Chicago again foie gras-friendly zone
May 14, 2008
(AP) — The Chicago City Council has repealed its controversial two-year-old ban on foie gras, a delicacy made of duck and goose liver.
The vote was led by Mayor Richard M. Daley, who called the measure that went into effect in August 2006 the "silliest" ordinance the council's ever passed.
Supporters of the ban consider foie gras cruel because geese and ducks are force-fed to make their livers bigger. The measure passed Wednesday by a vote of 37-6 with no debate. Its sponsor, Alderman Joe Moore, shouted his objections.
The Illinois Restaurant Assn. and a local restaurant had filed a lawsuit in federal court seeking to overturn the ban, but a U.S. District Court judge dismissed the effort last June.
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Finally, i can visit Chicago again.
This is a victory for plutocracy everywhere.
I know this goes against everything Briggs stands for, and I like to agree with him, but there simply needs to be limits, not just on the torture of ducks, but in general, across the food industry. It's a crime to treat living things, even living things we will eat, the way they're being treated.
I think it's sad that a stand based on principles, I mean why else would you support this? Failed. Though I suppose part of that was letting the other side define the issue as successfully as they did once the ordinance was passed.
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