[Reader-list] Buff or beef?

[Tapas Ray]

Let us condemn then you and I
as the sting ray is spread out against the sky
and the turtle is anaesthetised in the kettle ...

(By way of an addendum ... I have seen above creatures sold in Calcutta's 
bazaars, but haven't eaten them myself)


> oops ...
> it has just been suggested to me that tapas actually means the
> opposite of what i think he does ... in which case i apologise .. :)
>
> Peace be with everyone -
>
> a.
>
> On 1/5/07, Aman Sethi <aman.am at gmail.com> wrote:
>> This has got to be the most bizzare response i have recieved in my
>> life .... am not sure what Tapas's point is, especially the bit about
>> spinach, fermented soya bean (tofu?) and asoka's india ...
>>
>> what i am sure about is that i am deeply suspicious of is those who
>> want others to join them in condeming something or someone -like a
>> sort of cluster-fuck of condemnation.
>> And peace be with you too
>> A.
>>
>> On 12/27/06, Tapas Ray <t.ray at vsnl.com> wrote:
>> > Peace be with you, Aman, and thank you for sharing that Salon piece.
>> >
>> > We, the peaceful fish, cow, fermented soya bean, buffalo, goat, 
>> > spinach,
>> > sheep, swine, dog (yes, dog), deer (illegally), pike (illegally), 
>> > pigeon,
>> > chicken, larvae (yes, larvae), snail, snake gourd, and maybe snake 
>> > eaters of
>> > India, gave ourselves on the twenty-sixth day of November, 1949, that
>> > admirable document
>> > which did not bar us from eating anything or anyone. However, we have 
>> > never
>> > mistaken
>> > liberty for licence, and (hopefully) stooped so low as to feed ducks 
>> > with
>> > tubes. We have always killed peaceably, in a humane manner. That is the
>> > difference between Asoka's India and New Jersey, Garden State of 
>> > America,
>> > aka America's armpit on account of the smells emanating from its varied
>> > chemical factories.
>> >
>> > So please join me in condemning those insensitive wannabe-French 
>> > Americans
>> > of New York, not to speak of the French themselves - although they are 
>> > so
>> > anti-American and so philosophical and so postmodern, maybe even
>> > postpostmodern - who can be so cruel to ducks for a moment's 
>> > gastronomic
>> > pleasure.
>> >
>> > Peace!
>> >
>> > Tapas
>> >
>> > > Personally, i have no beef with either vegetarians or cow eaters, but
>> > > i would urge those interested to read an Anthony Bourdain interview 
>> > > "I
>> > > want my foie gras" on salon.com ... you can read it here
>> > > http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2006/10/05/ruhlman_bourdain_foie/index.html
>> > >
>> > > A.
>> >
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