Dog meat hot among Korea and China's trendy young

The Straights Times ^ | 30 June 2002 | Ng Hui Hui

[NC_Libertarian]

I can't beleive a vet would have such an attitude about this.

[PresbyRev]

Nutria

[HairOfTheDog]

Better that they end up as a useful protein source than as a waste of space.

Too bad not everyone is going to see it that way.

So the solution to the sourge of irresponsible dog breeding and overpopulation is to turn them into a exportable crop to Korea? - You are right... We aren't going to see it that way. The animals that vetvetdog puts down have already been betrayed once.

[maui_hawaii]

re: #78

All the less competition for me...

[maui_hawaii]

Re: #80

Looks like this is going to boil down to a good old fist fight... between you and me... LOL

[ned]

Dog meat hot among Korea and China's trendy young.

Korean and Chinese meat hot among trendy young dogs.

[Lake]

>>I'm single, I admit it...
so you don't have to be that starved....America is a land of free....

[RedBloodedAmerican]

Some people eat animals for food. Some people chose to have animals for pets. Just because you use one as a pet, does not mean another cannot use it as food. It's as simple as that. Your argument is emotionally based.

[Tennessee_Bob]

Before you go and get all incensed and upset about the statement that I made, realize that it's never going to happen. So don't get all bent out of shape over it. Besides, why export it when folks could use it here? But again, it's not going to happen, so relax.

[vetvetdoug]

American women hate to admit that many Asian women are far better looking and easier to get along with than their Anglo-Saxon counterparts. I have seen Korean, Japanese, Phillipine and Thai women that would knock the top out of a "10" scale while I was in the USAF. I personally think the Thai women were the most beautiful and personable.

[Tennessee_Bob]

LOL!!

That's ok. You bring your fists. I'll bring my Remington.

[RedBloodedAmerican]

I consider man and dog to be symbiant beings.

PLEASE do not go into any detail about your sex life at this point!

[RedBloodedAmerican]

I'd bring my rotty, but he's on the barbie.

[OWK]

I can't beleive a vet would have such an attitude about this.

Do you have a fundamental objection to eating animals?

[Tennessee_Bob]

Are you going to share, or are you just bragging???

[Mark17]

Some people eat animals for food. Some people chose to have animals for pets. Just because you use one as a pet, does not mean another cannot use it as food. It's as simple as that.

They do this in the Philippines too, and have been for generations. Been there, but haven't done that. Did you ping anyone else that you should have? LOL

[HairOfTheDog]

I know it isn't going to happen... But vetvet's and your posts seemed to be just crapping on a situation that smelled bad enough already.

[GBA]

"If I was in trouble, my dachshund would try to lick my rear, the big dog would take a nap, and the cats would go hide under the bed."

First, this isn't meant to be an attack on you. Allow me to quote you and say that you seem to know what your animals would/wouldn't do for you. I also have a fair idea of what to expect from mine. I, myself, have seen my two dogs engage in all sorts of dominance behaviours, such as the humping you mention. They are dogs. But I have also seen them come to the aid of each other and show a great deal of concern when someone, especially a child, is upset or in pain. Of course, this could just be my interpretation of a simple random act of a "dumb" animal. Whatever.

There are countless stories of dogs, and even cats, coming to the aid of humans and, in some cases, other animals. It would seem that these capacities had been developed. Was it the environment or was it genetic? I don't know. But I don't think it was an accident of mere statistical probability. It appears to be a deliberate act that, if performed by a human, would be considered heroic or at the very least pro-social.

And as to loyalty being a human trait, I wouldn't count on people to do the right thing either. We have parents who celebrate their children's short career as suicide bombers or who beat their children or drown them or leave them in a hot car to die. And don't for get the famous case of Kitty Genovese, who was stabbed to death in an attack that lasted over a half an hour while 38 people listened, but no one called for help until 20 minutes after she died. The police arrived 2 minutes later.

Do these acts of the few negate the capacity or potential for human good? We still find humans enslaving other humans. Even human cannibalism is not unheard of, but hey, protein is protein. We are all strangers in a strange land.

Because a level of prosocial behaviour hasn't manifest itself or been developed doesn't negate its potential. Social behaviours, such as loyalty, are traits that intelligent mammals do seem to be capable of. Not just humans, but many other mammals. Perhaps it is that the mammalian brain (as opposed to the reptillian brain) is wired for this behaviour and that genetics and the environment develop it. It certainly provides evolutionary advantages.

My appologies if you are/were offended.

[Mark17]

I was in the USAF.

So was I. Send me to Clark any day of the week, if it were still there. On second thought, no need to. I already got one from the PI. Smartest move I ever made.

[vetvetdoug]

I can't believe the bleeding heart liberals that would rather let animals starve, suffer, and die of disease so they can be "touchy feely" good about themselves. Most liberal airheads don't have a clue as to the amount of carnage that goes on in the US where dogs and cats are concerned and only wag their mouth and do nothing to make the situation better. I volunteer my services to the humane society and have been for the past 20 years so that some of the incarcerated animals can get out of those places. Unfortunately the truth is most get out by way of bags and the landfill. I have a realistic attitude about the situation and do with actions instead of a "democrat loud mouth igorant critical do nothing liberal attitude and action."