I saw a "Don't buy Foie Gras" bumpersticker today

[Rabrrrrrr]

I thought, "What an obscure issue for a bumpersticker".

I wonder how many of the general American illiterati have any idea what the fuck that means?

"What's that - don't buy foyee grass? What the fuck is foyee grass? Sounds like sumpin' furr'n, and that scares me."

[JimmyJazz]

1. Crap. I didn't know we were STILL boycotting the French.

Pass me those Freedom Fries, will ya?

[DS1]

10. No no no, we're boycotting sadistic fuckheads

who just happen to live in France

[MrScorpio]

2. Never did duck liver

Not planning to either

[Zomby Woof]

3. Guess that would be at odds with "Born To Shop"

I mean, you can't promote consumerism AND boycotting consumerism on one car, can you?

[Rabrrrrrr]

12. "Born to shop for foie gras!"

I wish I had that on my car - I'd have sped up and gotten in front of the lady, and see what her facial expression changed to!

[AirmensMom]

4. It's about the way treat them.

They take a bunch of geese and feed them piles of food through a tube. That makes their livers get really fat, which apparently makes the livers taste good.

http://www.hsus.org/farm_animals/factory_farms/foie_gras.html

[Rabrrrrrr]

11. That wasn't my issue in the post

My issue is "what an obscure thing to have a bumpersticker for".

I know what foie gras is. Most people here do.

I DON'T think that the general American illiterati know what it is.

My post was neither pro nor con foie gras - it was purely about the obscurity of having a bumper sticker against it.

[qnr]

16. Which is actually a pretty good thing, I'd say, since the people that

do know probably have an opinion on it. Rather than another cookie-cutter "My other car is a Porsche" or something.

[AirmensMom]

22. No need to get testy, Rabrrrrrr.

Some people care about how animals are treated, even if they are ducks and geese. That would be why they'd have that bumper sticker.

Perhaps the following is more in line with what you were expecting.: Gee, you're right, that IS an obscure bumper sticker! How observant you are! Well, at least the person driving that car isn't part of "the general American illiterati".

[Rabrrrrrr]

23. I get testy when I say something,

and then someone takes it as a jumping off point for something completely tangential, compltely ignoring what I said.

It's a matter of courtesy.

Though I agree with you that we should be concerned with how animals are treated, and foie gras making is an awful practice.

[AirmensMom]

35. You misunderstood.

I won't intrude on your little world again. Bye. :hi:

[Rabrrrrrr]

38. I misunderstood?

You're the one who wrote a post that had nothing to do with what I wrote, except in the most tangential way.

[AirmensMom]

41. SAT word for the day:

tangential. :eyes: Here's one for tomorrow: arrogant.

Forgive me for living, but you're making far too much of this. It's just silly that you would jump on me for giving the "wrong" answer to your post. I thought people here at DU were nicer than that ... and many of them are.

[Telly Savalas]

43. It's funny you should say that...

because it makes me testy when geese around here poop all over the sidewalk near the lake. It's just gross. The lake is really beautiful, especially in the autumn, but between the geese, seagulls, and pigeons, it's like Shit City down there.

Pigeons are even worse than geese. At least the geese stay near the lake or in the park. Pigeons shit on everything everywhere. Filthy creatures, they are.

:hide:

[AlCzervik]

5. it's awful how it's made, i don't buy it either.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

6. i love foie gras

will i go to hell?

[Rabrrrrrr]

13. Sadly, I love it, too

Thankfully it's so frightfully expensive it's not something I'm tempted to eat.

If it were $2 a pound, I have to admit, I'd be sucking it down like candy.

[flvegan]

36. But it's "an awful practice"

Yet you'd be sucking it down like candy?

Just curious...

[NYdemocrat089]

7. I had foie gras when I was in Europe

They made a big deal about it and paid a lot for it, so I tried it. I didn't think it was that great. I would never buy it. It tasted like cheddar cheese.

[flvegan]

8. Mmmmm...animal cruelty.

:sarcasm:

[La Lioness Priyanka]

29. that can be said about almost all animal products

[flvegan]

31. Which is why I don't partake in any of them.

Inasmuch as I can.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

39. yes but i really fail to see the big difference

between foie grais and mass produced chicken..which is to say since i have one i refuse to be hypocritical about the other

[flvegan]

40. I don't either (see the difference).

To each his/her own...but I don't think one vs. the other makes one hypocritical.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

42. Uhhhh, I don't think a quick blow to the head qualifies.

For all the nitty gritty details of foie gras, go here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foie_Gras#Controversy

[Rabrrrrrr]

34. Mmmmm.... blatant disregard of the text of the post

mixed with piles of smug, all-knowing self-righteousness.

Mmmmmmmm.

[flvegan]

37. Hey, didya see the sarcasm smilie?

Or didya just knee jerk to this response?

YOU, YOURSELF, stated it was an awful practice, did you not? Oh, but wait...all that aside, if it were cheaper, you'd be chowing it down "like candy" right?

Not smug at all, thanks.

[friesianrider]

9. I gotcha Rabrrrrr.

I agree 110% with the message, but you're right most idiots off the street wouldn't have the slightest clue what the hell it is...which is sad. If anything, most assholes probably think it is sumpin' French and lord knows there ain't nothin' worse than sumpin' French!

[Rabrrrrrr]

15. Might as well have bumperstickers saying

"Keep your Miracle Whip away from my Aoili!"

or

"Sour Cream? No - Creme Fraiche!"

[Fox Mulder]

14. That stuff is good.

Am I going to get attacked by PETA now?

:eyes:

[Zomby Woof]

17. Yes

And NOT ONE PETA supporter will ever answer the charge that PETA kills animals, instead of provding no-kill shelters for them.

They set back animal rights by 50 years.

[Rabrrrrrr]

18. But Zomby, that info comes from a rightwing website

:P

[Zomby Woof]

19. Ha!

Yeah, I found out that being anti-PETA = right-wing. :crazy:

Don't ya love the false dichotomies of DU?

[Rabrrrrrr]

20. I LIVE for the false dichotomies!

In fact, I don't see how you can call yourself a legitimate liberal if you don't agree with me.

[Zomby Woof]

21. The only fake liberals

Are the Zappa-haters. x(

[Rabrrrrrr]

24. Damn right!

And the Family Guy haters!

They're obviously freepers.

[Zomby Woof]

25. Sputter!

Long live Thomas Kinkade! :patriot:

[Rabrrrrrr]

26. Beyonce is my Music God!

[Zomby Woof]

27. Creed is MINE

Put that in your Dave Matthews Bong and SMOKE IT.

[Rabrrrrrr]

28. Don't you be dissing my Dave Matthews!

That guy can play circles around Hendriz or Zappa or Fripp any day!

AND at least you can goddamn dance to his music, like you're supposed to!

:patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot:

Wrap that in your Stockhausen "Zodiac" album liner and shove it up your Alpenhorn.

[Zomby Woof]

30. I am going to smoke my diploma

And fondle my copy of "Trout Mask Replica" with the fast 'n' bulbous cover art!

[Rabrrrrrr]

32. Is that a Sears poncho?

[pitohui]

33. more for me EOM

.

[mitchum]

44. Good...more for me!