[Pravious]

"First of all, this is not a food "fad", they have been eating dog for a very very long time. Secondly, the thought only detests you because you've been raised in a culture where we don't eat dogs. If you are hungry enough, any animal is fair game, unless, one is a vegetarian. Then one would probably choose to starve."

Geez, what a thread.
Now, the thought does NOT only detest me because I've been raised in a culture where we don't eat dogs. It detests me that they torture the animals first, because they think (and I use that word loosely) that this somehow will make a more tender chunk of meat on their plates. I was raised in a culture where we DO eat cows, and I would feel the same way if cows were tortured before being slaughtered.

And all this "well, it's their culture!" crap doesn't cut it either. I suppose it's also okay to kill baby girls because "it's their culture!" or for those fellows in certain fourth world countries to slaughter children for voodoo ceremonies... well, you know, it's their "culture," you know... what right do WE have to judge? Ak. You sound like a bunch of pathetic liberals.

... And no one said that it was a choice between eating dog or dying. You seem to have pulled that one out of thin air. Given a choice between eating dog or dying, well, I'd probably eat dog too (and I'd bet most vegetarians would TOO) ...but that's not the point, because that's not the situation these people find themselves in.

[Lake]

>>I would feel the same way if cows were tortured before being slaughtered.

You definitely will not feel uncomfortable if you don't know or choose not to know what happens in butcheries.

[goodieD]

Hey, I'm not for animal torture either. My point was really just that all forms of meat if safe and tasty is fair game.