tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734462636905794264.post7781584054327065351..comments2024-03-28T20:22:49.529+09:00Comments on The Nihon Ken Blog: Eating DogsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734462636905794264.post-83055793399661061292015-06-30T04:43:49.948+09:002015-06-30T04:43:49.948+09:00This topic has been raised before, with the points...This topic has been raised before, with the points you've mentioned, during the 1988 Seoul Olympics and the World Cup a couple years later. <br /><br />But I don't think any calm discussion pointing out double standards can be made on FB. Too much of an emotional behemoth. aykhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00713476142996647730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734462636905794264.post-52525734957570134482015-06-30T01:19:14.128+09:002015-06-30T01:19:14.128+09:00I think we're kind of in the same place regard...I think we're kind of in the same place regarding how we feel about what meat we eat.<br />The reason I wrote this post was because this dog festival was taking over my FB feed, and it seems it's too controversial a subject for us to talk about (or god forbid be seen to be on the side of people eating dogs!).Katohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15300152062353477753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734462636905794264.post-56690515214001503482015-06-26T22:47:25.385+09:002015-06-26T22:47:25.385+09:00You can same the same thing about rabbits (at leas...You can same the same thing about rabbits (at least in the US). It was once encouraged by the US government and common for families to raise rabbits as a cheap source of meat during the World Wars, now they are cute pets that are given equivalent status to pet dogs and cats in some areas. It's become evil and cruel to eat such a cute animal, and you're a horrible person if you do. <br /><br />When I got into to having chickens for eggs, people would often joke about when we should eat those girls, sometimes giving them nicknames for the day of the week they'll be eaten. When I started keeping rabbits for meat, the most common response was "Why can't you just buy meat from the store like normal people?" <br /><br />Sadly, some of these people seriously think that no animals were harmed in the making of store bought meat; that it was something either shed or laid by the animal, or grown in a lab. They don't know, or choose to remain blind to, the cruelty that goes on in factory farms for the sake of profit. These people don't even know what they are missing, those hobby farm raised or hunted animals are so much better tasting and often more nutritious than anything you can buy at the store. <br /><br />Personally, I'm against the eating of land based predators and larger predatory sea creatures (basically anything bigger than salmon). Mainly because I feel that the meat itself is not as good for you as herbivore meat. Being that carnivores come into contact (i.e., eat) with many different animals throughout their lives, they have a greater chance of picking up all sorts of parasites, contaminants, and diseases. Not all of that can be cooked away, so you do have a greater risk of getting sick from it than you would herbivore meat. I think the term I'm referring to is biomagnification: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biomagnification<br /><br />In the end though, I'm not going to bash someone for choosing to eat carnivore meat, so long as the animal was humanely killed and acquired by legal means. Crazy Like a Fox!!https://www.blogger.com/profile/01709866741044291050noreply@blogger.com