The Dark Shadow Shrine

embrace the darkness; that you may see the light nestled within it......

Thursday, December 24, 2015

Would you eat foie gras this Christmas?

Click HERE for clip.
HERE's another clip narrated by Hollywood actress, Kate Winslet.

Foie gras (goose liver) is a French luxury food, apparently popular during the Christmas season.
Think of it as the Western equivalent of shark's fin -- consumed for its status symbol, but terribly cruel for the animal involved. The main difference between the two is that sharks are known to be endangered, while there are still plenty of ducks and geese around. Even then, this is no excuse for the inhumane treatment we subject the ducks/geese to, just so that we can avail ourselves to this luxurious delicacy.
The torture they undergo is filmed by an employee and captured in the first clip. Interestingly, only male ducks (their livers are bigger?) are used while the female are thrown into the grinder and disposed off like waste matter! Is this unnecessary murder or what? And these are newly hatched ducklings!

Walk away with:
-the role of the whistle blower and social media
-NGOs like Peta and L214
-celebrities using their fame for worthy causes
-2010 compre AQ on food :  food from animals that are 'cruelly raised'
-animal rights
-man's selfishness and indifference to Mother Nature (or is this due to our lack of awareness 'behind the scene'? Sometimes, man does terrible things because he does NOT know. It is then up to the media and education to bring about this awareness. But of course, it is possible for man to be aware, and still do the terrible things, in which case he is just plain heartless!)


Qn: Consider the argument that the main purpose of television should be to educate rather than simply to entertain. (Cam. 2015)