This is pure whataboutism. I eat meat but ive lowered my intake and i think people should eat less. There's no hypocrisy there.
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Call for a ban on people eating dog meat in the UK
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This so ridiculous. This happens in how many cases? Zero? Any documented evidence this is even a thing? No. Buying / selling dog meat is already illegal and this is just a fluff policy to divert attention away from the real issues. Obviously I don't agree with people eating dogs but this is such political stalling and diversion.
"Hey, look we didn't get a deal sorted with the EU so we are totally fucked but now no-one will eat their own dogs! And people love dogs so we're the best! If we were still in the EU we'd have been stopped from doing this by the European dog eaters but now you're dogs are saved.......form yourselves!"
"Hey, look we didn't get a deal sorted with the EU so we are totally fucked but now no-one will eat their own dogs! And people love dogs so we're the best! If we were still in the EU we'd have been stopped from doing this by the European dog eaters but now you're dogs are saved.......form yourselves!"
I'm more arguing that western standards of meat consumption are insane and should be curtailed. More less meat than no meat.
I hear you. Playing devil's advocate here but wouldn't it be better to eat dog than cow? I've always read that cows are a huge burden on the environment.
Welll, if you really want to follow that route, pound for pound we should all be eating crickets. Good luck convincing people of that though.
You literally said "Were already killing them but shouldn't eat them because of 'respect for the dead'".
It's almost like there's more than 1 reason something is wrong.
Feel like elaborating on this or do you just want to let the dog whistle speak for itself?
No. Im not explaining a simple joke that most people in the UK would get.
you're saying that you don't have double standards because you eat meat but think eating dog would be 'disrespectful' where you see no disrespect in other animals.
you have double standards
Fine. You have a dog? Give him to me so I can eat him. If you don't you're a hypocrit too.
This logic makes no sense. Go to a cow farmer and demand a cow to eat. You will be told to fuck off.
I'm British and I've got no idea what "the joke" was.
Feel like elaborating on this or do you just want to let the dog whistle speak for itself?
Where did you grow up? There are farmers that totally do that. Multiple people I've known have done it.
ResetEra regarding eating dogs
Who cares??? It's not a big deal at all!! We eat cows lol
This would look just as bad if it was any other animal though
On their own accord. Your post implies that he is hyppocrite unless he gives you his property for no reason other than you demanded it. It's his animal, he has no obligation to give it to anyone, regardless of how legal it is to eat. Heck, not even animals. You can replace dog with any other object somebody may have. "Hey give me your ps4, or you are a hypocrite"
Like for the record, I am not advocating fro eating dogs. If anything I wish we could not eat any animals at all. I just find this particular point that if somebody thinks eating dogs is fine, they are obligated to give away their own dogs to first guy that asks. That's not how it works. He can believe eating dogs is ethical and still not want to give you shit. It's his shit, you are not entiteled to his shit. Regardless of how edible it is.
I don't disagree, but to simply state "meh we eat cows we're hypocrites otherwise!" is just dumb.
Anyways the handful of nations that eat dog certainly don't kill them in humane ways. See, as an example, the Yulin dog festival in China.
Legalization would mean the need for regulation which would prevent this kind of thing, though.
I'd imagine carnivores in general would be more on the muscular side, right? Also probably less nutritious than herbivores.
My point is that if eating strays is ok, why is eating a pet suddenly off limits?
My greater point is that he's arguing in bad faith that a person be totally for or totally against something and if they're not they're a hypocrit. My argument isn't that eating all meat should be banned. It's that eating dogs should be banned. That's not hypocrisy, that's nuance. Hypocrisy would be if I call for banning eating dog meat while I was eating a poodle sandwich.
What an odd thing to make the news, almost like it's aimed at the "we'll be stockpiling food soon due to Brexit" brigade who may start looking at Rover to eat him when Tesco run out of canned food.
But if dogs are farmed the same way as pigs (I assume that's what happens in Korea) is there anything wrong with eating them?
No, you're saying that dead dogs being eaten is "disrespectful" but you couldn't give a fuck about dead _____ being eaten.
I'm saying that I don't particularly think eating a dead dog is magically more "disrespectful" than throwing them on a pile of other dead dogs then burning them.
Nobody is actually eating fucking dogs. This is clearly a PR stunt by a dog charity. But if people were eating dogs that were otherwise just going to be thrown on a pile of other dead dogs then burnt, thats not a thing you need to have a moral panic about.
I'm so happy this was the first post. The hypocrisy blows my mind.
They even say there's no evidence to suggest this is happening in the UK. So the whole story is.. nothing?
Not really 'humans' but 'western humans' sure. Cows are sacred in Hindu populations.
It's all relative. Different cultures have different animal hierarchies.
Not really 'humans' but 'western humans' sure. Cows are sacred in Hindu populations.
It's all relative. Different cultures have different animal hierarchies.
You can probably make an argument that morally it's the same thing but in most societies I think it's understandable why dogs might be seen as more taboo to eat than pigs/cows.
Well we can just make generic categories of 'animals that are typically pets and not eaten in society x' vs. 'animals that are typically not pets and commonly eaten in society x'. Just saying that someone could make a conceptual argument that on some level eating both of those are the same but that it's easy to see why people would be more against eating one group than the other.
Can they eat monkey meat? Dead human meat? (That you didn't kill yourself preferably). Understandably these would be ultra fringe just wondering if it's technically illegal.
In any case it feels like a betrayal of the highest order (they were uniquely bred as pets, not food, and human and dog developing are uniquely intertwined) but I can see why people would not see a difference with a pig.
In any case it feels like a betrayal of the highest order (they were uniquely bred as pets, not food, and human and dog developing are uniquely intertwined) but I can see why people would not see a difference with a pig.
Why would you have an issue with buying a dog for food from a shelter? A lot of those dogs don't get adopted by anyone. My family has always raised and eaten pigs so I get curious as to why other animals such as dogs and horses should be exempt.
Well at least the World Dog Alliance have stepped up their preparations for a no deal brexit.
I'm just waiting for the cat, rat, mouse, gerbil and hamster alliances to follow suit.
I'm just waiting for the cat, rat, mouse, gerbil and hamster alliances to follow suit.
So it's just a move to close a loophole since no one has ever known anyone to eat dog in the UK.
Bushmeat is illegal in the UK but its mostly on health and safety grounds
What's wrong with eating people? We are eventually going to run out of space to put the bodies. It would be like recycling.
What the fuck is wrong with people in this thread.
"Moral consistencies" my ass. Most of you are replying off tech that was made by basically slave labour yet bilittle the rich (as you should). GTFO moral shaming people for being disgusted by dogs being eaten. Weird shit to hear from people here
"Moral consistencies" my ass. Most of you are replying off tech that was made by basically slave labour yet bilittle the rich (as you should). GTFO moral shaming people for being disgusted by dogs being eaten. Weird shit to hear from people here
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Kinda tired of this Dog Meat shit... I love my lil dude, but it means nothing to me that people eat dogs. We also eat pigs, considered one of the more intelligent land mammal. People need to get over themselves.
It always amused me how eating horse in the UK is abhorrent, but on the continent it's absolutely fine.
Horse is bloody delicious and, you know what, if dog was good then I'd eat that too. I'm not condoning going out and eating peoples' pets though!
I'm also a massive fan of foie gras, veal, you name it.
Yum.
Horse is bloody delicious and, you know what, if dog was good then I'd eat that too. I'm not condoning going out and eating peoples' pets though!
I'm also a massive fan of foie gras, veal, you name it.
Yum.
In my opinion, eating dog meat is fine.
However, I do feel that it should be mandatory that you inform the seller of your intentions in the probably common case that the animal is sold as a pet.
Since the assumption is there in our society that the animal will live a long, happy life and die a natural death if possible, as a pet, I'd want it made clear if an animal is bought for meat instead.
However, I do feel that it should be mandatory that you inform the seller of your intentions in the probably common case that the animal is sold as a pet.
Since the assumption is there in our society that the animal will live a long, happy life and die a natural death if possible, as a pet, I'd want it made clear if an animal is bought for meat instead.
Era in general on this topic is reminiscent of a run of the mil barely educated edgelord going out of their way to upset people. "You eat cow and pigs so you're all hypocrites, at least I'm morally consistent in my views!"
Pat yourselves on the back for being so surface level.
Pat yourselves on the back for being so surface level.