Re: What do you think about eating dog?

USA wrote:

I think the discussion shouldn't only relate to dogs, it should relate 
to animals in general, especially when kept in a cruel manner (and also 
see the link about wild badgers and sars i posted, 
http://edition.cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/11/15/sars.return/index.html).

Some cultures think it's okay to eat cows (i.e. most of western 
society), while some cultures don't (some Hindu and Chinese religions).
Some cultures think it's okay to eat dogs, i.e. as mentioned before, but 
they are all just different sorts of animals.

Personally, I do not endorse the consumption of animals, for many 
reasons, but in this case, I would say because a lot of animals are not 
only kept cruelly, but in a way that can even endanger humans because 
their conditions are so filthy or containminated (see SARS link, I saw 
it on CNN today :( )

So for many people, eating dog may be taboo, or something 'wrong', 
because we keep dogs as pets.  But if we also kept a cow as a pet, we 
would also have feelings attached to it, and may not want to eat it 
either.

I don't think I can offer even the slightest solution to the problem of 
 animal rearing, or meat consumption, or dangers/issues involved, but I 
think, since food is a personal choice, that the first thing that needs 
to be done is to raise awareness on animal cruelty issues in regards to 
food.  That is more important than what kind of animal it is: they all 
have a life, and so people need to be aware that many of them suffer 
unnecessarily for consumption purposes.

Good links to check out: Peta.org

Regards, C.
> "Yaofeng" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (tobysdad) wrote in message:
> > > Dear Yaofeng ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
> > >
> > > I have to apologise for the delay in answering to your reply. And I
> > > hope you will accept my reply to you in this thread instead of the
> > > thread "Spam from the dog-eating country". It seems something wrong
> > > has happened to that thread, and I think our current discussion could
> > > be more on-topic in this thread. I will copy my questions to you and
> > > your answers to them below, and try to speak my thoughts afterwards.
> > >
> > > As I typed the BBC report I lost my usual typing speed and then
> > > stopped typing. I looked at my dog lying beside me. He noticed
> > > me seeing him. His eyes were so peaceful. I could not help but
> > > think of the dogs' terror-filled eyes. I felt as if I were standing at
> > > the scene.
> > >
> > > If your dogs should be stolen by dog-meat sellers, how would you
> > > feel? You say you cried when your dogs died - died of old age
> > > as you wrote to me before. Don't you feel a dog's life is too short?
> > > Have you ever realised the truth that your dogs love you throughout
> > > their lives? You didn't choose cows after you lost your dogs. You
> > > chose dogs. And you say you love dogs. The same animals are
> > > being killed for humans' appetite or sexual desire, without being
> > > given a chance to live their short lives. Dogs are loyal to humans.
> > > That's why they are called man's best friends. It is not only cruel
> > > but also not fair to kill such animals. And I think it is never good
> > > for children's education. I can't believe people having no pity for
> > > such dogs can have pity for humans.
> > >
> > > I wish I could live forgetting such cruelties. I am too happy to
> > > keep on remembering sorrowful things. But no, I can't forget.
> > > Don't you really remember the terror-filled eyes when you see
> > > your dogs' happy eyes?
> > >
> > > tobysdad_jp
> >
> > I can relate to your point of view always having had dogs in the
> > household.  I've alway mainained dogs are just like children that
> > never grow up.  You enjoy them until the day they die.  Naturally you
> > have to take care of them like taking care of children too.
> >
> > Of course I am against cruelty in any form to animals.  But like I
> > said, eating dogs is a custom practiced in the orient for a couple
> > thousand years.
>
>
> No not all places in the "Orient" eat dogs. The Japanese who will eat nearly
> anything raw find the idea of eating dogs disgusting .Vietnamese
> may eat dogs, but the Cambodians do not historically have such a tradition.
> Therefore to say that it is an "oriental" or "asian" tradition
> is misleading.