FOOD FASCISTS

I read about how the Chicago city council, after pressure exerted by animal rights activists, passed an ordinance banning foie gras in the city. It’s saddening to think that a few PETA terrorists can exert enough influence to force such an action. Truth be told, foie gras, to me at least, is disgusting. As are oysters, liver, squid and asparagus. But anybody who wants to should be able to eat them if they so choose. I’d gladly gag down some foie gras just to shove their nose in it if I lived in Chicago. What’s next? Cops at the city limits inspecting grocery bags for contraband?

What I see that’s truly disturbing in all this is how a very small, extremist group who happens to be very media savvy can dictate what their warped agenda to everybody else. If you want to be a vegetarian, God bless you and go right ahead. But don’t be little Hitlers telling everybody else what you want them to do.

When will it end? It’s one thing to advocate for more humane treatment of animals or protecting wild animals hunted for no good reason. But PETA has gone way, way overboard in seeking to inflict their views on everybody else. Will we soon be seeing local governments outlawing meat?