CNN: Dog Meat Festival in China

[ßringer]

Different cultures eat different things so I have no problem with it. There are numerous foods that Americans eat that other cultures might find disgusting.

Exactly this.

Being an animal lover (particularly a total f*ggot in regards to dogs), it's difficult for me to rationalize a human being eating a dog, a species that I consider of great value and worth to our own. However, being a logical human being, I also realize that my view on dogs is largely shaped by the western culture I grew up within. Had I been raised within another country with a completely different culture (like India) I'd not only have an entirely different view on dogs but I'd also find some of the **** I eat now (like cows) to be immoral and/or abhorrent.

And that's just touching on the cultural side of things. The other side of that coin involves hunger - It's easy to pick and choose what is and isn't an acceptable form of sustenance when you live in a society where you have such luxuries. Most are not that lucky.

[devildg]

It's their culture. Japanese eat whales. There is cannibalism in parts of Africa. Cows are revered in India, while they are butchered here in America.

Not sure how this affects YOU or me.

[ßringer]

I've been a dog owner my entire life (or least always had a family dog when I was a kid). I love dogs.

Still, we in America obviosly view dogs differently than other cultures. In some cultures, dogs are viewed as nothing more than food, in others dirty animals that they would never allow into thier homes.

This is why I also have no moral objective to dog fighting as well.

Wow. Really?

There's a huge difference between eating a dog for nutrients and training them to fight to the death in an arena for your own sick pleasure. That goes for any animal too, not just dogs.

Anybody who doesn't object to the latter is an absolute piece of ****, IMO.

[DARKSEID]

Pigs are more intelligent than dogs. Just because we decided to domesticate an animal doesn't make it any better than slaughtering and eating pigs.

This right here. There is absolutely no way to justify the slaughter of one animal and condemn it for another. Either eating Pigs and Dogs are both ok or they're both wrong. There's no in-between because you would just be a hypocrite.

If you've ever eaten a cow or a pig then what right do you have to say eating dogs is wrong.

Not that I would ever eat a dog. I've had some good dogs and I would never eat any out of respect for the species.

[Mike D]

We look at it differently here in the states obviously, as the dog (man's BFF) has been a companion mainstay in our culture. But as said already in the thread -- different cultures. What's the culture that eats monkey brains straight out of their skulls? Horses are also eaten elsewhere in the world like we eat beef. We eat a lot of pig here, whereas some other parts of the world consider pig as bad as we would perceive eating a sewer rat.

Different strokes for different folks and all that stuff.

[Aztekkas]

Lo K me asusta de Croacia es su ataque por el aire. Su medio campo es muy bueno, y son grandes. Lo k México tiene k hacer es ganar la batalla de posesión, y usar su contra ataque para controlar la agresividad de Croacia.

Ojala por lo menos empatemos, pero yo creo K México va a jugar por la victoria.

Ganamos!!!! Si se pudo! La neta es que todos no subestimaron en el mundial por la manera de ver llegado. Pero El Piojo nos a levantado el equipo y estamos demostrando el porque fuimos medallistas de oro en el 2012. Viva Mexico cabrones!

gotta try it with Tapatio

Valentina is my poison of choice, stay thirsty my fur-end.

[ßringer]

We look at it differently here in the states obviously, as the dog (man's BFF) has been a companion mainstay in our culture. But as said already in the thread -- different cultures. What's the culture that eats monkey brains straight out of their skulls? Horses are also eaten elsewhere in the world like we eat beef. We eat a lot of pig here, whereas some other parts of the world consider pig as bad as we would perceive eating a sewer rat.

Different strokes for different folks and all that stuff.

I believe you're confusing real life with Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.'

[Mike D]

I believe you're confusing real life with Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.'

Saw it on National Geographic. I think it was that "Taboo" show.

[Mike D]

I was fooled by my friends and tried it. We were out of town and did camping overnight. They said it was a tofu dipped in soy sauce. I also had eaten wood worm the next day.

I lol'd hahahaha

[Drunken Cat]

I've had dog before in Seoul.

And it's not true that dogs are 'seen as food' in 'East Asia'.

There are some countries in which dog is eaten as food, such as China. Dogs are also pets. And the dogs that are used for meat are particular breads, and are raised for meat.