EPTEthics of dog meat? - Page 6
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Dontkillme
Korea (South)806 Posts
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logikly
United States329 Posts
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dmfg
United Kingdom591 Posts
On April 15 2012 09:51 scarrow wrote: Holy shit, do not a lot of people own dogs on TL or something? Our two dogs are part of our family and i'd protect them as such. Recently went to Canada for 3 weeks, only thing I missed were my two dogs. It's not quite the same as what this topic is about though, is it? If you bring up any animal as "part of the family" and treat it as such, you're not going to want to eat that particular animal regardless of whether it's a dog or a calf or a lamb or whatever. I think though this illustrates the problem with suggesting eating dog meat in the West - here every single dog is a domestic pet, and so any suggestion of eating dog meat conjures up the image of eating a pet dog. Whereas in China, Korea, etc, dogs haven't really been considered pets until pretty recently and so there isn't that automatic stigma against it. I don't really see why eating dogs is any less ethical than eating any other animal. I haven't seen any compelling evidence that dogs are more intelligent than other animals (though domestic dogs are certainly much easier to train than most animals), so it seems to me to be more a cultural issue than an ethical one. | ||
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mastergriggy
United States1312 Posts
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mememolly
4765 Posts
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SnipedSoul
Canada2158 Posts
On April 15 2012 09:47 Forikorder wrote: i mean some people eat bugs im pretty sure size has nothing to do with it if one cow feeds 5 times more people but for the price of one cow you can raise 6 dogs then its worth it It's actually less efficient to raise large animals like cows. A pound of cow meat requires 4-6 pounds of grain. A pound of bugs requires far less. Also, no one gives a shit about how bugs are treated so factory farming wouldn't be frowned upon. Fried grasshoppers are actually pretty good, everyone should try them. | ||
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Cirqueenflex
499 Posts
On April 15 2012 08:26 gnr9292 wrote: The dog is also killed humanely. Doesn't that make it murder? ^^ In my opinion i don't really care that much if there are people that eat dog food and how the dogs lived/died. I think cats are at least as smart as dogs and they still get eaten. You can make the same argument about most animals. Nature is cruel, so are humans. | ||
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Chrispy
Canada5878 Posts
Dog's have a special relationship to humans that I think is completely unique to dogs... I don't think any other species can give that same bond. Every one of the dogs that's being bred for eating could be a child's best friend/loyal companion to the household. In short, you don't eat man's best friend. But whatever, biased point of view.. etc... like a wise man once said... they don't think it be like it is, but it do. | ||
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Billyray
Canada49 Posts
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StoRm_res
Switzerland891 Posts
Funny enough I don't know for sure it's actually true, but I for my part am following this principle (most of the world does it traditionally too, anyways) | ||
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Teoman
Norway382 Posts
Yet i still eat meat. hy hy hypocrasy :D But i would not say that "oh no, dogs are cute so you can't eat them" before showing another burger down my throath | ||
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killa_robot
Canada1884 Posts
On April 15 2012 10:05 mememolly wrote: meat is meat, you can't be ok with beef and say that dog meat is a no-no Sure you can....why do you think otherwise? Anyways, I wouldn't eat dog meat. I've had too many dogs as pets in the past so I would end up thinking of them while eating, which wouldn't be pleasant. | ||
ZeromuS
Canada13379 Posts
I eat rabbit which is raised for consumption, moose, cow, pig so how different is a dog? Would I eat it? Sure, I will try anything once and I always have. As long as people aren't stealing pets and eating them then thats ok. | ||
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EienShinwa
United States655 Posts
Yep, I agree with this sentiment. Anyone else who thinks otherwise will need to voice a hell of an opinion to convince me. And don't give me that "man's best friend" bullshit. Anyone that would feed you for free would be your best friend too. | ||
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RmoteCntrld
United States596 Posts
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LeeDawg
United States1306 Posts
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Dbars
United States273 Posts
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Maxd11
United States680 Posts
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Jay Chou
45 Posts
On April 15 2012 10:02 logikly wrote: WHen i was In Korea they had a dog farm behind my barracks and we could hear the dogs yelp because they clubbed them to death. I have no problem what other countries do but at least do it humanely. I wouldn't say 'humane' is the right term to refer to killing, because it's not the way you'd kill a human (unless you are referring to humane executions of prisoners on death row, in which case humane would mean you would be euthanising animals, not slitting their throats with knives). I was quite shocked when I saw this video recently, similar to what you were saying regarding clubbing: | ||
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Jongl0
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