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

[orange]

yeah

[*End Is Forever*]

I'm sure you'll find your way over to the right side of the pond someday...

[Dis]

well I am a tolerant one. I love dogs. And I'd kill anybody who tried to eat my dog.

But as for other countries long as they aren't treated inhumanely while raising them I have nothing to say against them. In fact americans probably treat our food worse cramming so many chickens into such a small place. And I would hope they execute better than american places.

I'm curious how they raise the dogs? Can anyone explain how that works?

[Sava]

If they want to eat dog, let them.... I don't give a sh!t. Just don't try to eat my dog, or you'll be eating a 50 cal round from me DE.

[Q Classic]

i think that 40% regular rate is high... seeing as i have yet to run across one in my many visits, and none of my many relatives seem to know of one.

i'm just sick of trying to explain that it's a special breed of dog, that it's raised as livestock, that it's not too gross, that it's not that popular, that i don't know anybody who's eaten it...
and then to have that all blithely forgotten and ignored with the next moronic newspaper column (e.g, a chicago tribune column about the world cup) or joke (e.g., the hughleys, jay leno) perpetuating that idea.

[notyoueither]

Why should you have to explain it at all?

It's a culture centuries old. WTF do beef chewing, beer swilling, wife beating, environment burning Westerners have to say about it? Our sh*t don't stink?

And vegans can take a hike too! WTF? It's food. It's just more of the holier than thou attitude westerners are all too famous for.

Why do you think people hate(d) Europeans, and now Americans? Cause we all have bad breath? No. Because we know what's good for everybody based on our own prejudices.

[Q Classic]

why do i have to explain it?

because a lot of ignorant people make jokes about koreans referring to dogs. nothing else. it seems like that's all koreans are known for, sometimes, this dog-eating.

they don't think we have any different culture from japan or china, hell, some of them probably don't even know the capital, but they do know one thing-- we all eat dogs and enjoy it.


that's why i have to explain it.

[chequita guevara]

If a 2/3rds of a billion Indians decided to boycott Western products over our eating of a scared animal, what would we do? That's a lot of people and a lot of money.

[Gary]

It's not what they choose to eat, but how they treat the creature beforehand.

[Vesayen]

Because dogs are sentient(self aware, and inteligence wise bordering on humans), and I dont know about you, but I have a problem killing sentient life, let alone eating them.

Things other then human are self aware also.......

[Q Classic]

Because dogs are sentient(self aware, and inteligence wise bordering on humans), and I dont know about you, but I have a problem killing sentient life, let alone eating them.

Things other then human are self aware also.......

that's not the issue that i have a problem with. eating tuna could be considered a bad thing, because even now, dolphins die in the nets. yet westerners eat tuna...

look, i have no problem if you have a goat with the fact that some koreans eat dogs. but if that's the case, tough. don't try to force your western ideals on a country that is most decidedly not western, and one in which most people already don't eat dog because they have no taste for it.

the issue i have the biggest problem with is the fact that all you eurocom or ami liberal bleeding hearts, proclaiming that you want equality and all that other sh1t complain as if all koreans were puppy-killers.
we're not. hell, eating dog is a tiny fraction of korean culture, one that isn't really even liked anymore.

get off your fvcking high horse. if it weren't for you bastards, we wouldn't have had all the troubles in africa or latin america, nor would we have had japan on its sick rampage throughout asia. it's not like you have any moral grounds to claim what is good or not in a part of the world you're not native to. you tried that already to disasterous results.

you eat cow brains and pig's feet. you eat livers and chicken gizzards. cows feel pain. chickens are raised in crueler conditions than the korean food dogs. and pigs are just as intelligent, if not moreso, than pigs-- and are more useful in terms of saving human lives-- people can get pig body parts and use them.

stow it. i'm tired of explaining why it's not sick, and i'm tired of explaining that it's not even a tiny part of korean culture.

[Robert]

I think they should be allowed to eat dogs,
as long as those dogs aren't their former pets.
I mean, it's disgusting to tell your little daughter "Tonight we eat our cute puppy dog, you're going to love it!"

On the other hand, I don't see why we can't make jokes about it? I think it's ok to make good jokes about cultural differences. Just to have fun, not to discriminate and all that. We make jokes about germans who drink beer, belgiums who aren't that smart, americans who are fat and koreans who eat dogs.

Ming: And that is the reason while it will stay open (unless it turns into a spam fest)

You were unaware of the previous threads. The other two threads were started with knowledge that the last one had been closed. It's a matter of intent.

Carry on...

Ooooooooh Ming, you're so cute!
Of course it's a matter of intent! AND I'm so happy that you can read our brains, and understand our intents!

This is so pathatic. It's starting to become funny.
I mean, if you really are serious on this matter, than that is soooooooooo extremely laughable! In fact you guys start to act like teachers who can't control their students, and start to show their power in all pathatic ways.

it's really hillarious
What will be next....... I can hardly wait.
Pherhaps I'll be banned as well now. Or you will make some cute jokes. Or you will admit........ no, you won't do that. (eventhough I know you can do it, I saw it myself. )

oh oh oh oh oh oh oh...........
(I like the line "(unless it turns into a spam fest)", I mean, why would it, it's a serious topic. Or are you going to drop in every thread soon to put that down?)

[Q Classic]

well, the first thread (mine) was closed because i'd accidentally posted 3 in one day (i forgot i'd posted two.)

the second (provost harrison's) was closed and deleted because he copied my first post and then added his own comments, but i guess it was closed to teach me a lesson or something? (except, see, i'd already known about it, it just was an honest gaffe)

the third (connorkimbro), but that was closed too.

i figure if four threads have been opened about this, leaving it's a serious enough thread that it deserves some thread time... and i figure also that although mine was rightly closed, maybe the other two shouldn't have been?

anyway.

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On the other hand, I don't see why we can't make jokes about it? I think it's ok to make good jokes about cultural differences. Just to have fun, not to discriminate and all that. We make jokes about germans who drink beer, belgiums who aren't that smart, americans who are fat and koreans who eat dogs.

we do make fun of germans and beer, irish and drinking, belgians who aren't smart (well, actually, i wasn't aware of that-- here in the states it's more poles than belgians), and americans who are fat.
but the difference between those and koreans eating dogs is that in the former case, scorn and vitriol isn't thrown down alongside it, whereas in the latter, you have loads of non-koreans condemning it for no good reason at all, and ignorant non-koreans laughing at it and thinking that's all about korean culture. i can't tell you how many times i've had to explain that nobody i know who's korean has ever eaten dog.

that's why it's different. and that's why it's less amusing. and that's why it's more dangerous-- because you don't have people protesting and wanting to boycott an entire nation based on drunkeness, bier consumption, obesity, or stupidity, even if it's taken from a small group of people.

[mindseye]

Here in Shanghai, I've eaten dog twice, and I can attest to the fact that it is quite good.

Because dogs are sentient(self aware, and inteligence wise bordering on humans), and I dont know about you, but I have a problem killing sentient life, let alone eating them.

Uh, you ever eat pork? Pigs are smarter than dogs. Take it from a former Iowa country boy.

[Vesayen]

"don't try to force your western ideals on a country that is most decidedly not western"

These arent "ideals" your doing something barbaric, if your culture valued the murder of people over the age of 40, would it be okay if it was a cultural "ideal".....ending the life of anything which is self-aware is murder.


"you eat cow brains and pig's feet. you eat livers and chicken gizzards. cows feel pain. chickens are raised in crueler conditions than the korean food dogs. and pigs are just as intelligent, if not moreso, than pigs-- and are more useful in terms of saving human lives-- people can get pig body parts and use them."

Im a vegitarian.

and no I dont eat pork either, because im Kosher(though I dont eat meat).