Never mind man biting dog (Artist, Yoko eat Dog Meat to Protest Royals killing Fox)

[RamboLiberal]

Source: MSNBC/Reuters

A British artist has eaten chunks of a Corgi dog, the breed favored by Queen Elizabeth II, live on radio to protest against the royal family's treatment of animals.

Mark McGowan, 37, said he ate "about three bites" of the dog meat, cooked with apples, onions and seasoning, to highlight what he called Prince Philip's mistreatment of a fox during a hunt by the Queen's husband in January.

"It was pretty disgusting," McGowan said of the meal, which he ate while appearing on a London radio station on Tuesday. Yoko Ono, another guest on the show, also tried the meat.

"I've never tasted anything like it — it was grey and had a very funny smell. It was horrible," McGowan told Reuters.

McGowan said he was angry that the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, of which the royal family is a patron, had not prosecuted Prince Philip for hunting and killing the fox. The RSPCA said the fox did not suffer.



Read more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18937826/

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Article mentions dog died of natural causes - but still IMHO yech, I'd have found another way to protest.

[bunkerbuster1]

1. Got our attention though, didn't it?

Pretty effective.

[northernsoul]

13. Attention isn't the same as respect

It's easy to get people's attention, earning their respect takes actual intelligence.

[barb162]

2. Agree with you; it's a pretty repulsive way to protest

[DinahMoeHum]

3. Yep, as repulsive as Yoko's "singing".

I recently watched the DVD of "Rolling Stones Rock n Roll Circus" (1968)

Listening to her "sing" flashed me back to years ago when I had a wisdom tooth extracted by a dental surgeon.

:evilgrin:

[barb162]

4. I heard her singing once. Just once. Never again

Yes, just like an extraction!

[FatDave]

6. Say what you will about Yoko's singing....

But it goes down a lot easier with John Lennon, Keith Richards, Eric Clapton and Mitch Mitchell backing her up.

[bedpanartist]

7. Mitch Mitchell, from Guided By Voices?

I know that dude. He has one gravelly ass voice. Good Italian cook too.

[FatDave]

8. Nope, the virtuosic drummer from The Jimi Hendrix Experience

He's often overlooked but one of my favorite drummers. Didn't know GBV had another Mitch Mitchell. What are the odds?

[bedpanartist]

9. I knew that, and was just funnin'

yeah, Mitch was a long-time guitarist for GBV. He cooks down at Pachia Italian grill down the street from me. Nice guy. My band has played a couple of gigs with his.

His band, Mitch Mitchell's Terrifying Experience, is just that:

http://www.myspace.com/mitchmitchellsterrifyingexperience

[Codeine]

26. Any reason Corgi meat

is any more repulsive than cow meat, pig meat, or bird meat?

[tabasco]

31. Not a traditional food animal and a beloved pet in Western culture.

Seems pretty obvious to me.

[Codeine]

33. Meat's meat.

I've never understood the drawing of arbitrary lines between "eatin' animals" and "pettin' animals."

[tabasco]

34. What part of non-traditional food animal and common pet is arbitrary?

Those are hardly arbitrary distinctions.

Do you eat pine needles? They are plant material just like corn.

[Codeine]

35. They lack any sort of nutrition

and would probably digest very poorly.

Any person who can digest meat could digest Corgi as easily as pork or beef.

And yes, the distinction is incredibly arbitrary. A pig can be a fabulous companion animal, smarter than a dog and just as clean, but we choose to eat them and not Fido. In much of Asia people don't make the same distinctions we do, so it's clearly an arbitrary cultural distinction.

Meat's meat.

On edit:

I just found that back in the old days New Englanders used to candy and eat pine needles. I'm not sure if that supports your side of the argument or mine, but it is interesting. Pine needles also have vitamin C and can be made into a tea to prevent scurvy.

[tabasco]

36. Arbitrary decisions are those without a basis in reason or on a whim.

Is your argument really that pigs = dogs?

Is it your opinion that it is irrational to differentiate between these two animals?

I have never known anyone that owned a pig for a pet. I have never known anyone who had a pig guard their home. I have never heard of a pig that pulled a child from a burning building. I am not aware of pigs which protected someone from an attacker. I don't know anyone who hunts with hunting pigs. I have never seen a pig leading a blind person.

I guess I should get out more often.

:hi:

[muriel_volestrangler]

5. For what it's worth, the original fox story

Pest control — Sandringham style

First it was blasted by one of eight people taking part in the shoot on the Sandringham estate. Then, as it lay wounded, it raised itself to snarl at a gundog, so a gamekeeper beat it over the head with a flag used to signal to the beaters. Still not sure whether the fox was dead, the gamekeeper was spotted doing the unspeakable to the uneatable, appearing to stamp on it before dragging it into the undergrowth.

The prince, whose shooting parties bag up to 7,000 pheasants a season, looked on nonchalantly, shotgun across his arm. Philip, 85, was previously thought to have given up shooting because of failing eyesight.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/newspapers/sunday_times/britain/article1294995.ece

Which was, I think perfectly legal - foxes are regarded as pests (they kill chickens indiscriminately) and so are allowed to be shot. If not killed by the shot(s), someone has to kill it by some other method - for which clubbing it to death is probably the quickest. I can't think why he thought the RSPCA would have taken any action.

[nerddem]

10. grey and funny smelling?

clearly they didn't prepare it correctly.

i hear rachel ray has a good (and quick!) dog recipe, with plenty of e.v.o.o.

[ben_meyers]

11. Reminds me of my youth

At St. Cloud State College in central Mn. In the 60's the students had been trying to get an anti-Viet Nam war protest going. They would get a pretty good crowd, but no press. I was visiting the campus for a few weeks doing some "draft counseling" and meeting with the organizers. I suggested that they announce a march from campus to the courthouse on St. Gremain and claim that they were going to burn a live dog in protest of the war. Calls to the St. Cloud Times and a few local radio stations were made. With the help of the college radio station they got more reaction than you can believe! The media from all over the state came out to cover the march. All hell broke loose between the students and the "townies", it was a riot. Ah, the good old days.

No they didn't burn a dog, never even had one! But it sure pointed out where some people’s priorities were in those days.

[Corgigal]

12. Let my two Corgi dog's take a bite out

of this protesters ass. I'm sure they will think it was pretty disgusting and it has a funny smell.

[pork medley]

14. yoko ono's so cool

[Omaha Steve]

15. Artist eats corgi to protest British royals’ fox hunt; Yoko Ono also tastes it

Source: MSNBC-REUTERS

Artist eats corgi to protest British royals’ fox hunt; Yoko Ono also tastes it

Updated: 10:17 a.m. CT May 30, 2007

LONDON - A British artist has eaten chunks of a corgi dog, the breed favored by Queen Elizabeth II, live on radio to protest the royal family's treatment of animals.



Mark McGowan, 37, said he ate "about three bites" of the dog meat, cooked with apples, onions and seasoning, to highlight what he called Prince Philip's mistreatment of a fox during a hunt by the queen's husband in January.

"It was pretty disgusting," McGowan said of the meal, which he ate while appearing on a London radio station Tuesday. Yoko Ono, another guest on the show, also tried the meat.

"I've never tasted anything like it — it was gray and had a very funny smell. It was horrible," McGowan told Reuters.


Read more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18937826/?GT1=9951

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Video at link.

[patrice]

16. OMG!!!

;( !!!

[TygrBright]

17. Weird! Why? Hunters don't eat fox.

I would think a more appropriate protest would be to mount a corgi head and paws on a trophy plaque and hang it on a wall.

The eating thing makes no sense.

bewilderedly,
Bright

[patrice]

21. Cool sig!

I'm a "wordie", that's a cool signature!

[mitchum]

25. That would have been far more appropriate.

No sarcasm is intended; you are correct.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

18. You know, I think I'll pass on the video

That's just nasty.

[Auggie]

19. I've heard British cuisine is bad, but this...

[superconnected]

20. Disgusting. As if two wrongs make a right.

[Wiley50]

22. Can I Puke Now?

"Grey"

and kinda smells (and tastes) like a hot, wet dog

here it comes;

BBwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[LisaL]

23. Nasty.

:puke:

[ajacobson]

24. As a protest against violence...

I will throw you through a plate glass window into traffic.

Damn, I hope they don't protest child abuse, ugh.

[jollyreaper2112]

30. I like your thinking

You're going to love how I protest against promiscuous sex in our culture. :)

[GoddessOfGuinness]

27. Why take it out on a dog?

:shrug:

[RebelOne]

29. Read the story. They didn't kill the dog.

"The dog died of natural causes at a corgi breeder and was prepared and cooked by others for McGowan."

[GoddessOfGuinness]

32. Busted

:blush:
I didn't read closely enough to find that out.

Still, it's pretty disgusting...

[melody]

28. Yoko is just as nuts as ever

Some things never change.