[quote]Cephalic_Carnage wrote:
Someone remind me again why it’s not perfectly ok to eat people? I mean, as long as their deaths are swift and “humane”?
I stand by my opinion that there are quite a few people out there who deserve the same fate as the poor dog
theuofh wrote about.
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I don’t know whether it’s ok to eat people, only that it is illegal.
[quote]marathe wrote:
theuofh wrote:
I saw a video last night of a Chinese dude assaulting a dog with a brick. He picked up a brick, and launched it the dog, hitting him right in the head. The dog fell, made some incredible messed up whimpers, couldn’t move, and was just lying on its side whimpering and making the most god awful noises. The guy approached it, the dog tried to bite him but couldn’t do shit, then he kicked the dog away from the brick, so he could pick it up and throw it at the animal a couple more times. Each time the dog got more messed up but didn’t die, still whimpering and growling and trying to escape, but it couldn’t walk. At this point I was a pretty big mess, you could have told me the world was ending and every human being in it was going to die, but I would still be more concerned for the dog.
At the end of the video, the dog crawled between some bikes in a bike rack and was still making death noises. I was hoping the guy would at least pull it out and put it out of its misery. I wanted to fly to China and help this dog, or at least kill it myself just so it wouldn’t suffer any more, until I realized I was helpless to do anything and it already happened.
My psychological state after watching that was not good, and I basically came to the conclusion that people are incredibly messed up and the world is a pretty nasty place, and as much as I tried to distance myself from the experience of watching this video emotionally, I couldn’t.
But now, I realize the guy was just getting dinner, perhaps to feed his family, or even just himself, and who could blame him for that.
From what I know about this they deliberately inflict pain onto dogs for meat prior to slaughter to infuse the meat with adrenaline as it adds flavour.
I lived in Korea for a year across the road from a boshintong (dog stew) place and within walking distance of several dog farms. From what I’ve read, the Korean government isn’t too fond of the whole dog meat industry and doesn’t officially recognize dogs as livestock, so they’re not subject to the same slaughter provisions, etc as pigs or cows.
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I would MUCH rather eat dog meat then grain-fed steroid-pumped cattle especially if it tastes good. I wonder if it’s cheaper than beef or chicken and if you can get it shipped oversees.
I was told it was the endorphins that added flavor to the meat (if the animal was allowed to suffer prior to being killed). A friend of mine used to butcher dogs for a living there, and siad the meat was best if extracted while the animal was just barely alive.
[quote]marathe wrote:
From what I know about this they deliberately inflict pain onto dogs for meat prior to slaughter to infuse the meat with adrenaline as it adds flavour.
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I wouldn’t eat my dog. She hunts down and brings back potential food.
Any basic predator should know that you don’t kill another useful predator. You form a symbiotic relationship with it.