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18th April 2015 #1
Petition Seeking to Ban Balut in NYC Restaurant
The balut may be a symbol of our Filipino-ness, but one animal rights activist in New York City may not think so. According to Gabrielle Hardy, even balut has rights, and wants it off the menu of Maharlika, a popular Filipino restaurant in the city.
As part of her campaign to get balut off the menu, Hardy created an online petition, saying that it is disgusting and should not be served in a restaurant.
Read more: http://www.wheninmanila.com/petition-seeking-to-ban-balut-in-nyc-restaurant-nearly-reaches-goal-of-5k-signatures/-=rayna.keith=-
...When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible...
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18th April 2015 #2
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18th April 2015 #3
Having [hitherto] not taken advantage of the opportunity to sample balut ... ... I suppose I'm hardly in any position to pass comment.
However, - judging by the amount of feedback (pun intended) I've read here from fellow westerners who've tried this yucky Filipino delicacy - ... that the animal rights campaigner may well be making a !
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18th April 2015 #4
I say to them, don't eat in that restaurant if you don't want to see people eating balut. I do the same to those restaurants serving foie gras, not that I eat in fancy restaurants though.
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...When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible...
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18th April 2015 #5I say to them, don't eat in that restaurant if you don't want to see people eating balut.
Warning signs on shop front window required!
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18th April 2015 #6
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Revolting !
Rather have a couple of sheep's eyeballs...to see me through the week.
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18th April 2015 #8
Och.
I don't fancy ever eating balut and I'm also an animal lover but I think this character is making a mountain out of a molehill.
It's not like the Middle East where they bring live monkeys to a restaurant's table.
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