Pork!

[randomness]

In response to the ridiculous bans on pork imports from parts of North America by at least ten different countries, I propose that those of us who normally eat pork incorporate it into one more meal than usual. I started this morning with bacon. Mmmm, bacon.

I suspect these pork bans are more about raising a trade barrier than anything else.

Who's with me? For tasty pork, and against panic and protectionism!

Edit: added the word "imports" and reworded first sentence for clarity.

Comments

[karakara98.livejournal.com]

So, as I've heard more about the pig cull, I can see the reasons behind it, even if I think the Egyptian government is going about it the wrong way. It sounds as if most of the pig herds in Egypt live not just within city limits, but in apartment courtyards. Talk about close contact with people! Given this, fears that the flu could spread between live pigs and people and then on to other people do not seem completely baseless.

Also according to the NPR report this morning, the Egyptian government has been dealing with the Bird flu for a while by trying to address by improving the hygiene of people handling birds. So a concern for how people are interacting with animals has been demonstrated previously. It also sounds like there have been calls to move the pigs outside city limits for a while.

All that said, killing every pig in Egypt does sound like a stupid thing to do (currently, the herd is healthy, they'll have to import more pigs who may be infected if they want to rebuild the industry!). I can also see how the fact that the industry is controlled by a religious minority enables this sort of across the board silliness.

I do support the "Eat Pork" campaign proposed above, and went out and bought a tenderloin last night. mmm, pork!