Why do Koreans get bad rap for eating dogs?

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When it's eaten by Chinese, Thai and other asian countries.
Isn't dog eating more prevalent in China and probably orginated from there, too
 
BruceWayne said:
When it's eaten by Chinese, Thai and other asian countries.
Isn't dog eating more prevalent in China and probably orginated from there, too
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Because people don't know or don't care to inform themselves of the differences between asian cultures. As far as most people are concerned all asians are the same.
 
How are dogs different from other animals from a moral/ethical standpoint?

Really, people could at least try to avoid judging other cultures.
 
eggplant said:
How are dogs different from other animals from a moral/ethical standpoint?

Really, people could at least try to avoid judging other cultures.
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it's called ethnocentrism. anyways, how could anyone eat this!

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ShadowRed said:
Because people don't know or don't care to inform themselves of the differences between asian cultures. As far as most people are concerned all asians are the same.
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Heh, yeah, it's worse for Africans. To most people there is no difference between Nigeria and Zimbabwe. At least people have a geographical separation from Japan and China.

ALSO, I think it is fair to judge one culture vs. another. Some things in other cultures, like the abuse of women, is just wrong. But eating dogs... to me that's just as wrong as eating a pig. I do neither.
 
The day a fish, chicken or cow starts leading blind people around, waking up people in time to get out of burning buildings or shooting their own stupid owners is the day I'll stop eating them.
 
Yeah but don't animal activists make a big deal about it?
I remember reading that Bridget Bradot hag writing a letter to Korean president to stop the dog consumption.
Does the bitch know that chinese eat cats, too?
 
Alex Anderson said:
I prefer kitty chow mein myself.
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gross, dude. I wouldn't eat a cat for the sole reason being their shit is the worst smelling shit i've ever smelled in my entire life. they can't possibly taste good!
 
BruceWayne said:
Yeah but don't animal activists make a big deal about it?
I remember reading that Bridget Bradot hag writing a letter to Korean president to stop the dog consumption.
Does the bitch know that chinese eat cats, too?
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yeah the animal rights people compain about it all the time. However, it also has to do with the conditions in which the animals are held (at least in the poorer countries).
 
Jonny said:
gross, dude. I wouldn't eat a cat for the sole reason being their shit is the worst smelling shit i've ever smelled in my entire life. they can't possibly taste good!
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Then I take it you don't eat beef, cause cow shit is 10 times worse than cat shit.
 
ShadowRed said:
Then I take it you don't eat beef, cause cow shit is 10 times worse than cat shit.
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no way dude! cow shit doesn't smell nearly as bad. i refuse to own a cat because of their nasty smelling shit! there's no masking it!
 
Jonny said:
no way dude! cow shit doesn't smell nearly as bad. i refuse to own a cat because of their nasty smelling shit! there's no masking it!
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You gotta be shitting me, no pun intended. Cow shit is light years beyond cat shit when it comes to the bad smell.
 
As any Midwesterner knows, Lewis and Clark actually bought a supply of 40 dogs from some Indians to "sustain" them on the final leg of their journey to the Pacific. It won't kill you in a pinch.
 
pig shit stench is the worst. Drive by a corn field in the spring that's got a fresh coat of manure on it and you'll pass out. Cow shit is VERY mild in comparision.
 
Aren't purebreed dogs retarded? They're produced by god knows how many generations of inbreeding
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And responding to the post right above mine -- Japan and China are separate civilizations.
 
Makura said:
How could anynoe eat mans best friend?? It'd deplorable! >:(
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Cultural differences. Those who don't see anything wrong with a dog as a meal are probably just as bemused about us making them pets.
 
The Black Stallion said:
Heh, yeah, it's worse for Africans. To most people there is no difference between Nigeria and Zimbabwe. At least people have a geographical separation from Japan and China.

ALSO, I think it is fair to judge one culture vs. another. Some things in other cultures, like the abuse of women, is just wrong. But eating dogs... to me that's just as wrong as eating a pig. I do neither.
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people from other countries do the same thing to americans. They think we are all the same, when, in fact, their is a world of difference in the cultures of California and say, Florida. We don't have sex with our cousins, for example.
 
koreans don't eat dog anymore, my old korean roomate got seriously pissed when we asked him about it. if dog is eaten it's basically like a redneck kind of thing, and very old fashioned
 
eggplant said:
yeah the animal rights people compain about it all the time. However, it also has to do with the conditions in which the animals are held (at least in the poorer countries).
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Apparently Koreans skin the dogs alive to preserve their 'aphrodisiac' benefits. I don't mind which animal is being eaten (as long they do not risk extinction or are 'hygenic') as long as their living conditions and death are somewhat humane.
 
Ninja Scooter said:
people from other countries do the same thing to americans. They think we are all the same, when, in fact, their is a world of difference in the cultures of California and say, Florida. We don't have sex with our cousins, for example.
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:lol
 
Alright, here’s the story: eating dog was seen as a “normal” thing to do in Korea… nobody made a real fuss over it. But when the Olympics were coming into town, the president basically asked everyone to chill out on the dog eating, since there was the fear it would freak people out (well, freak Americans out). From that point on, some continued eating dog meat, and with vigor, sorta like a pride thing, and most others sorta stopped doing it. But trust me, it still goes on, everyone’s just doesn’t want to admit it, and has therefore gotten the backwoods stigma associated with it.
 
FortNinety said:
Alright, here’s the story: eating dog was seen as a “normal” thing to do in Korea… nobody made a real fuss over it. But when the Olympics were coming into town, the president basically asked everyone to chill out on the dog eating, since there was the fear it would freak people out (well, freak Americans out). From that point on, some continued eating dog meat, and with vigor, sorta like a pride thing, and most others sorta stopped doing it. But trust me, it still goes on, everyone’s just doesn’t want to admit it, and has therefore gotten the backwoods stigma associated with it.
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That was the 2002 World Cup, not the Olympics, but otherwise correct.
 
eggplant said:
How are dogs different from other animals from a moral/ethical standpoint?

Really, people could at least try to avoid judging other cultures.
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Jules: But, a dog's got personality. Personality goes a long way.
Vincent : Ah, so by that rationale, if a pig had a better personality, he would cease to be a filthy animal. Is that true?
Jules : Well we'd have to be talkin' about one charmin' motherfuckin' pig. I mean he'd have to be ten times more charmin' than that Arnold on Green Acres, you know what I'm sayin'?
 
Cyan said:
Well, that's because the boundaries there are pretty arbitrary. Japan and China have two very different cultures. African countries, say Niger and Nigeria, don't really have monolithic cultures, and the boundaries between countries were set up more or less by whim. So it's harder to really see differences. Also, there are so many countries it gets hard to keep track. Its like how most people think of the US as one giant whole, rather than looking at the differences between states/areas of the country.
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It's funny how everyone here's comparing the US to Asia and Africa, when the US is just a country and the others are continents. Mixing up China and Japan is even worse than not knowing the difference between US and Canada. You shouldn't really China as one giant whole either, when it is just as large and diverse, if not more so than in the United States. Cantonese cuisine, Shanghai cuisine etc. are all pretty different if you ask me. Just because all the Chinese takeaways in the west taste the same (and nothing like actual chinese food), it doesn't mean all the Chinese eat the same way.
 
Cyan said:
Yes. That's basically what I was saying.
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I emphasized civilizations for a reason. Take American society, as big as the population is, as a whole it's still only a subset of the Western civilization which includes Europe, Australia, South Africa, etc. You compare China not to a country in Europe, but all of Europe. You compare Japan to maybe the Slavic countries or the Nordic. The difference is wider than merely a different culture.
 
I don't mean it's worse morally, but they have more history between them than United States and Canada. They had wars against each other, they have different languages, they have different political systems...it just seemed to me they're harder to get mixed up as major countries in Asia. It's easier to confuse between Ireland and UK, then with UK and France IMO.
 
Ragging on other races' lifestyle just seems to be a racist kinda thing.

In some country I hear its sacrilige to eat cows...heard of that, anyone? Hrm?
 
I'm not a very creative person, so I only regurgitate what I know to be true. Western culture spread out more because it has been very successful the last 4-5 centuries. That's complimentary, not emasculating.

I've lived in the Midwest and New England, and I don't know what the hell you're talking about.
 
It's not inconsistent at all. Countries of macro-civilizations all originate from one point. Easiest way to tell is by language. All Western countries use languages originating from the Indo-European superfamily; China from Sino-Tibetan. These superfamilies all had a single proto-language that eventually created all of its subdivisions. Japan developed its language in seclusion, and later incorporated Chinese text. The superfamily it is sometimes classified in is Ural-Altaic (a hodgepodge group of somewhat similar languages), but that's disputed.

I live in Connecticut, so I've always felt New England was really small.
 
Shit, this is amazing. You didn't agree with what I wrote, so I explained my reasoning. Once I explained my reasoning, you want me to repeat what I wrote.
 
Japan and China are still separate civilizations, and the West is still one. I gave you the example of language as one way of telling.
 
Cyan said:
Well, that's because the boundaries there are pretty arbitrary. Japan and China have two very different cultures. African countries, say Niger and Nigeria, don't really have monolithic cultures, and the boundaries between countries were set up more or less by whim. So it's harder to really see differences. Also, there are so many countries it gets hard to keep track. Its like how most people think of the US as one giant whole, rather than looking at the differences between states/areas of the country.
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No, it's hard to keep track because they don't make videogames and anime. Ask Joe Blow American the difference between Japan and China and you will probably get "Japaneze eyes go up, Chinese goes down," or some other bullshit repsponse like that. The "monolithic cultures" that Africa lacks are, indeed, there, you just don't care to recognize them. To you they are just "ooga booga." I bet you would have the audacity to suggest that the Cree and the Iriquois were both "woo-woo-woo," as well. You don't care to know, so you assume that all these darksinned people share the same culture and the precious Asians are very very very different! So unique and refined into their own identities, despite the fact that they share elements in both their alphabets! Congrats dude, you are SLIGHTLY less ignorant as your average backwoods bumpkin.

Forgive me for getting slightly offended by your comment.
 
The Black Stallion said:
No, it's hard to keep track because they don't make videogames and anime. Ask Joe Blow American the difference between Japan and China and you will probably get "Japaneze eyes go up, Chinese goes down," or some other bullshit repsponse like that. The "monolithic cultures" that Africa lacks are, indeed, there, you just don't care to recognize them. To you they are just "ooga booga." I bet you would have the audacity to suggest that the Cree and the Iriquois were both "woo-woo-woo," as well. You don't care to know, so you assume that all these darksinned people share the same culture and the precious Asians are very very very different! So unique and refined into their own identities, despite the fact that they share alphabets! Congrats dude, you are SLIGHTLY less ignorant as your average backwoods bumpkin.

Forgive me for getting slightly offended by your comment.
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Could you post the links on Asian people sharing the same alphabet? Japanese people use Chinese characters for only one of their scripts. IIRC, Korea, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Burma, India, Saudi Arabia, Russia, Sri Lanka, and other countries use pretty distinct alphabets. Asia is a huge continent and the differences in cultures, language, social customs can be huge.
 
The Black Stallion said:
Congrats dude, you are SLIGHTLY less ignorant as your average backwoods bumpkin.
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And you're one notch above that, I suppose. Asians are very different by population default. There's 3.72 billion of them.
 
Shinobi said:
I don't like dogs anyway, so I couldn't care less if they're served up as burgers at McDonalds China.
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That'd be cool, call it the McDog and have a grilled dog as a children's mascot just like the Chicken McNuggets..
 
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