Thread: Wall Street Journal editorial on dog eating

Quote: Originally Posted by Alyallen Is the "YOU" you referred to me? If so, here goes... Of course I have a blind spot somewhere. Hell, watching someone eat a strawberry is absolutely repulsive to me but that's my hang up and it's not one worth writing a lengthy article on. I can't say I've felt bad eating meat. I'm sure I must have at one point or another but it must have been fleeting enough for...

Thanks for the correction RR and Woland. I read an article not long ago about miniature cattle. They claim they are more efficient at producing meat and dairy, but right now they are really expensive because people are buying them as pets. But, that was before the economic downturn, so maybe now they'll be sold as livestock.

The NYTimes weighs in, reporting the story in one of their blogs: http://ideas.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/...sq=Foer&st=cse with this great photo: and the caption: "When you said you wanted to have me for dinner, this is what you meant, right?" Here, also from the NYTimes is one argument against chowing on hounds: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/01/we...ershaw.html?em And Jonathon Safran Foer in the NYTimes a while back,...

Quote: Originally Posted by Cherry Or humans, etc. I don't know what my point is. Maybe that even YOU have a blind spot? Or maybe that, since you put it that way, eating one animal is as bad as the next is as bad as eating humans? I've eaten horse tons of times. But I feel sad about it in retrospect, just like I feel sad about having eaten chicken/cows/tuna... It's worth noting that nobody ever gets those morality pangs over...

Quote: Originally Posted by dogshed I give my mother money every month for taking care of my dog and buying special dog food. Am I crazy? Of course not.Taking care of your friends is not crazy. However, extrapolating from "I know a dog that I consider to be my friend" to "Every member of the species of dog deserves to be called my friend" is magical thinking. The real reason you feed him every day? If he...

Quote: Originally Posted by dogshed http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...131341174.html I give my mother money every month for taking care of my dog and buying special dog food. Am I crazy? Hell no you're not crazy. I'd say we spend $220+ a month on grooming, food, toys, and whatever for our girls. They give unconditional love, and they make us happy.

It makes sense. I'm hoping his intent (as implied by the title) isn't simply to promote dog meat but to highlight some squeamish and hypocritical attitudes toward other animals, but either way, it's cool. I'm all for equal opportunity butchery if it means less land/water/medication being used in that industry.

Quote: Originally Posted by Alyallen Interesting article. I love telling people that I've eaten horse just to see the look on their face. There is just that culinary blind spot everyone has whether it is offal, goat, sheep, pigs, dogs, cats or those plague carrying Mongolian Marmots. Or humans, etc. I don't know what my point is. Maybe that even YOU have a blind spot? Or maybe that, since you put it that way, eating one animal is as...

Quote: Originally Posted by Cherry Or humans, etc. I don't know what my point is. Maybe that even YOU have a blind spot? Or maybe that, since you put it that way, eating one animal is as bad as the next is as bad as eating humans? I've eaten horse tons of times. But I feel sad about it in retrospect, just like I feel sad about having eaten chicken/cows/tuna... It's worth noting that nobody ever gets those morality pangs over...

I'm sorry, do you know how much Spinach I would have to eat to get my necessary iron.?? And iron tablets are, in my case, not a sensible option. Eat dog? farm it properly. I was raised on a farm, got used to seeing livestock slaughtered, and ate it. It was raised for that purpose and it fulfilled it's role.