Louisiana Fights Back Against Oyster Ban
True, they're gross. But count me among those in the George Carlin camp when it comes to the more cerebral reason not to eat oysters: "When I look at an oyster, I think, "Hey! Somebody lives in there! That's somebody’s little house! I'm not going to break in on somebody just to eat them. Come on! We've got laws against that. That's 'breaking and eating,' I believe."
For Louisiana, oysters are an opulent hors d'oeurve. Unfortunately the Food and Drug Administration is attempting to ban the fishing of oysters, not because they're disgusting (and not because they're killing organisms who are living peacefully in their underwater abodes) but because people could get sick and die from eating them raw. That's why delegates from Louisiana's congress will be headed to DC to defend the harvesting of those extremely delici... um, exotic appetizers.
U.S. representative Charlie Melancon says the state's residents and lovers of icky seafood "have united in outrage against this proposed ban on fresh Gulf oysters." Seriously. Won't they think of the oysters?
Melancon said that only 15 people in the U.S. (with "pre-existing conditions" that don't include the strange desire to eat oysters) died as a result of raw oysters. But of course, the law is to protect everyone. Except, of course, for those who hate oysters. They should be fine.
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