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On peut dire que M. Deglise a été bien servi !

Par: David Ruffieux Envoyé Le vendredi 18 avril 2008 Qui sont les vrais porcs Je me souviens d'un documentaire sur Canal-D, Docu-D : Durs à cuire, que j'ai vu brièvement. Il s'agit de deux restaurateurs du Québec, Martin Picard et Normand Laprise qui parlent de leur style de vie et de leur cuisine. On connaît déjà la mentalité que cultive certains chefs à l'égard des animaux qu'ils cuisinent, mais dans ce reportage il y a une scène particulièrement pathétique dans laquelle on voit un verrat se faire torturer collectivement par ces hommes de cuisine, que rien n'arrête pour satisfaire leur goût immodéré pour la chair animale. Dans cette scène, et j'ai bien l'impression que c'est au Québec qu'elle se passe, le cochon est hissé sur une table, alors qu'il commence à grogner et à se débattre. Des cordes lui sont attachées pour maintenir ses membres et sa tête en extension. Une chose, qui m'a apparu absolument répugnante, c'est la castration à vif de ce verrat d'au moins 200 kilogrammes, avec un couteau de cuisine. L'un des tortionnaires après lui avoir coupé la peau du scrotum en retire la masse testiculaire qu'il arrache d'une main. Je ne croyais pas ce que ce je venais de voir à la télévision ce dimanche soir, avec ma fille dans mes bras. Le pauvre animal hurlait d'agonie et son calvaire n'était pas fini. Un autre homme, à l'avant de la tête lui enfonça dans la gorge, à trois reprises, une longue lame de couteau de boucher, afin de couper l'artère. Un troisième individu tenait une bassine où il collectait le sang qui jaillissait du cou de l'animal en détresse. La scène est d'une violence assez difficile à supporter. Personnellement, j'ai visionné beaucoup de brutalité envers les animaux, mais cette scène de quelques secondes résume tout l'aveuglement et la barbarie des hommes, au nom des plaisirs de la bouche. Ensuite, l'un des hommes parle au journaliste et lui explique que cette pratique est un peu "sanguinolente", il le reconnaît, mais qu'elle fait partie, tenez-vous bien, du cycle de la vie. Ce que ce monsieur voulait dire, c'est que castrer et égorger à vif un verrat fait partie de l'ordre des choses. On sait d'après ces images qui du cochon ou de l'homme est le plus animal des deux. J'ai toujours trouvé ces pratiques profondément cruelles et médiévales, et je devais le signaler et écrire un paragraphe ou deux. Fasse Dieu, ou quiconque d'assez puissant, qu'un jour, ces tristes personnages de film d'horreur se retrouvent derrière des barreaux pour leurs crimes. Fins et raffinés gourmets, c'est au nom de la gastronomie que ces abominations se perpétuent ! ------------------------------------- Cette 1ière réponse de David fait suite à l'article du Devoir «Deux grands chefs sortent les canons» Fabien Deglise Édition du samedi 12 et du dimanche 13 avril 2008 http://www.ledevoir.com/2008/04/12/184815.html

A quoi reconnaît-on le Cro-Magnon ? Par: David Ruffieux Envoyé Le vendredi 18 avril 2008 Toute la finesse d'esprit d'un homme dans une seule phrase «Quand tu cuisines un castor, tu renoues avec la tradition, avec l'histoire, dit Martin Picard. Dans le même ordre d'idée, j'entends d'autres dire : « Quand tu persécutes un juif, tu renoues avec la tradition, avec l'histoire. » Ou bien, « Quand tu bats ta femme, tu renoues avec la tradition,... » Ou bien encore, « quand tu fouettes un nègre, tu renoues avec la tradition, avec l'histoire !» On veut encore tuer et faire souffrir de pauvres castors et de pauvres oies blanches au nom de la tradition imbécile. Ne croyez-vous pas qu'il y a assez de cadavres dans vos assiettes pour ne pas en ajouter d'autres. J'ai vu au musée d'histoire naturelle de New York des hommes repoussants, répugnants même, qui vivaient dans des grottes, il y a des milliers d'années. Ils étaient habillés de peaux de bêtes, le regard hagard, hirsute et quand je vois ou j'entends Martin Picard, je ne peux m'empêcher de penser à eux. --------------------------------------- Cette 2ième réponse fait suite à l'article du Devoir «Deux grands chefs sortent les canons» Fabien Deglise Édition du samedi 12 et du dimanche 13 avril 2008 http://www.ledevoir.com/2008/04/12/184815.html

peut-être qu'il était malade et que la mère s'en est débarrassé... (?) Aussi, lorsque des mamans chats ont une grosse portée et qu'elles savent qu'elles vont avoir du mal à tous les allaiter, il arrive parfois qu'elles sacrifient elles-mêmes des chatons-habituellement les plus faibles: Elles les emmènent très loin de l'endroit où elles allaitent les autres ...

Je crois qu'au Québec, c'est 12 ans !

AFFREUX !!!!!!!!!!!! QUELLE BANDE DE BARBARES !!!!!!!!!!!!!

ils ont sûrement utilisé des pantins pour faire cette étude car je crois qu'il n'est plus permis d'utiliser des animaux comme ça c'est déjà fait ! Il y a longtemps, des singes et autres animaux étaient utilisés pour simuler des accidents d'auto.

Arrêter de déboiser sauvagement, de détruire l'habitat naturel des animaux et de «gérer» la faune comme s'il s'agissait d'une entreprise, devraient être les premières étapes à considérer

Comme si les poulets ne souffraient pas eux aussi ! Quelle incohérence!

Ben oui Valou ! C'est comme si ils avaient enfin pris le temps d'en apprendre un peu plus sur Watson. Tes lettres et toutes celles des anti-chasse qui ont été envoyées dans les journaux récemment y sont sûrement pour quelque chose En tous les cas, comparés aux multiples articles de Lagacé, Martineau, etc., on peut dire que celui-ci est l'un des mieux jusqu'à présent

Merci beaucoup Valou Ça montre comment les gens sont «brainwashés» !

qu'il est laid et qu'il est plate ! Belle trouvaille Valou

ÉPOUVANTABLE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Comme ils ont dû souffrir ces pauvres animaux !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Personnellement, je ne crois pas trop aux sondages. C'est trop facile de les faire «parler»...

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ben oui Animo ! Je l'aimais bien, jusqu'à ce que je lise cet article l'an dernier

Le petit journaliste et sa p'tite gang se sont tous faits planter pis pas juste à peu près !

J'ai écouté le reportage hier soir Valou ! Il y a une séquence du film qui m'a empêché de dormir- je présume que tu te doutes laquelle

C'est un journaliste réputé. Il est très connu, non seulement au Canada anglais mais aussi en Europe

Avec Mme Hervieux-P., ils font un beau couple !!!!!!! Statement by the Honourable Stéphane Dion, Leader of the Official Opposition, on the seal hunt April 18, 2008 On behalf of the Liberal Party of Canada and our Parliamentary caucus, I would like to take this opportunity to reaffirm our support for a sustainable seal hunt. Canada’s sealing industry is tightly regulated to be sustainable, humane and commercially viable and to protect the traditional way of life for people in Canada’s coastal communities. It is a time-honoured tradition and an important industry for thousands of Canadians throughout the North, Atlantic Canada and Quebec. Seals have been harvested for food, fuel, shelter and other materials for hundreds of years. The subsistence hunt is a valuable link to Canadian cultural heritage. Under a Liberal Government the seal harvest was always and will continue to be supported as a responsible practice. I wish all sealers currently out at harvest a safe passage. http://www.liberal.ca/story_13857_e.aspx

Subsidized sealers Il commençait à être temps que la vérité sorte au grand jour The $6-million sealers get from the hunt is far outweighed by the tens of millions Ottawa spends backing it Murray Teitel, Financial Post April 18, 2008 Whether you think killing seals is a bad thing or a good thing, whether you think it barbaric or humane, you should oppose Canada's annual seal hunt. According to Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) the justification for the hunt is to provide economic opportunities for Canada's coastal communities. Last year, according to its Web site, this entire economic opportunity amounted to $12-million, the value of all seal pelts landed. They fetched on average $52 a pelt. According to evidence given to Parliament's standing committee on fisheries and oceans on Nov. 6, 2006, half of that is eaten up by expenses, so we are talking, at most, $6-million that flowed to the sealers themselves: one-tenth of 1% of Newfound-land's GDP. (This year it will be even less, because pelts of three to four week old "beaters" that make up 95% of the catch are selling for between $6 and $33.) This $6-million costs Canadians at least 10 times as much and does so year after year. First of all, there is the cost of deploying the Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) to the seal hunt for seven weeks each year. Last year it involved 10 vessels, many of them icebreakers, helicopters and patrol planes. Nobody in government knows, even less wants to know, what this costs. DFO claims it costs nothing because the boats and aircraft are owned and the crews are on salary. Does it cost nothing to put out fires in Toronto because it owns the trucks and firefighters aren't on piecework? Toronto hires firefighters and buys trucks based on the anticipated number and severity of fires. A significant part of what CCG does is rescue sealers. Some 24% of its 2003 fishing vessel rescues derived from this hunt. Without it, CCG's annual budget could be significantly reduced. One hunt-deployed icebreaker, the Amundsen, costs $50,000 per day to operate in winter. Given DFO's lack of transparency, one can only estimate the annual CCG cost attributable to the hunt at $5-million. Secondly, every year some disaster occurs. Last year, it was heavy ice that trapped sealers for days on end. Some even ran out of cigarettes! DFO calculated the extra CCG costs due to heavy ice at $3.41-million. It also paid $7.9-million to owners of boats damaged by ice. This year, it is the drowning of four sealers and the near drowning of two while being rescued by CCG. This resulted in the cost of an unsuccessful week-long 2,800 nautical square mile search for one of the drowned and his boat involving patrol planes, helicopters and three icebreakers. The inevitable lawsuits and legal bills will easily cost more than $6-million. Thirdly, millions are spent every year trying to counter bans on the importation of seal products. Our NAFTA partners and four European countries have imposed bans. Four countries have announced intentions to do so. Italy and Luxembourg have suspended imports. The European Parliament resolved to impose an EUwide ban. The Council of Europe has called on its 46 members to do so. Canada has taken Holland and Belgium to the World Trade Organization in Geneva. Aside form being terribly expensive, it jeopardizes a relationship with two countries with which Canada has a trade surplus. $5.2-million of raw seal products constitutes less than 1/1,000 of what we export to Europe.

By PETER WORTHINGTON -- Sun Media The Toronto Sun Apr 17, 2008 Why do they call it the seal "hunt?" There is absolutely no "hunting" involved. It is seal "killing" or slaughter, with nothing resembling a hunt or chase. Calling the annual slaughter a "hunt" implies the possibility of failure, of not bringing a prey to bay, where it is killed. "Hunt" implies some talent, or skill in divining the movements or location of whatever it is being hunted. No real hunter is a killer. Those who participate in what is euphemistically called the seal hunt get their kicks from the killing, not the hunting. The image of the annual seal harvest engraved on most minds is of a man with a raised pole with a spike on its end -- called a hakapik -- about to strike a helpless seal pup on an ice flow. Newfoundland Premier Danny Williams (every province should be lucky enough to have such an ardent advocate as premier) and Nunavut Premier Paul Okalik, urge that the hakapik be banned -- not because it is not effective for killing seals, but because it looks cruel and barbaric. The premiers feel banning the hakapik would neutralize much of the negative criticism from Europe, of men clubbing baby seals on the head. While it looks bad, killing a baby seal with a blow to the head is both effective and humane. By definition, a quick death is a humane death, albeit unaesthetic. We are told that 90% of seals are killed by a rifle shot, not a club, so Williams and Okalik feel banning this "humane but barbaric" instrument of massacre will ease the pressure on Canada and persuade Europe not to boycott, but to continue importing seal products. The pair are probably right. It doesn't justify the annual slaughter, but it'll ease the pressure. I'm afraid I agree with Farley Mowat in his distaste for the annual slaughter of a couple hundred thousand seals, in essence subsidized by the Canadian government with meagre commercial value. In a Globe and Mail article, Mowat recounts impressions when he visited the killing flows: "These sealers weren't like fishermen, they were butchers ... they didn't much care if the seals were killed or not. They'd hit them over the head, cut off their flippers and skin them alive. The authorities say this is a canard, that it doesn't happen this way. But it does." That may be Farley-speak, but it's how many feel. My view is that the annual "hunt" is a chance for the boys to get together on the ice flows, to escape the rigours of winter and have a break by killing seals, and make extra pocket money. The money isn't great, but the comradeship and adventure is worth it. DEMEANS HUMANS Most of all, the seal slaughter demeans humans. In a way it's reminiscent of those who execute people in large numbers and dump them in mass graves. The Germans did it at Babi Yar and Katyn Forest and elsewhere. Some soldiers who participated couldn't take it and committed suicide. Saddam Hussein did it, and filled some 300-plus mass graves -- with new ones being periodically discovered. It was done at Srebrenica, and in countless incidents in Cambodia. True, the sealing season can't be compared with the above. But in a lesser way it is demeaning to kill animals in mass numbers for little reason. That's part of why Farley Mowat says he is "more at home with the non-human animals of this world ... because we have seen how abominably the human species treats other species." http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Science/2008/04/17/5312246-sun.html

Tant mieux !!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ok Valou si ça ne te dérange pas trop

EU official criticizes Canada for blocking seal hunt observers Peter O'Neil, Europe Correspondent, Canwest News Service Published: Thursday, April 17, 2008 PARIS - Canada fumbled its chance to prove once and for all that its critics are wrong in asserting that the seal hunt is cruel and inhumane, Europe's environment czar said Thursday. European Union Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas said the Canadian government, which complains that the EU is being manipulated by anti-sealing groups spreading misinformation, blocked a team of European experts sent on a fact-finding mission during the 2007 hunt. "If a team of experts wasn't able to look at what is happening, and how it is being conducted, why do they (the Canadian government) claim that other evidence is not correct?" Dimas, in Paris to attend a major climate change conference, told Canwest News Service. "I don't know whether it was bad faith. I don't think so. But the fact is they were prevented from doing what they were going to do." The comment from Dimas, who said he will present legislation soon to ban all seal product imports into Europe, represented a two-pronged attack Thursday on the embattled Canadian industry. The second assault was launched domestically when Green Leader Elizabeth May denounced the hunt and called for its permanent closure. She said the hunt is "inherently inhumane," dangerous for workers, produces little economic benefit and hurts Canada's reputation abroad. "Taxpayers' dollars have been wasted on a grand show for the European Union, complete with an expensive propaganda campaign and lobbying effort," May said in a statement. She also criticized the recent arrest of crew members and detention of the Farley Mowat, a hunt observation vessel operated by Paul Watson's Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. Fisheries Minister Loyola Hearn shot back that May "has chosen to parrot propaganda from a militant organization which jeopardized the safety of sealers instead of standing up for Canadians in coastal communities." Canadian Fisheries Conservation Ambassador Loyola Sullivan, who has just returned from a tour of European capitals, said the EU delegation announced the trip at the last minute and was denied access to the 2007 hunt for safety reasons. "We entered into the heaviest period of ice you can imagine. We had 100 vessels stranded. We had vessels lost in ice. They had to be airlifted to save human lives," Sullivan said in an interview. "And it wasn't practical to use our fisheries patrol vessels or coast guard vessels to move people out to the ice when we had human life at stake." He said EU delegations would always be welcome to observe the hunt under normal circumstances, and lamented the body's apparent intention of imposing a ban without being fully informed. la suite: http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=f3aa6e82-6cf3-4d29-94d5-65060d4a1594&k=80372