foie gras ducks live a less stressful existence than ducks in the wild.
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"At just a few months old, ducks are confined inside dark sheds and force-fed enormous amounts of food several times a day. A farm worker grabs each duck and, one by one, thrusts a metal pipe down their throats so that a mixture of corn can be forced directly into their gullets. In just a matter of weeks, the ducks become grossly overweight and their livers expand up to 10 times their normal size."
For these reasons, there is pending legislation in several states (New York, Illinois, Michigan)that would prevent these practices by foie gras producers.
In conclusion, whether eating foie gras is "wrong" or not is a personal ethical decision. Personally, I will not eat it. There would be no way of knowing whether the foie gras you were served in a restaurant was produced by humane methods or not.
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The end result for the goose and the cow that went into your foie gras burger, Jason, is the same. They're both dead.
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M$He says it again in verse 28. We are to have dominion over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. In Genesis 3:21 God himself slays an animal to make coats of skins to cover Adam and Eve. It is true that kosher laws only allows liver to be consumed if it is prepared broiled (see http://www.jewfaq.org/kashrut.htm) however protestants are not required to follow kosher law because they believe the law was "fulfilled" at the death of Christ. In fact the New Testament says eat whatever you want as long as you do it to the glory of God(1Co 10:31). The other consideration is that Paul tells us in:
I Corinthians 8:12-13
12 But when ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ.
13 Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend.
Paul calls us to a higher standard of living. Rather than ask can I get away with this legally in God's eyes, he encourages us to ask whether it is expedient, or whether it will offend our brother. (see I Corinthians 10:23) The Balance is seen in Paul's other writings about liberty in Christ( I Corinthians 10:29) What does this all mean? There is nothing wrong in God's eyes with eating foie gras. You can eat as much as you want, however since you now know that many twitter brethren are offended by your foie gras consumption it would be wrong to tweet about it.
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M$Elzar: Here you go big spender. Fois gras, and caviar.
Dr. Zoidberg: Goose liver? Fish eggs? Where's the goose? Where's the fish?
Elzar: That's what rich people eat. The garbage parts of the food.
Dr. Zoidberg: I ate garbage yesterday and it didn't cost me $300!
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Everything I needed to know I learned in Kindergarten. Not sure who said that but they were mostly right.
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