the worker who reported it, obviously
it sounds more like a cover story
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Cyber_Cheese
Australia3615 Posts
On August 12 2011 14:50 kaisen wrote: Show nested quote + On August 12 2011 14:48 mprs wrote: wtf? can we verify the accuracy of the account? what account? the worker who reported it, obviously it sounds more like a cover story | ||
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Empyrean
16953 Posts
On August 12 2011 16:58 acker wrote: Show nested quote + On August 12 2011 16:47 Empyrean wrote: On August 12 2011 16:43 acker wrote: On August 12 2011 16:42 Empyrean wrote: A lofty goal. The government can't do anything to the entrenchment of traditional Chinese belief. The majority of China's population is poorly educated and cling very tightly to traditional beliefs. We got rid of most of the quackery in America over the last century the same way...it takes a while, but it's more certain. Superstition tends to die fast when science comes around. I'm not saying that it'll get rid of all of it, but it permanently reduces it. It's actually incredibly hard to articulate my entire line of thought, but traditional Chinese beliefs have been entrenched in the collective psyche for millennia, and I highly doubt that the government's going to do away with them, even among a small portion of the population. Traditional beliefs come with the idea of China's inherent superiority to other cultures, and traditional medicine is widely considered to be a useful line of inquiry, parallel or even superior to modern medicine. Like...I can't explain it. You're never going to get rid of these beliefs in a large segment of the population. The same thing is starting to happen to Korea and has been happening to Japan...they still use traditional stuff, but they've thrown away a lot of the counterproductive and useless remedies over the last few decades. And it's not like they don't have millennia of culture...admittedly, most of it derived from China. Ahem. (but yes, I see your point. Unfortunately, China is behind both Korea and Japan in terms of development). | ||
iCanada
Canada10660 Posts
On August 12 2011 16:47 Empyrean wrote: Show nested quote + On August 12 2011 16:46 iCanada wrote: On August 12 2011 16:25 crappen wrote: On August 12 2011 16:16 iCanada wrote: On August 12 2011 16:11 Flameling wrote: On August 12 2011 15:25 StorkHwaiting wrote: On August 12 2011 15:18 Flameling wrote: On August 12 2011 15:10 StorkHwaiting wrote: Sigh. So fking sad. Chinese ppl stop doing this ![]() Mmmhm, good job making an asshole of yourself by saying it's only China doing it. I can say, "American ppl stop murdering cows and pigs." Hahaha, wow you must not know me at all. Lol, the only reason I quoted you on that was because you directed all the hate and abuse TOWARDS Chinese people. There is a difference between raising cows in an open pasture with tons of food, water, and sex before killing them in old age for our own survival, and trapping bears in cages smaller than they are while doing surgery without anesthesia then letting the bear live in excruciating pain for the rest of its life. Hell, had this bear not been trapped in his cage he would be out there murdering other furry creatures for her own. Is this REALLY how you guys raise cows? Really? If so, Im impressed by Canada. Yup. Here's a picture of a farm just off the highway inbetween Edmonton and Calgary: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3040/2514288659_26fa33b2a3_z.jpg?zz=1 I mean yeah we kill them, but they still lead a full and carefree life before then. Please don't delude yourself that this is how all, or even the majority, of Canadian livestock is treated. Most Canadian livestock is raised in the same way that most American livestock is: in factory settings on an industrial scale. This is atleast how they do it here in Alberta anyway, we've had rules in place about most livestock for years. Your average cow lives 10-15 years, all but about a 100 days in a pasture, the last 100 has them drugged up eating as much as possible. Here, read as much as you want: http://www.albertabeef.org/res/cp-RecCodeOfPracticeBeefCattle.pdf Due note that while it says "reccomended code" it is pretty well universally followed as the tax breaks you get for passing inspections is more than worth it from what I understand. Especially since the vast majority of Canadian farming in general is done by small family farms. It isn't like we don't have an excess of land available. | ||
MonsieurGrimm
Canada2441 Posts
On August 12 2011 16:58 Cyber_Cheese wrote: Show nested quote + On August 12 2011 14:50 kaisen wrote: On August 12 2011 14:48 mprs wrote: wtf? can we verify the accuracy of the account? what account? the worker who reported it, obviously it sounds more like a cover story my thoughts exactly, it feels like something made up to cover for the death of the bears. maybe they were mishandled or something. running into a wall to kill yourself just doesn't really feel... possible. but maybe it is for bears who knows | ||
StyLeD
United States2965 Posts
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arbitrageur
Australia1202 Posts
On August 12 2011 15:11 travis wrote: Show nested quote + On August 12 2011 15:08 Fission wrote: On August 12 2011 15:05 travis wrote: On August 12 2011 15:04 rift wrote: Traditional Chinese medicine is a farce just like any other form of medicine lacking clinically-proven efficacy. Of course, people all over the world believe in imaginary deities and fictional history, so I'm sure this is considered completely rational to uneducated "practitioners". You're not the first expert on chinese medicine that's popped up here. I think it's stupid to suggest that natural medicine with thousands of years of history behind it has nothing to offer. Normally I agree with your posts, but this is pretty silly. There are ALOT of things that have been around for thousands of years that I don't think you'd really agree are legitimate. What about acupuncture? Is it nonsense? Do we have reason to think that it works? - A causal mechanism that makes sense given what we currently know (i.e. current medical science) - Any good experimental evidence regarding its efficacy | ||
acker
United States2958 Posts
On August 12 2011 17:03 arbitrageur wrote: Show nested quote + On August 12 2011 15:11 travis wrote: On August 12 2011 15:08 Fission wrote: On August 12 2011 15:05 travis wrote: On August 12 2011 15:04 rift wrote: Traditional Chinese medicine is a farce just like any other form of medicine lacking clinically-proven efficacy. Of course, people all over the world believe in imaginary deities and fictional history, so I'm sure this is considered completely rational to uneducated "practitioners". You're not the first expert on chinese medicine that's popped up here. I think it's stupid to suggest that natural medicine with thousands of years of history behind it has nothing to offer. Normally I agree with your posts, but this is pretty silly. There are ALOT of things that have been around for thousands of years that I don't think you'd really agree are legitimate. What about acupuncture? Is it nonsense? Do we have reason to think that it works? - A causal mechanism that makes sense given what we currently know (i.e. current medical science) - Any good experimental evidence regarding its efficacy I don't think a case has been made for acupuncture's effectiveness other than the placebo effect in clinical double blind trials. | ||
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Empyrean
16953 Posts
On August 12 2011 17:03 arbitrageur wrote: Show nested quote + On August 12 2011 15:11 travis wrote: On August 12 2011 15:08 Fission wrote: On August 12 2011 15:05 travis wrote: On August 12 2011 15:04 rift wrote: Traditional Chinese medicine is a farce just like any other form of medicine lacking clinically-proven efficacy. Of course, people all over the world believe in imaginary deities and fictional history, so I'm sure this is considered completely rational to uneducated "practitioners". You're not the first expert on chinese medicine that's popped up here. I think it's stupid to suggest that natural medicine with thousands of years of history behind it has nothing to offer. Normally I agree with your posts, but this is pretty silly. There are ALOT of things that have been around for thousands of years that I don't think you'd really agree are legitimate. What about acupuncture? Is it nonsense? Do we have reason to think that it works? - A causal mechanism that makes sense given what we currently know (i.e. current medical science) - Any good experimental evidence regarding its efficacy Before people post studies, I'm going to jump in real fast and request that the studies be carried out by a large research or government affiliated institution, double-blind, placebo-controlled, with good experimental design. Studies "proving" the efficacy of acupuncture abound on the web. They're just often bunk. | ||
Giwoon
Korea (South)431 Posts
is this real? omg wtf china | ||
StrinterN
Denmark531 Posts
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Rorra
Australia1066 Posts
On August 12 2011 16:57 Kamais_Ookin wrote: I support the Chinese on this 110% Who gives a fuck about animals feelings, only thing that's important is it's bile to make medicine for us humans. Also anyone who doesn't support this must be a vegetarian, please don't eat meat because farms are torture to animals as well your being unfair to the chickens and cows. Oh I'm a vegetarian, and I definitely agree that there are plenty of hypocritical people arguing about this sort of thing to a certain degree. However in the end it isn't as comparable as you think, Having a life of torture and dying from disease, or just pain etc is hardly the same as living alive in a field for a long time then being slaughtered. Sure as a vegetarian I disagree with both but they definitely don't fall under the same umbrella. | ||
johanngrunt
Hong Kong1555 Posts
On August 12 2011 17:06 Rorra wrote: Show nested quote + On August 12 2011 16:57 Kamais_Ookin wrote: I support the Chinese on this 110% Who gives a fuck about animals feelings, only thing that's important is it's bile to make medicine for us humans. Also anyone who doesn't support this must be a vegetarian, please don't eat meat because farms are torture to animals as well your being unfair to the chickens and cows. Oh I'm a vegetarian, and I definitely agree that there are plenty of hypocritical people arguing about this sort of thing to a certain degree. However in the end it isn't as comparable as you think, Having a life of torture and dying from disease, or just pain etc is hardly the same as living alive in a field for a long time then being slaughtered. Sure as a vegetarian I disagree with both but they definitely don't fall under the same umbrella. You've been trolled sir, the only proper response is to not reply. | ||
Misanthrophic13
Bahrain22 Posts
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arbitrageur
Australia1202 Posts
On August 12 2011 16:57 Kamais_Ookin wrote: I support the Chinese on this 110% Who gives a fuck about animals feelings, only thing that's important is it's bile to make medicine for us humans. Also anyone who doesn't support this must be a vegetarian, please don't eat meat because farms are torture to animals as well your being unfair to the chickens and cows. Rofl | ||
Kamais_Ookin
Canada4218 Posts
On August 12 2011 17:06 Rorra wrote: It's absolutely comparable, do you know what happens in the factories? Pretty much same thing to the bear. Cramped, shitty living conditions, tortured at times killed slow etc etc.Show nested quote + On August 12 2011 16:57 Kamais_Ookin wrote: I support the Chinese on this 110% Who gives a fuck about animals feelings, only thing that's important is it's bile to make medicine for us humans. Also anyone who doesn't support this must be a vegetarian, please don't eat meat because farms are torture to animals as well your being unfair to the chickens and cows. Oh I'm a vegetarian, and I definitely agree that there are plenty of hypocritical people arguing about this sort of thing to a certain degree. However in the end it isn't as comparable as you think, Having a life of torture and dying from disease, or just pain etc is hardly the same as living alive in a field for a long time then being slaughtered. Sure as a vegetarian I disagree with both but they definitely don't fall under the same umbrella. | ||
Misanthrophic13
Bahrain22 Posts
On August 12 2011 17:06 Rorra wrote: Show nested quote + On August 12 2011 16:57 Kamais_Ookin wrote: I support the Chinese on this 110% Who gives a fuck about animals feelings, only thing that's important is it's bile to make medicine for us humans. Also anyone who doesn't support this must be a vegetarian, please don't eat meat because farms are torture to animals as well your being unfair to the chickens and cows. Oh I'm a vegetarian, and I definitely agree that there are plenty of hypocritical people arguing about this sort of thing to a certain degree. However in the end it isn't as comparable as you think, Having a life of torture and dying from disease, or just pain etc is hardly the same as living alive in a field for a long time then being slaughtered. Sure as a vegetarian I disagree with both but they definitely don't fall under the same umbrella. Come on man, you were trolled. By the way. Human life is more precious than animal life, to say otherwise is lunacy. | ||
Rorra
Australia1066 Posts
On August 12 2011 17:08 johanngrunt wrote: Show nested quote + On August 12 2011 17:06 Rorra wrote: On August 12 2011 16:57 Kamais_Ookin wrote: I support the Chinese on this 110% Who gives a fuck about animals feelings, only thing that's important is it's bile to make medicine for us humans. Also anyone who doesn't support this must be a vegetarian, please don't eat meat because farms are torture to animals as well your being unfair to the chickens and cows. Oh I'm a vegetarian, and I definitely agree that there are plenty of hypocritical people arguing about this sort of thing to a certain degree. However in the end it isn't as comparable as you think, Having a life of torture and dying from disease, or just pain etc is hardly the same as living alive in a field for a long time then being slaughtered. Sure as a vegetarian I disagree with both but they definitely don't fall under the same umbrella. You've been trolled sir, the only proper response is to not reply. I wasn't certain whether or not it was the case, and it may or may not be. I've met people that argue just like that poster in real life, so as abstract as it may seem to most people that have any sympathy at all, its possible. so why not respond. Edit: Ok seeing his follow up post he's obviously trolling. Wasn't aware that was so acceptable at tl. the troll can laugh all he wants at his successful troll or whatever, I don't really care. The sad thing is that there are real people with that point of view. | ||
kaisen
United States601 Posts
On August 12 2011 17:10 Misanthrophic13 wrote: By the way. Some Human life is more precious than animal life, to say otherwise is lunacy. Fixed. | ||
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Empyrean
16953 Posts
On August 12 2011 17:09 Kamais_Ookin wrote: Show nested quote + It's absolutely comparable, do you know what happens in the factories? Pretty much same thing to the bear. Cramped, shitty living conditions, tortured at times killed slow etc etc.On August 12 2011 17:06 Rorra wrote: On August 12 2011 16:57 Kamais_Ookin wrote: I support the Chinese on this 110% Who gives a fuck about animals feelings, only thing that's important is it's bile to make medicine for us humans. Also anyone who doesn't support this must be a vegetarian, please don't eat meat because farms are torture to animals as well your being unfair to the chickens and cows. Oh I'm a vegetarian, and I definitely agree that there are plenty of hypocritical people arguing about this sort of thing to a certain degree. However in the end it isn't as comparable as you think, Having a life of torture and dying from disease, or just pain etc is hardly the same as living alive in a field for a long time then being slaughtered. Sure as a vegetarian I disagree with both but they definitely don't fall under the same umbrella. It's sarcasm ._. | ||
Epithet
United States840 Posts
"However, it is believed more than 12,000 bile bears are kept on farms in China, Vietnam and South Korea for the purpose of harvesting ursodeoxycholic acid. Ursodeoxycholic acid is found in large quantities in bear bile." That's a lot of bears . . I wouldn't have guessed that it's happening in South Korea too. Poor bears ![]() ... That said, I think people should realize it's not just China doing this. A lot of shit needs to change around the world. | ||
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