<html>
<head>
<meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"
http-equiv="Content-Type">
</head>
<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">
<br>
Why not eat pork? <br>
<br>
If you're Jewish or Muslim, "how silly it is to hold cultural and
regional taboos surrounding food sources," right? <br>
<br>
So let's use economic coercion to force Jews & Muslims to eat
pork, Jews to eat shellfish, Hindus to eat beef, British to drink
ice-cold beer, French to eat Big Macs, Africans to eat fish, and
Americans to eat fried caterpillars not to mention their dogs and
cats they can't afford to keep any longer. Override all those local
cultures for the sake of global capitalism and call it "adventurous"
or "an exotic eating experience." <br>
<br>
Some clever capitalists in China have even figured out how to market
rat as lamb, per another story on the Beeb this week. What's wrong
with eating rat, if it makes money for someone who lives like a
king? <br>
<br>
For that matter, why not eat humans? Sheesh!, look at all the
corpses going to waste! Turn them into Soylent Green!
Cannibalism? Just another "cultural and regional taboo," that's
all. <br>
<br>
Right. Meanwhile the Oligarchy is licking their chops and sitting
down to steak dinners, and laughing all the way to the bank.
Because as far as the Oligarchy are concerned, what you want, and
what you like, don't matter. The only thing that matters to the
Oligarchy is what they want, and what they like, and your assigned
role is to bend over and get "porked," one way, or the other.<br>
<br>
-G.<br>
<br>
<br>
=====<br>
<br>
<br>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 13-05-16-Thu 9:14 AM, Raymond Lai
wrote:<br>
</div>
<blockquote
cite="mid:CAHLx0N+NgFvdB81u0zZM8UgC0E0LhGh6bVfFKvcyTrtpjnmo3g@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">
<div dir="ltr">
<div>
<div>
<div>Why not eat bugs?<br>
<br>
</div>
In Calvin Schwabe's (the father of veterinary epidemiology)
book "Unmentionable Cuisine" he suggests in light of the
world's food shortages, how silly it is to hold cultural and
regional taboos surrounding food sources. "Unmentionable
Cuisine" is thus a compendium of recipes considered taboo by
one culture or another. Yes! bug recipes abound. So do dog,
cat, and (my personal favorite) fish sperm. It's a
fascinating read.<br>
<br>
</div>
Here's <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/1980/dec/18/yuk/?pagination=false">M.F.K.
Fisher's review of the book</a>. And she is definitely a
person who has had her share of adventurous eats.<br>
<br>
</div>
ray<br>
</div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br>
<br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 8:32 AM, Steve
Berl <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:steveberl@gmail.com" target="_blank">steveberl@gmail.com</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0
.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Personally
I don't see that much difference between eating a shrimp and
eating a cricket.
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Steve
<div>
<div class="h5"><span></span><br>
<br>
On Thursday, May 16, 2013, Romy Ilano wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0
.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Investors in veggie meat are not altruistic angels
anymore. It's drawing plenty of main stream interest<br>
<br>
---<br>
<br>
Romy Ilano<br>
Founder of Snowyla<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.snowyla.com" target="_blank">http://www.snowyla.com</a><br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true">romy@snowyla.com</a><br>
<br>
On May 15, 2013, at 17:31, GtwoG PublicOhOne <<a
moz-do-not-send="true">g2g-public01@att.net</a>>
wrote:<br>
<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> For the second day in a row, the BBC runs an
article promoting the<br>
> virtues of eating bugs, this time on their
Travel blog:<br>
><br>
> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.bbc.com/travel/blog/20130513-is-crawly-cuisine-the-future"
target="_blank">http://www.bbc.com/travel/blog/20130513-is-crawly-cuisine-the-future</a><br>
><br>
> Pictured is a handful of moth larvae grubs
found in Australia: plump<br>
> translucent white squirmy things that look like
hairless caterpillars or<br>
> overgrown maggots. The caption says that they
are "...said to have a<br>
> crispy skin with a yellow 'eggy' centre when
roasted."<br>
><br>
> Mmm-mmm-good, right?<br>
><br>
> The article goes on to say, "According to the
UN report, 'consumer<br>
> disgust' remains a large barrier in many
Western countries – but for<br>
> some two billion people across the world,
eating insects is really no<br>
> big deal."<br>
><br>
> Unsaid: five billion people in the world right
now don't eat bugs.<br>
> Though, the Beeb does get credit for mentioning
"consumer disgust," also<br>
> known as the vomit-reflex, even if only as a
"barrier," with the<br>
> implication that it's something to be overcome,
like the desire for<br>
> freedom & privacy.<br>
><br>
> As I mentioned yesterday, there are plenty of
other solutions to feeding<br>
> a world that's overpopulated by a factor of two
and overconsuming beyond<br>
> any sustainable limit. One of them is
veggie-meat: vegetable matter<br>
> that's cooked up to be almost identical to the
meat we already eat.<br>
><br>
> For this we turn to another regular source of
Dystopian News, namely<br>
> Wired magazine. Yes, "real geeks don't read
Wired," but Wired is<br>
> actually a good place to keep your finger on
the pulse of the corporate<br>
> oligarchy and the promoters of the
computer-as-God religion.<br>
> Occasionally they run something that's actually
good news, such as the<br>
> following:<br>
><br>
> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.wired.com/business/2013/05/future-meat/"
target="_blank">http://www.wired.com/business/2013/05/future-meat/</a><br>
><br>
> Beyond Meat is a new company that produces
veggie-meat that's a drop-in<br>
> replacement for chicken in many recipes. They
share the market with<br>
> other companies such as Tofurkey and Boca
Burgers. At present most of<br>
> these products are found in the Vegan aisle in
supermarkets, but the<br>
> goal of these companies is to put them right
next to the meat products<br>
> in the meat section.<br>
><br>
> Veggie-meat tastes good and has great potential
to stretch the world's<br>
> food supply. Unlike the moth grubs pictured in
the Beeb article, it's<br>
> something you'd choose to eat and enjoy eating.<br>
><br>
> So far the oligarchy is ignoring veggie-meat.
Funding for veggie-meat<br>
> companies typically comes from "angel
investors" who consider themselves<br>
> rebels and often have altruistic motives
alongside the profit motive.<br>
><br>
> The oligarchy's mission, should you choose to
acquiesce, is to make you<br>
> submit. Eating bugs is not about preventing
hunger, it's about cultural<br>
> shock & awe: getting you to do something
that grosses you out and makes<br>
> you want to throw up, the easier to get you to
submit to other<br>
> depredations over time.<br>
><br>
> But as Beyond Meat shows, you don't have to
submit, as long as you're<br>
> willing to think for yourself, and exercise
your own free will.<br>
><br>
> -G.<br>
><br>
><br>
> =====<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> On 13-05-14-Tue 12:07 AM, GtwoG PublicOhOne
wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> YOs-<br>
>><br>
>> The oligarchy has its own vision of the
World of Tomorrow, and the world<br>
>> they're preparing for us to live in whether
we like it or not. I'll be<br>
>> writing occasional pieces about items in
the news, to point out what's<br>
>> behind the chirpy spin. This is the first
of many. Fasten your seat<br>
>> belts and keep a barf bag handy.<br>
>><br>
>> -G.<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> Let Them Eat Bugs.<br>
>><br>
>> The United Nations today released a report
that touted the benefits of<br>
>> eating insects as a solution to world
hunger.<br>
>> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-22508439"
target="_blank">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-22508439</a><br>
>><br>
>> Hint: it's not really about hunger, it's
about making you sub</blockquote>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
<br>
-- <br>
-steve<br>
</font></span><br>
_______________________________________________<br>
sudo-discuss mailing list<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:sudo-discuss@lists.sudoroom.org">sudo-discuss@lists.sudoroom.org</a><br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss"
target="_blank">http://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss</a><br>
<br>
</blockquote>
</div>
<br>
</div>
<br>
<fieldset class="mimeAttachmentHeader"></fieldset>
<br>
<pre wrap="">_______________________________________________
sudo-discuss mailing list
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:sudo-discuss@lists.sudoroom.org">sudo-discuss@lists.sudoroom.org</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss">http://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss</a>
</pre>
</blockquote>
<br>
</body>
</html>