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"  The movement to ban the seal hunt has always been, to me, one of the foremost examples of Western hypocrisy. Its latest movement has been trying to spark a boycott of all Canadian fishing products in response to the annual hunt. Last night Anthony Bourdain pointed out a few flaws in this plan.     I completely understand well meaning intentions of good hearted chefs who signed this petition. But they are wrong . Visit the Inuit \u2014 Anthony Bourdain (@Bourdain) October 28, 2013    Thank God one celebrity chef has stepped forward to provide a reality check. The reason he can do so is that he&amp;#039;s happened to visit the place. The only reason the seal hunt ever comes up for discussion is that baby seals happen to be really cute and that they are slaughtered out in the open, where people can take pictures of them. The campaign against the seal hunt is pure propaganda. If you hate meat, I understand. If you hate the relationship to nature that is contained in our industrialized meat product culture, I understand. But to attack the Inuit for crimes against nature is more than absurd. It is disgusting. They have been hunting seals in that way for millennia. It is an integral part of their culture. It does exactly zero harm to the environment. When the United States and Europe have solved all of their own problems with the way we consume the bounty of nature, then, and only then, can we lecture the Inuit on their way of life. Until we reach that point, shut up.  Follow Eat Like a Man on RSS and on Twitter at @ESQFood. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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