July 11, 2008
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No dog food?!?
This article raised my ire a little bit. It seems that China in an effort to be more "sensitive" to other cultures has banned dog meat dishes in the Beijing. What the freak?!? Why the hell should the Chinese have to be sensitive to other cultures? It should be the other way around. The foreign athletes and visitors should be the ones who are sensitive and accept the fact that there are people in the world that eat different kinds of animals. I think there is a big problem if a nation has to alter its culture for the sake of being sensitive to visitors. Why should China have to sacrifice culture just to appease a small portion of stupid, self-centered, uncultured bigots.
I don't think any nation should ban an ethnic dish just because some ingredient may be offensive to somebody else. Hell, I didn't see Atlanta ban pulled pork, bbq pork ribs, and bacon because they might offend the Muslim athletes and guests. I have a suggestion, why not keep the dog meat on the menus and if the athletes and guests don't want it, then they can choose not to have it. I would further suggest that Westerners at least sample some dog meat. I guarantee that you will enjoy it. If yo don't want to try it then fine, don't, but don't going around condeming it; that just makes you a bigot.
What are your thoughts?
Comments (4)
not 'no dog food,'
more like,
no food from dog products.
pigs are smarter than dogs and people have no problem with bacon.
i try to avoid both (though to be honest, i've never actually been offered dog meat)
on a different note, what the heck is wrong with china? nobody would have made a fuss of this had they just went about business as usual. by making this an issue, now the entire world is made aware. up until now, i'm willing to bet very few people equated dog consumption with china. you think, great wall, billions of people, labor law violations, cheap textiles, kung fu, pandas, dynasty's.... but now guess what, goood going, china! you outdid yourself.
You seriously just put everything into perspective for me.
I'd never eat a dog, but I do not think it should be banned if other kinds of meat aren't being banned. Especially to conform to someone else's culture.
doggie!
yay! i'm the number one nerd!
btw...it wasn't just a metaphor for relationships, but for life in general...
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