Foie Gras Is a Bad Habit: Uri Geller Thinks Hypnosis Can Help

He can bend spoons with his mind. He can restart a
stopped watch. But can our friend, the magician, psychic, and mentalist Uri
Geller convince Fortnum & Mason (F&M) CEO Ewan Venters to stop selling foie gras? Now that would be mesmerizingly good. 

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Uri has written to Venters on PETA UK’s behalf
offering to use his powers of hypnotic suggestion to help the F&M chief rediscover his
compassion and, presto-change-o, stop
supporting the abysmally cruel and illegal force-feeding of geese. (That’s right: Foie gras production is illegal in the U.K., which is
why F&M buys the foie gras it sells from France.) Writes Uri:

I understand
that Fortnum and Mason are one of the last remaining retailers to still sell
foie gras. … There seems to be only one possible explanation: there could be
some psychological block stopping you from doing the right thing. Luckily,
I may have just the remedy. Meet with me, any time and any place, and through
hypnotic suggestion I will help you tap into your mind, to put yourself in the
place of the birds and know that it is indefensible to sell the product of
their extreme suffering. … I am confident I can help you come to realize you’ll
want nothing to do with this vile foie gras.

Let’s hope Mr. Venters is getting veeeeery sleepy.
After which, he awakes refreshed and forgetful about why he ever wanted to a few pounds off the grotesquely bloated livers of tortured geese.

What You Can Do

Send Ewan
Venters your own suggestions (hypnotic or otherwise) about how to kick a bad habit and ditch foie gras for
good.