The head of the Bush "Bioethics Committe"

[Peikko 1,575]

Worth the read? Well, what do you make of this:

"a catlike activity that has been made acceptable in informal America but that still offends those who know eating in public is offensive. ... Eating on the street--even when undertaken, say, because one is between appointments and has no other time to eat--displays [a] lack of self-control: It beckons enslavement to the belly. ... Lacking utensils for cutting and lifting to mouth, he will often be seen using his teeth for tearing off chewable portions, just like any animal. ... This doglike feeding, if one must engage in it, ought to be kept from public view, where, even if we feel no shame, others are compelled to witness our shameful behavior."

So, what grotesque and inhuman eating technique is being discussed? Eating an ice cream cone. Priceless!

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[dalegg 143]

Its obscene. We have to stop it.

[Dr. A ♥ O 203]

I've read this in the past, that in certain countries it is considered rude to eat in the street. In the US I don't see this as the main perception. Eatting on the go seems to be encouraged with the boom of the drive-thru industry. There are hotdog stands convientiently on corners, and the food-court & beer gardens are in public at festivals.