Koreans: Is dog meat really a staple of their diet? And if so, why do we criticize?

[DanS]

"no liberals as of yet seem to protest too vehemently against brain-eating europeans and what not..."

Grandfather clauses.

"i've run across several people asking me how dogs taste, which is, to say the least, tiring, annoying, and ultimately just irritating."

Just educate them. Say you haven't tried it. 4 words.

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by Q Cubed
perhaps. but it's a bit annoying. lefty, che, you guys must be lucky. i've run across several people asking me how dogs taste,

I'm not Korean, either, so why would anyone ask me. Look, there's always one annoying question you're always gonna get. With my mom, people are always asking to ride her wolfhounds.

[Lord Merciless]

Lefty has nailed it. That was a good post!

I noticed that Euros, who consider themselves as the most civilized people in the world, have the strongest dose of "holier-than-attidute" and the most trouble with dog-eatings.

[Urban Ranger]

So I'm a commie hick eh? It figures

[orange]

Che - I don't get the reference...what about your mom now?

[Q Classic]

yeah. i suppose i come across as probably a lot more pissed than i really am~ i am irritated about it, true, but it's something i can usually deal with.

but it's also something i wish i didn't have to deal with at the same time; it's an old custom, and a lot of old customs you kinda just want to stick in a closet and forget about, no?

[orange]

seriously though, Q Cubed, if people ask you that they may be asking simply because they HAVE been taught wrong by jokes and steriotypes. If you're nice, and simply explain to them what you've explained in this thread, they will be wiser and be able to spot the phonyness of the accusation in the future, and may even stick up for Koreans when they hear the joke used...

Better that than simply getting upset or yelling at them...

[Q Classic]

bah. being nice to people? who do you think i am?

[JCG]

They can eat whatever they want, just as everyone else eats whatever they want.

Some people eat ants, other eat cow, others dogs, etc. No difference, they are all animals, sheesh. They eat each other all the time, it's natural (unless they eat plants, plankton, etc. obviously).

I wouldn't eat dogs, but I wouldn't care at all if someone else does.

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by orange
Che - I don't get the reference...what about your mom now?

Irish wolfhounds are very large dogs, taller than great danes. When she has them out in public, people always makes jokes about hiding her "horses." It's just something annoying that people with no sense are always gonna ask.

[Lefty Scaevola]

Originally posted by DanS
"no liberals as of yet seem to protest too vehemently against brain-eating europeans and what not..."

Grandfather clauses.

They eat their Granfather's brains?!? You mean those Euros are some sort of George Romero zombies!?, Well that explains a lot.

[DaShi]

Are you guys compaining about a joke?

[Q Classic]

no, the misrepresentation of koreans as being dog-eaters, and how vile that is, and how vile eating dog may or may not be.

[November Adam]

Originally posted by Q Cubed
yes, yes it is, lefty.

but nobody talks about the chinese, the viet, the laotians, etc. eating dogs.

no for the chinese its cats.

hey Lefty, when did the Plant Kingdom, and the Animal Kingdom get merged?

[Lefty Scaevola]

Around 15 to 20 years ago in two competing versions likely combined now. There is something like 2-3 bacteria kingdoms, one for life with cell nuclei (IIRC one of the two systems seperated out single cell with nucleus life).