Current Events > Olympians are HORRIFIED seeing DOG MEAT being Sold in South Korea!!

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Rika_Furude posted...

if they want to host the olympics cant they pick up their act though? its like rio olympic games where the disgusting quality of water etc over there made visitors/competitors sick, contract diseases in some cases. thats not really great for a global event

Apparently, the government did try to discourage vendors from selling their delicious doggie dishes. I think its not illegal though, so people just continued munching along. Yummy, yummy ruff ruff in your tummy.
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Syntheticon posted...

This just in: foreigners disagree with local customs and think their way is the best way. Also, water is wet. News at 11.
Don't knock it till you try it. To you they're pets, to them they're livestock, get over yourselves and just don't eat it.

Not all Koreans view dogs as just livestock. It's more of an older generation thing (50 and up). The younger generations view dogs as pets more and more. It's why the dog-meat industry is doing badly actually.

Rika_Furude posted...

You should respect the culture while there. There is no reason to respect the culture if you arent there though

Yes, a guest in a country should respect their hosts. I'm living in Korea. I will bow to my elders and speak in the formal tone. I will defer to my superiors to not cost them to lose face in public. I will do all of that.

But I will hate on the dog-meat industry here. There's no regulation. There's no rules. Nothing. Like I've mentioned before I've had older co-workers who have lost pet dogs over the years (who've said it wasn't uncommon back in the day for dog restaurants to dog-nap). I've seen conditions the yellow-dogs live in first hand. I've seen an old man take a dog out and hit it over the head with a club to kill it before prepping it for food in plain view of an elementary school.

I'm not against people eating meat. Eat whatever animal you want. But do it properly. Don't hunt animals into extinction. Don't kill massive animals for ONE part of the body and leave the rest to rot. Give your livestock livable conditions. Kill them humanely and safely. Not hitting them with blunt instruments in front of children.

I'll say that about any country for any animal. I do say that about America. Fuck the factory farms and what they do to chickens, pigs, cows, etc.... It's disgusting.

Even on a human-focused argument. The lack of regulations for the dog-meat market here need an overhaul for health and safety issues regardless of "respecting the culture". I'm going out on a limb and saying the skeletal dogs with mangy fur are not good for human consumption.
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No, dogs are filthy animals that dont look appetizing
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People go on about respecting the culture..

As if anyone is advocating going to Korea and standing on a soapbox in an effort to change their ways.