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Dog meat off the menu during Beijing Olympics
I'm going to hurl
~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Dog meat off the menu during Beijing Olympics 1 hour, 50 minutes ago BEIJING - Canine cuisine is being sent to the doghouse during next month's Beijing Olympic Games. Dog meat has been struck from the menus of officially designated Olympic restaurants, and Beijing tourism officials are telling other outlets to discourage consumers from ordering dishes made from dogs, the official Xinhua News Agency reported Friday. Waiters and waitresses should "patiently" suggest other options to diners who order dog, it said, quoting city tourism bureau Vice Director Xiong Yumei. Dog, known in Chinese as "xiangrou," or "fragrant meat," is eaten by some Chinese for its purported health-giving qualities. Beijing isn't the first Olympic host to slap a ban on the dish. South Korea banned dog meat during the 1988 Seoul Olympics by invoking a law prohibiting the sale of "foods deemed unsightly." After the Olympics, the ban was not strictly enforced. Dog meat is also eaten in some other Asian countries, including Vietnam, the Philippines and Laos.
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I'm not sure I see the connection.
Dogs are eaten in certain parts of the world and IMO that in itself is not a good reason to boycott all things Chinese. We as humans seem very selective about which animals are disgusting to eat and which are not. I think it's pretty hypocritical to take a popular food off the menu or discouraging eating it just for the sake of not offending tourists. It's not my custom to eat dog meat or any other meat for that matter but the Chinese have been eating dog for thousands of years. That's their custom and it is not in and of itself 'wrong' just because we as North American pet lovers feel it's distasteful.
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Sorry, but I just find it horrifying. There are plenty of things eaten by Latin Americans which I find just as distasteful. There are plenty of other things to eat. I know for a fact there are plenty of people in my home country that eat cats and enjoy them fully, and this is something I recently found out much to my dismay. I see a lot wrong with that. Not just because my pets are cats, to me eating a cat or a dog is like eating someone you know. Maybe that's extreme thinking on my part but it's what I believe.
My boycotting things Chinese isn't just because of what they choose to eat. It's a little bit of many things that have been going on with their human rights violations and other things. I won't discuss that here because this isn't the place to do that.
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two points i try to not buy chineses for thier horrible human rights abuses and enviornmental inadaquecies
and the reason third world countries eat what we consider pets is that its cheap food a cow costs a lot of money and a dog, goat, cat etc is a lot cheaper to raise I happen to think that it's a crime to hold the olympics thier as I did when they held them in russia But Money talks |
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I changed the thread title to reflect the story in the body of the post.
Thx Marko
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Okay Marko, thanks.
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Graphic images
This is why the Olympics are being boycotted in MY house this year. And it's a shame because I love watching the athletes "go for the gold".
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...camp-cats.html http://network.bestfriends.org/inter...news/9191.html http://www.actionagainstpoisoning.co...crestarts.html I personally think it's horrific! I understand that their culture eats dogs and cats and has for years. Just like our culture eats beef and pork. In fact it's an ongoing joke (one I hate) that Chinese food is made of cats. I understand it but don't agree with it. However, you would think that there are other, more humane ways to "get rid of their unwanted animals". Not mass slaying or being sent to "death camps". It was stopped due to the huge outcry from other countries. Too bad it got as far as it did. As for not buying anything Chinese. That's kind of hard seeing as most everything has at least parts of it made in China. Just my
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Assumptions do nothing but make an ass out of u and me. We can stick our heads in the sand for only so long before it starts choking us. Face it folks. The pet population is bad ALL OVER THE WORLD! Last edited by 14+kitties; July 11th, 2008 at 01:53 PM. |
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14K, it is hard not buying anything made in China, but lately I've found myself looking at the bottom of everything I buy to see what the sticker says. I've put a lot of things back lately too.
I don't know what's in the links you posted but I gather it's pictures that will horrify me. I can't look at those. It's sad to see how people treat innocent little animals. I get that some countries are hungry and as Jim said, it's an inexpensive meat, I totally get that. But I can still disagree with it.
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listen, we eat another cultures religious icon. we have no room to judge on cats and dogs. frankly i find pigs to be far more intelligent than dogs anyway. what do you base this on??? puppies are cuter than piglets?? i just can not fathom....
they have been eating cats and dogs longer than we have been on this continent. about the only folks who have room to complain are vegetarians. the only animals who should be unquestionably banned from human consumption are primates because of their evolutionary relations. -ashley
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I just knew this thread would bring the racists out of the woodwork.
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I am personally boycotting the Olympics and TRY to avoid products in China in general because of my feelings about the human rights abuses perpetuated by their government.
As much as I, and all other members here, love animals and hate the thought of dogs being eaten, we need to be very careful of what we say about this topic. We are talking about the culture of a lot of people and some comments on here are getting racist IMO. Yes, I find it upsetting that some people eat dogs.....but some people believe cows are sacred and likely find it just as upsetting that North Americans eat them.
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I feel it is their right to eat what they find fit to eat and I don't think they should change their culture for visitors. I commend them for trying not to offend the visitors. Some cultures don't eat pork, should we take pork off the menu to accommodate them?
As for the products they produce, I really think they are not the best quality and would prefer to purchase item manufactured in North America, but those are becoming few and far between.
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gimme a break so that's it then , you're coming here only to complain about our posts ? |
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oh and by the way , all you guys that are all for China , what about child slavery ? That's ok too then , it's ok for them , and other countries , not here but ok elsewhere ? And about human rights ? That's ok if they don't have any over there right ?
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I see I'm not the only one who was thinking the same thing.
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I Dont think anyone should eat dog, cat, or anyother companion animals.I Wouldnt ever eat duck, because i keep them as pets, And all i would be able to picture would be my little ducks waddling around inside my mouth -yuck- DO you agree that they should be taking animals out of thwere own homes and killing them for meat? DO you agree that in Beijing, you cannot keep a dog in your house more than 35 inches at the shoulder or it will be killed for meat? In supporting the right to eat dogs, your supporting the right to take peoples pets for food, even if the owners do not want to give them up . Last edited by katherine93; July 11th, 2008 at 12:08 PM. |
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Just as I said repeatedly in the horse meat thread, it makes no sense to divide animals according to "those it's ok to eat" and "those it's not ok to eat." Even your arguments about companion species doesn't fly, since dogs haven't been considered as companion species in some of the places where they're eaten. Also? Comparing eating dog meat to child slavery is laughably hyperbolic, and logically fallacious. It's easy to explain why everyone should be entitled to the same human rights regardless of culture. It's also easy to explain why all animals should be treated humanely. It's one thing to state a personal revulsion for eating certain animals (I'm not too eager to eat any insect, for example), but to claim that eating one species is somehow barbaric while not objecting to the eating of another is often based on knee-jerk racism (as we've seen from several posters in this thread) and cultural imperialism, not logic or reason. John Feffer has written a brilliant article covering some of the arguments that came up during the World Cup in Korea: Quote:
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A chinese man from around here beats his wife until She cannot see out of her own two eyes, But he gets away with it because it is 'in his cultre'. So why should he stop that? |
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First of all, your comments are veering dangerously close to racism. Second, I've already explained why those are different things. And third, as I've explained umpteen times, meat is meat is meat. The only thing that matters is whether the animal is treated humanely.
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1 question- Are you asian Dingo?
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Why do you ask? Because you think only an Asian person wouldn't be horrified by the thought of people eating dog meat?
If you read the Wikipedia article on dog meat, you'll discover that dogs have been or are still eaten all over the world, including: Alaska Siberia Greenland Canada America China Tibet Taiwan Korea India Indonesia Nigeria France Germany Mexico The Philippines Tahiti Hawaii Other Polynesian islands Switzerland Vietnam And that's an incomplete list. Last edited by Dingo; July 11th, 2008 at 12:36 PM. |
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No, smart A*s .. I was simply going to apologize if i had offended you.. But now , i dont think im sorry at all..
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That is enough! Loving animals is no excuse for being racist. Period. This discussion is absolutely shameful. You can criticize a government, or a practice, but not a people. This is a public forum and nobody should be talking like this on it. Keep it to yourself.
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And while we're on the subject, you may be interested in perusing this list of animals people eat: Beef (bovines): American Bison Carabao Cattle Veal (calves) Yak Canids: Dog Fox Wolf Coyote Felines: Cat Equines: Horse Donkey Zebra Lagomorphs: Hare Pika Rabbit Marsupials: Kangaroo Opossum Wallaby Ovis (sheep): Lamb Domestic Sheep Bighorn sheep Caprae (goats) Domestic Goat Ibex Wild goat Barbary Sheep Dall Sheep Mountain Goat Suidae (swine): Domestic pig Peccary (Javelina) Wild boar Red River Hog Bushpig Venison (Cervidae): Caribou (reindeer) Deer Moose Antelope Giraffe Red deer Primates: Gorilla Orangutan Chimpanzee Bonobo Monkey Rodents: Beaver Guinea pig Capybara Muskrat Rat Squirrel Greater Cane Rat ("Grasscutter") Paca (Agouti or tepezcuintle) Cetaceans: Whale Dolphin Pinnipeds: Walrus Earless seal Eared seal Other mammals: Bear Elephant Raccoon Rhinoceros Weasel Camel Poultry (birds): Chicken Duck Goose Turkey Game birds: Dove New World quail Ostrich Emu Guineafowl Pheasant Grouse Partridge Crow Quail Pigeon Woodcock Ptarmigan Reptiles: Turtle Lizard Snake Iguana Crocodile Alligator Amphibians: Frog Salamander Toad Fish: Anchovy Basa Bass Catfish Carp Cod Crappie Eel Flounder Fugu (Tetraodontidae, Blow fish, Puffer fish) Grouper Haddock Halibut Herring Kingfish Mackerel Mahi Mahi Marlin Orange Roughy Perch Pike Pollock Salmon Sardine Shark Snapper Sole Swordfish Tilapia Trout Tuna Walleye Echinoderms: Chilean sea urchin Insects: Grasshoppers Chapulines Ants Escamoles Bees Cockroaches Beetles True bugs Jumiles Larvae: Grubs Caterpillars Maguey worm Crustaceans: Crab Crayfish Lobster Prawn Shrimp Other arthropods Spiders Scorpions Mollusks: Abalone Clam Conch Loco Mussel Oyster Scallop Snail (also see escargots) Cephalopods: Cuttlefish Octopus Squid |
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So your trying to say you arent at all racist, towards anybody? Cause' thats a load of crap, Everybody is a little racist, i dont care who ya are.
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Speak for yourself.
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At least i can admit im racist. Your the one trying to play mother fricken theresa. I am a racist person to a certain extent. I know many chinese people would neverbeat there wives, or send there children off to work themselves to death, or even think about eating a dog. But for those who do beat there wives, send there children off to be 'slaves' or even eat dog, I have no compasion for, Wheather it be asians, blacks, whites, or Anyother people. In my opinion, these people are sick, disquisting human beings, that should die a painful death. Not just asians. Everybody, I dont care If your the friggen pope, I dont agree with it.
On this particualr topic, yes i was talking about the chinese culture. So sue me. |
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I'm offended by some of the comments made.
People are quick to point out how backward the rest of the world is, but fails to realize how backwards they are to the rest of the world. Last edited by Joeyjoejoe; July 11th, 2008 at 01:04 PM. |
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