Its that time of year again. Everyone grab your carving knives, turkey basters and warm up the apple pie - its Thanksgiving! (Well, not for Kevin and me; we're in England, where apparently they don't care about pilgrims or Native Americans.) And what better time to criticize liberals, global warming, environmentalists, animal rights activists and the 'Anti-Thanksgiving' among us? (Yes, there are apparently, according to Mr. Robbins, people out there who are ardently against Thanksgiving.) Mr. James S. Robbins, a contributing editor to the lovely National Review, believes that Thanksgiving "is to do that which is unsustainable."
Here's the full article. Its absolutely stuffed with idiocy! (Oh, I crack myself up.)
Mr. Robbins goes on to say:
"The hard-core anti-Thanksgiving movement has traditionally been centered around the Native American cause, whence came the term “Thanks-taking.” Animal-rights and vegan groups have traditionally criticized the annual “Turkey genocide.” Now the themes of the ecology movement is creeping into the festivities. They don’t want to see the holiday abolished, just layered with new meaning. Thanksgiving, they assert, is a time for both gratitude and responsibility. “The more you eat,” the Post cautions, “the larger your carbon footprint.” And the larger your waistline, but that cogent argument hasn't proved a deterrent either."
A few important questions:
1) There's a hard-core anti-thanksgiving movement?
2) Since when is considering Thanksgiving a time for 'both gratitude and responsibility' a bad thing? Is Thanksgiving not THE time of the year to realize and give thanks for our privilege? I cannot think of a better time of year for gratitude or responsibility. According to Mr. Robbins though, "Thanksgiving is not about reducing your carbon footprint, it’s about making your real footprint deeper." I mean...really? I understand that an important element to Thanksgiving is the large feast that ensues, but isn't the entire holiday supposed to be in the idea that we realize that many people aren't as well off? Its not about making your carbon footprint deeper, its about recognizing the fact that you even have a carbon footprint to begin with, and the privilege that comes with it. I would love to give this guy one of our lol-scale awards, but I think he's too much of an idiot even for that. Please feel free to share your thoughts and tell me if I've gotten this all wrong. Anyway, happy thanksgiving!!! I think Kevin and I will order some take out.
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Well, as an American living in Scotland during this special time of year where we celebrate the time honored tradition of accepting gifts of survival from strangers,only to turn around, rape, kill and relocate them, I am thoroughly disappointing that there is no such equivalent. I mean, hell, haven't the British done this like a bajillion and a half times since the Romans invaded in 43 AD? Scottish women, raped on their wedding day to cleanse the isle. Irish, conveniently "relocated" to Australia and Tasmania. French...well, they kind of deserved it. I just wonder why there is no turkey slaughtering tradition in Britain. I'll tell you why, turkeys remind them of the plague. I mean look at their necks...obviously a cancerous growth ready to infect the populace. Also, turkey can be a tough meat, and when dentists in Britain still operate in the same fashion they did 100 years ago, I can't blame them for not wanting to chew through such a hearty meat. And of course, all that triptophan might put the country to sleep, and that is just a waste of valuable drinking and football time and would give the Germans a chance to invade. See, the British know what's up. While Americans celebrate turn a horrible holiday into a shopping extravaganza, the British just buy more booze to forget that anything ever really happened. Smart chaps!
But fuck, who cares, it's another excuse to eat good food and as chef, I'm really not complaining
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