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For those not familiar with him, Matt is the Torygraph cartoonist in residence. Today he nailed it[^]. 
Reality is an illusion caused by a lack of alcohol
"Nagy, you have won the internets." - Keith Barrow
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I have a question Why exactly badgers and not something else? Does badgers have some special meaning in UK ?
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There is a badger cull going on at the moment
Every day, thousands of innocent plants are killed by vegetarians.
Help end the violence EAT BACON
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I disagree with the cull.
NOT because of the 'Animal Rights' or crap like that, merely that the science has not been proved, that it will not eradicate bovine TB, that there is no evidence to even suggest that it will be in any way effective, that badgers are not the main cause of the disease, and that once again those in power are making decisions based on emotions and beliefs rather than evidence and reason.
If, later, it becomes apparent that a cull IS necessary then I will support it, but only if it is PROVED or at least supportive evidence and empirical data suggests that it is.
Otherwise madness lies.
Badgers are NOT an endangered species, there are many of them, they are just a rarely seen except when dead on the road kind of species.
Do not get emotionally attached to them.
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How can you not get attached to this[^]?
someone had to do it
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I love badgers...
To cook one's badger you’ll need:
1 badger
1 glass of pig’s blood
1 small glass of armagnac
1 ginger root
1 bottle of dry, sparkling white wine
2 eggs
1 pot of crème fraîche
salt and pepper
500g forest mushrooms OR chestnuts to accompany
100g butter
oil
Eviscerate and skin your badger, and soak it in a fast-flowing river for at least 48 hours. This will help you to de-grease it more easily.
Once the badger is de-greased, cut it into pieces and brown it in a frying pan with butter. When the pieces are golden and stiff, flambée with the armanac, season and add a grated soup-spoon of ginger, fresh if possible.
Pour over the wine, and simmer gently for at least two hours.
At the end of the cooking time, mix the chopped badger liver (cooked beforehand in a little oil), the glass of blood, two egg yolks, a coffee-spoon of ginger and the crème fraîche, and pour into the cooking dish. Serve immediately.
This dish goes well with wild mushrooms or chestnuts.
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Obscurum per obscurius.
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That actually sounds delicious. I bet badger has a decent gamey flavour to it.
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I think it actually tastes bad which is why no-one eats it.
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Speaking as someone who has fallen down a cliff and landed on a dead badger, I can certainly confirm that they don't smell very nice at all.
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Well to be fair dead things out in the wild don't usually smell very nice, even if it's something generally accepted to be edible like a sheep or deer.
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I never heard of someone eating a badger  Poor cute fellows.
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How do you find that kind of gems ? 
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'Twas briefly famous about 6 years ago.
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I sit on the fence with this topic, my only attachment to badgers is from what Keith posted.
Every day, thousands of innocent plants are killed by vegetarians.
Help end the violence EAT BACON
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Badgers carry TB that gets transfered to cattle, that is an accepted fact by all, the arguement that is it a major cause of bovine TB
the problem is that bovine TB is suffering a huge rise in cases, now badgers may not be THE main cause but it is an identifiable cause and one that can be actioned on
badgers as you say are NOT endangered and in fact the badger numbers are at an all time high this in itself is causing a wildlife crisis as badgers are prettymuch the top of its food chain its only natural preditor is the car
so despite being a damn cool looking dude in those black and white outfit exactly what is the reason for NOT reducing its numbers escpially as bovine TB oost the govenemt a big wad of cash every year in compensation
(by the way there is no vaccine for bovine TB)
in short is the reduction of an overpopulated vermin to effect even a small reduction in the infection of a major foodstuff not justifiable?
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
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Bergholt Stuttley Johnson wrote: by the way there is no vaccine for bovine TB
Yes there is.
It is merely politics and economics that stop it being used.
DEFRA[^]
It is the EU that bans it because of pressure from the French and the fact that it is not 100% effective.
It is still effective enough that it would reduce more incidents of BTB than killing all the badgers in Britain will do.
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Dalek Dave wrote: Badgers are NOT an endangered species, there are many of them
They will be if they shoot enough of them.
If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.
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The badger is sort of a national animal together with the hedgehog.
Many of our animals have been immortalised in Toad Of Toad Hall(a children's book) which middle class UK citizens grew up reading - badger being one of the main characters in the book.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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GuyThiebaut wrote: Many of our animals have been immortalised in Toad Of Toad Hall(a children's book)
"The Wind in the Willows"
Hang your head in shame.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Saved me the job of pointing that one out!
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I feel like a real nincompoop now 
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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Quote: Does badgers have some special meaning in UK ?
That's usually my response to nearly all of the UK posts. Not the badger part but the part that I have no clue what they're referring to. 
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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That's because in the UK we get culture from a society that has been developing for a thousand years. In Merca it's from yoghurt.
Reality is an illusion caused by a lack of alcohol
"Nagy, you have won the internets." - Keith Barrow
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Culture from Yogurt is good for you.
And, you misspelled yogurt.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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RyanDev wrote: And, you misspelled yoghurt.
No he didn't.
Michael Martin
Australia
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- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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