EPTGrowing up I used to wonder how people would eat cows(beef) and how in some parts people ate snakes. Then I shifted to a predominantly vegetarian school and people would freak out when I got chicken or any sort of meat for lunch lol.
Ethics of dog meat? - Page 10
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dartoo
India2889 Posts
Growing up I used to wonder how people would eat cows(beef) and how in some parts people ate snakes. Then I shifted to a predominantly vegetarian school and people would freak out when I got chicken or any sort of meat for lunch lol. | ||
alffla
Hong Kong20321 Posts
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Forikorder
Canada8840 Posts
On April 15 2012 13:10 Friedrich Nietzsche wrote: Would you eat human flesh given it is healthy (fresh)? id never eat fresh human flesh id at least let it rest a couple days for rigor mortis to end possibly more depending on wether that would actually tenderize the meat then amybe another day or two in a nice marinade | ||
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FlyingToilet
United States840 Posts
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ecstatica
United States542 Posts
On April 15 2012 12:22 Piste wrote: I would not eat another human being. I would not eat man's best friend. If dog is the best friend you could have you should just end it now /slit User was warned for this post | ||
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Ozarugold
2716 Posts
I also want to note that it's no longer as common as some people think. | ||
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Imbu
United States903 Posts
On April 15 2012 12:58 Lu_e wrote: No I do not believe eating "Mans best Friend" is ethical. I'm 100% sure Dogs are more intelligent than chickens, cows and pigs. Dogs can be trained and used as awesome tools/companions. Can this be said about cow chicken pig? c'mon now.... If we are going to be using intelligence as our point of "NO WE CAN'T EAT THIS!", then let's say we have this situation. There is a person who has gone into a vegetable state and has absolutely no ability to think/"be intelligent", that person's brain is only capable of supporting their body. Would be be alright to eat that person now, since based of the "intelligence" defense, it would be morally permissible then. Similarly (to go back to dogs) what if there was a dog in a similar state, can we eat that dog now since it doesn't have the mental ability to be "man's best friend". | ||
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Forikorder
Canada8840 Posts
On April 15 2012 13:28 Imbu wrote: If we are going to be using intelligence as our point of "NO WE CAN'T EAT THIS!", then let's say we have this situation. There is a person who has gone into a vegetable state and has absolutely no ability to think/"be intelligent", that person's brain is only capable of supporting their body. Would be be alright to eat that person now, since based of the "intelligence" defense, it would be morally permissible then. Similarly (to go back to dogs) what if there was a dog in a similar state, can we eat that dog now since it doesn't have the mental ability to be "man's best friend". or what if a cow started talking would we be allowed to eat it then? | ||
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smokeyhoodoo
United States1021 Posts
On April 15 2012 13:10 Friedrich Nietzsche wrote: Would you eat human flesh given it is healthy (fresh)? No, the thought disgusts me. Unless it was for survival. | ||
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kidcrash
United States620 Posts
Example: 1. Whats the point of abstaining from eating dog meat if animals such as cows and chickens are still to be killed? 2. Abstaining from eating dogs is ineffective towards animal cruelty. Another example: If I donate to charity X, am I a hypocrite for ignoring charity Y? | ||
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Daozzt
United States1263 Posts
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taitanik
Latvia231 Posts
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Blasterion
China10272 Posts
Rose by any other name would smell as sweet, meat by any other source would taste as delicious | ||
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smokeyhoodoo
United States1021 Posts
On April 15 2012 13:37 kidcrash wrote: This thread is full of many examples of the perfect solution fallacy. Example: 1. Whats the point of abstaining from eating dog meat if animals such as cows and chickens are still to be killed? 2. Abstaining from eating dogs is ineffective towards animal cruelty. Another example: If I donate to charity X, am I a hypocrite for ignoring charity Y? Presumably a person eats a constant amount of meat regardless of the type. Not eating a dog means another pig eaten. Not that I care, I'd eat all of them and enjoy it. I don't discriminate in my genocide, I enjoy variety too much. | ||
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wattabeast
United States957 Posts
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kidcrash
United States620 Posts
On April 15 2012 13:44 smokeyhoodoo wrote: Presumably a person eats a constant amount of meat regardless of the type. Not eating a dog means another pig eaten. Not that I care, I'd eat all of them and enjoy it. I don't discriminate in my genocide, I enjoy variety too much. I'd like a source for those statistics please. | ||
Karliath
United States2214 Posts
On April 15 2012 12:58 Lu_e wrote: No I do not believe eating "Mans best Friend" is ethical. I'm 100% sure Dogs are more intelligent than chickens, cows and pigs. Dogs can be trained and used as awesome tools/companions. Can this be said about cow chicken pig? c'mon now.... Actually, many studies have shown that pigs are smarter than dogs. It's hard to test/rate their intelligence, because there is no standard animal IQ system. Nevertheless, they have been proven to be able to do some amazing tasks (that dogs can't do). That aside, I don't see how the ability for dogs to be trained makes it unethical to eat their meet. Because they can be "used as awesome tools," we can't eat them? As far as companionship goes...well, different people and cultures have their own preferences. As part of our culture, you probably know a lot about dogs through common media and real life experiences. Outside of how the media depicts pigs, however, how much do you actually know about the species? You probably think of them as stupid animals, because the only image you can conjure in your head when "pig" is mentioned is a bunch of mud-covered farm animals crammed in a pen, oinking garishly. I'm not blaming you or anything. Because of my cultural experience, I would never eat dog either. But I don't see anything wrong with other people wanting to eat dog, or any other non-endangered animal, for that matter. As long as the animals are being killed humanely, etc., who am I to judge others' cultural norms? Some links on pig intelligence: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/10/science/10angier.html?_r=1 http://www.amazon.com/Advances-Swine-Biomedical-Research-Schook/dp/0306454955 http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/the-joy-of-pigs/smart-clean-and-lean/2126/ | ||
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ObliviousNA
United States535 Posts
On April 15 2012 13:44 smokeyhoodoo wrote: Presumably a person eats a constant amount of meat regardless of the type. Not eating a dog means another pig eaten. Not that I care, I'd eat all of them and enjoy it. I don't discriminate in my genocide, I enjoy variety too much. Well I may be going out on a limb here, but you (hopefully) discriminate against human meat. There is SOME gray area for everyone here, not all black and white. This whole thread then becomes a matter of a) where you draw the line personally and b) whether you look down on others for drawing that line elsewhere. | ||
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tripper688
United States569 Posts
On April 15 2012 09:06 Forikorder wrote: and then theres veal there stuck in a cage where they literally have no room to move and fed until there jsut the right age then killed and theres foie gras (gah i know i butchered the spelling) where they put a duck in a box essentially and forcefeed it until its liver is like 90% fat but dam does it taste good, im pretty sure theres a positive correlation between the inhuman rearing of an animal and how good it tastes nah but msot meat taste best when its owner got to run around and be more natural aside from Veal That's how you spell it...lol. And no, I don't see why people should have a problem with dog meat for any reason unless it was their own personal dog (pet) that was killed for food. Seriously, "domesticated" arguments are crap. You know what basically all livestock (unless you live in like Australia with a good supply of kangaroo) is? Domesticated animals. They've been bred to benefit humans. Whether it's as food, as beasts of burden, or for work, they were bred to better suit our needs. It sure as hell isn't for the betterment of their needs. Side note, the real problem with cruelty to dogs is not that people eat them. It's that people insist on breeding them into ridiculous freak shows completely different from what nature intended. So many popular pure bred dog breeds wind up genetically predisposed to health problems, yet owners insist on buying and furthering the cruelty...makes me face palm when they complain about dogs being used as food. | ||
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Benga
Korea (South)471 Posts
and if ytou disagree why the hell do you eat other animals? what do you think about eating horses? lol hypocrites | ||
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