Letters to the Editor
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Chickens are Smarter than Liberals
Yes, it's true. Chickens ARE smarter than liberals.
Chickens are too busy eating to try to tell other chickens what they should or should not eat.
And that makes them smarter than liberals.
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Get Down
We lived for a decade where winter temperatures around fifty below were common. We all wore down jackets and gloves. Lotsa dead geese. Bet their livers were tasty, too, but they were sold separately from the clothing. Now, time to cook a dead chicken to feed the brood. Yummy. Cluck, cluck.
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"Get a life" says the "fucking" independent thinker
Dear Get a life:
I would never, ever call myself an animal rights activist. I am a piece of shit compared to people who spend their energy trying to eliminate pain from animals' lives. A total piece of shit.
I am, however, a person who just happened to check Salon last night after a long day of work and caring for an ill spouse, and I read an article that seemed just a little too glib about a process that most people with consciences would abhor. And, perhaps mistakenly, I decided to post my thoughts on the subject, the gist of which consist of this question: Why should I, a person who can barely pay her bills right now, get worked up about the possibility of rich folks losing a delicacy that involves the torture of ducks? I'm just wondering.
I realize how lame it sounds to declare oneself a recent convert to vegetarianism. Believe me, I even thought of bullshitting something like, "I stopped eating meat sixteen years ago," but that would defeat the point, which is: this is something I am personally struggling with right now. Eating animals; how not to eat animals. I would never take anyone to "task" for their eating habits. For fuck's sake, just a couple months ago I was eating Rally's. If you read self-righteousness into my statement-- if you interpreted my comment as anything more than introspective scrutiny, perhaps poorly expressed-- then maybe you simply found what you were looking for. You seem like the kind of person who would easily roll his eyes at any expression of sincerity. You're probably vomiting right now.
The only reason I brought up gasoline is because the article mentioned it and it seems absurd to compare the very real issue of our oil dependency to the dispute over foie gras. If only Chicago could pass a law to save our asses from that! But I suppose you walk barefoot to the organic farm to choose your good-looking produce.
So given that I find your reading of my letter to be cruel, and empty, and obviously wrong, why am I bothering to respond to you in a public forum? I am writing because you told me to get fucked, "and not the good kind of fuck either." You told me, a real person sitting at her computer, wondering what other Salon readers thought about the foie gras article, to get violated, hurt, raped. You told me something you'd never have the courage to tell me to my face, and I resent this sociopathic, antisocial discourse. I resent you.
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The best thing for Vegans
is MEAT.
Lots and lots of MEAT.
They should be force-fed MEAT.
Steaks, hamburgers, pork, foie gras!
VEAL!
Vegans are obviously suffering from protein-deficiency dementia!
MEAT! That's the cure for veganism.
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Dear Alicia,
Boo fucking hoo.
You should get out from behind your computer more often, because the epithet "fuck you" has little to do with "get(ting) violated, hurt, raped." It means, "fuck you." You have no problem with "for fuck's sake" or "bullshitting," I suggest you give the "pity me I had a hard day at work and my spouse is ill" card a rest, too. Because your fucking whining isn't helping your cause. Resent me all you want. I have a life. I'll get over it.
Congratulations, though. You obviously have the "total piece of shit" part correct.
My opinion of this issue differs from yours.
You don't like the way I express that.
Test your "you'd never have the courage to tell me to my face" theory and share your e-mail with us in this public forum, other wise "Alicia" is just as fucking anonymous as "get a life." Otherwise, S.T.F.U., you total piece of shit.
P.S.--I hope your husband feels better soon.
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there's a trade off, you get more reaction when the discussion is more personal
but some of the reaction is not good.
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Thank you...
for confirming what a horrible person you are. You differ with me on more than the "issue."
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It's also interesting...
that someone who pretends not to give a fuck would bother to check back and see if his insults elicit a response. You care, baby. You care so much, I'm embarrassed for you.
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On "Checking Back"
Some people can just sense a troll's presence, so they check back, moths to a flame. They check back for people like YOU, Mr. Get-A-Life.
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Spoiled Bored White Folk
Now, class, we've just discovered you can be an animal rights proponent and still have feathers up your ass. How sad that the Raff Nadir core voters are still pissing mightily into irrelevant breezes and boycotting paper towels because they're not made from enough recycled materials. In the meanwhile, 6K Iraqis died violent deaths last month thanks to our foreign policy. But save them ducks, okay. Excuse me: duckies. Is it okay to play with a rubber one? Duckie, you perverts. Nitey nite. If the bed bugs bite, do you squash 'em, or trap them and release them back into the wild?
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There is no going back...
Fun reading the truth about how ducks are treated when producing a wonderful taste. More power to the ducks' livers! Tony B lives a great life and so do them ducks!
Insofar as mass-production meats go - hey - if you didn't know that stuff is garbage, you should by now.
Your food purchases make all the difference. If they producers cannot make a buck, they are forced to change their ways.
Farmers Markets, grass fed beef, humanely raised chickens - all you have to do is taste these ONCE -one bite- and there's no going back.
And because they are so tasty , wholesome and satisfying that naturally you eat less. Hmmmm.
So pay more but use less? Financially its a wash. But the flavors pay great dividends. Yum.
Even butter. Strauss tastes so buttery the portion comes out to about half of lesser butters. Yum.
So be obese eating processed bad & fast foods OR try the wholesome route for a month then try going back. Eat whatever you like. Buy fresh and properly raised. The writer saying seasonal has it right.
Once you have eaten a real chicken - and not some semi mass produced 'Rosie'- you will wonder how you ever ate those tasteless rubbery slabs.
Great food is a precious gift from nature.
Bad food is crime against her.