Monkey Meat at Center of NYC Court Case
posted November 26, 2007 - 2:06amAh, diversity. You've got to love it. Into America's legendary melting pot we put many beliefs, cultures, peoples, and...monkey meat?
A current court case in NYC pits Liberian immigrant Mamie Manneh, who has admittedly imported monkey meat from the Western African country of Guinea, against the US Fish amp; Wildlife Service for the importation of bush meat.
The prosecution says that bush meat poses a major health risk and importation is blocked for that reason, but the defense says there is nothing wrong with a little monkey meat and that the only reason that this has gone to court is Miss Manneh is a poor immigrant ignorant of the customs of the U.S.
There are far more "interesting" food sources that we Americans already ingest to take Mamie Manneh to task for eating monkey, which is harmless and doesn't involve any endangered species. If we are going to allow other peoples from other countries to live here, we should allow a certain amount of grace for their customs.
Website: http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-71...

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Immigrants need to obey the law or go home
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