If you truly *love* American cities, you MUST support strict enforcement of laws against anti-social behavior. Paying bus fares, red light cameras, camping on sidewalks, smoking on trains, off-leash dogs, etc etc If people want to do whatever they want, that’s FINE in the suburbs or the country on your own land. But it, fundamentally, cannot work in our densest places where people all have to co-operate in proximity. If we do not, it means cities will continue to be primarily for those able to avoid the annoyances ... the wealthy and/or child-free.

I see a fundamental distinction between torture & killing. For those who view meat as essential, killing is unavoidable. However, torture is actually never required & thus is avoidable. Ergo we should seek animal farming methods without torture as much as possible.

The arguments against the foie gras ban: 1. We only torture them for 3 weeks 2. Other things are also torture 3. People should be able to choose torture 4. Sometimes it’s made w/ 1/2 the torture 5. Is this enough torture to care about? 6. Other bad things happen 7. The children!