EPTEthics of dog meat? - Page 17
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IronyDK
Denmark142 Posts
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darkscream
Canada2310 Posts
![[image loading]](http://www.tshirtlaundry.com/assets/images/photos/SimpsonsFoodChain12_2009.jpg) this image about sums up my feelings on the matter | ||
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froggynoddy
United Kingdom452 Posts
On April 15 2012 08:30 Bigtony wrote: The distinction I make is that cows/chickens/etc are raised intentionally for food whereas dogs/cats/etc are domesticated for companionship. I don't think there is anything morally wrong with eating them, I just wouldn't. In those countries where eating dog is common (China and Korea traditionally) they are raised like cattle. They don't eat their pets. | ||
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Sawamura
Malaysia7602 Posts
I want to put forward these arguments if anything that has meat should be eaten why humans shouldn't be on the dinner plate it self ? I find it amusing when we have that kind of perspective of "it's just meat so just eat it " but we don't eat human meat because it's not justified . | ||
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Voltaire
United States1485 Posts
I am one of those humans. | ||
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acerockolla
United States219 Posts
On April 15 2012 21:40 Sawamura wrote: Given a choice of course I wouldn't eat any dog meat and since I raised one and took care of it from a pup of course the dog lover in me will rather die than eat dog meat . Although maybe it is hypocritical of me for not saying not to eat dog meat when I eat every farm bred domesticated animals out there . I want to put forward these arguments if anything that has meat should be eaten why humans shouldn't be on the dinner plate it self ? I find it amusing when we have that kind of perspective of "it's just meat so just eat it " but we don't eat human meat because it's not justified . You see any other animals posting here besides humans? Ever heard the term "sentience"? You do realize that there is a fundamental difference between humans and animals right? | ||
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Too_MuchZerg
Finland2818 Posts
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Alpino
Brazil4390 Posts
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Sawamura
Malaysia7602 Posts
On April 15 2012 21:45 acerockolla wrote: You see any other animals posting here besides humans? Ever heard the term "sentience"? You do realize that there is a fundamental difference between humans and animals right? Just because animals doesn't speak the same language that doesn't mean they do consent to becoming your food in the next 20 minutes. | ||
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Shorty90
Germany154 Posts
But considering that pigs for example rank higher than most dogs in intelligence tests I don't see a logical reason to eat pig but not dog meat. Edit: To one of the posters before me: Sentience is not a binary option. There are many animals that possess a degree of sentients. Most adult mammals have a higher degree of sentients than human babys but you are probably not okay with eating those. | ||
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HaXXspetten
Sweden15718 Posts
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Supamang
United States2298 Posts
On April 15 2012 21:45 acerockolla wrote: You see any other animals posting here besides humans? Ever heard the term "sentience"? You do realize that there is a fundamental difference between humans and animals right? There's also the huge difference between eating other species and eating one of our own. | ||
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SolonTLG
United States299 Posts
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meatbox
Australia349 Posts
The only thing we should be eating is seafood along with greens, but we've overpopulated the world haven't we? Need to allow murders, introduced the death penalty for petty crimes and have a one child policy! | ||
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JingleHell
United States11308 Posts
I'm utterly ok with it. | ||
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FliedLice
Germany7494 Posts
On April 15 2012 22:28 meatbox wrote: It doesn't matter what you eat, but in terms of ANIMAL CRUELTY, I'll have you know cats and dogs are SKINNED then COOKER ALIVE!!! The only thing we should be eating is seafood along with greens, but we've overpopulated the world haven't we? Need to allow murders, introduced the death penalty for petty crimes and have a one child policy! why seafood? @topic, i don't really mind it tbh... meat is meat | ||
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meatbox
Australia349 Posts
On April 15 2012 22:42 FliedLice wrote: why seafood? @topic, i don't really mind it tbh... meat is meat With seafood, fish do not possess a central nervous system so they do not feel the pain of death like mammals would, plus it is the richest source of omega 3, essential for brain function and development.  | ||
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Xayoz
Estonia373 Posts
On April 15 2012 22:28 meatbox wrote: It doesn't matter what you eat, but in terms of ANIMAL CRUELTY, I'll have you know cats and dogs are SKINNED then COOKED ALIVE!!! The only thing we should be eating is seafood along with greens, but we've overpopulated the world haven't we? Need to allow murders, introduced the death penalty for petty crimes and have a one child policy! Haah! :D But yeah... Meat is meat. I would be totally up for some dog or cat meat, were it available here. | ||
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SolonTLG
United States299 Posts
On April 15 2012 22:57 meatbox wrote: With seafood, fish do not possess a central nervous system so they do not feel the pain of death like mammals would, plus it is the richest source of omega 3, essential for brain function and development. FALSE! Fish do feel pain! http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=underwater-suffering-do-fish-feel-pain Joseph Garner of Purdue University and his colleagues in Norway report that the way goldfish respond to pain shows that these animals do experience pain consciously, rather than simply reacting with a reflex—such as when a person recoils after stepping on a tack (jerking away before he or she is aware of the sensation). In the study, the biologists found that goldfish injected with saline solution and exposed to a painful level of heat in a test tank “hovered” in one spot when placed back in their home tank. Garner labels that “fearful, avoidance behavior.” Such behavior, he says, is cognitive—not reflexive. Other fish, after receiving a morphine injection that blocked the impact of pain, showed no such fearful behavior. | ||
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Spikeke
Canada106 Posts
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