Originally Posted By Mr F <<Mmmmmmm, but animals are so tasty!>> So are humans & babies, & placentas too, if you cook them right. cats & Dogs taste good too, why don't you eat those?
Originally Posted By Mr X Illegalities aside, in some cultures people actually DO eat placentas (ewe!). And don't get me started on puppy dogs. WorldDisney can tell ya all about it, he lived in Korea! By the way Butters, that "tofu" you ate at the Chinese restaurant didn't taste a little strange to you? Seems to be a real shortage of cats around that neighborhood these days. (Minnie, we prefer the terms "special" or "challenged" when it comes to Butters)
Originally Posted By Mr X Not that I disagree, mind you. I'm sort of Butters' designated big brother, I suppose. He's a real special little guy.
Originally Posted By ecdc >>So are humans & babies, & placentas too, if you cook them right. cats & Dogs taste good too, why don't you eat those?<< Well, some cultures do eat placentas and cats and dogs. I've had cat. Found out a Chinese restaurant I used to eat at was closed down by the health department because they were getting strays and serving them as their "pork." So it's a cultural thing more than anything. But we don't eat humans because of Sociology 101. It's one of those taboos - you just don't do it for the survival of the species. Which is why the argument is so absurd. The whole point is that we don't equate animals with humans. At least, I sure don't. So I wouldn't eat one. Now, it's not that I find the idea gross. Meat is meat. Cooked properly I have no doubt that human meat could be tasty.
Originally Posted By Mr X ***I've had cat. Found out a Chinese restaurant I used to eat at was closed down by the health department because they were getting strays and serving them as their "pork." So it's a cultural thing more than anything.*** How was it?
Originally Posted By DAR <<And don't get me started on puppy dogs. WorldDisney can tell ya all about it, he lived in Korea! >> One of my friends is from Vietnam, that's been a running joke for years with him.
Originally Posted By ecdc >>How was it?<< I couldn't really tell the difference. It was just a cheap restaurant in upstate New York when I was a Mormon missionary. It was sweet and sour pork so it was already breaded and fried, then covered in sauce.
Originally Posted By imadisneygal ^^^Me too! In fact it was so lean it was super tough to chew. I'm not a fan of venison for that reason.
Originally Posted By Sara Tonin What does a fan of venison look like? Do they wear those awful Christmas sweaters all year long? Do they play "Reindeer Games"?
Originally Posted By imadisneygal Yes, but all of the other reindeer just laugh and call me names. It's sad, really.
Originally Posted By Mr F <<we don't eat humans because of Sociology 101. It's one of those taboos - you just don't do it for the survival of the species.>> I'm talking about humans that are already dead, instead of burning them, at their funeral, why not cook them & eat them? Why not eat aborted babies? Why waste dead people? What if Humans tasted better then pork or beef or even fish? While were at it, why not eat death row inmates. Survival of the species has nothing to do with this, because there are already too many people in the world. If people in 3rd world countries would just eat their dead, then maybe their hunger problems could be solved.
Originally Posted By ecdc >>Survival of the species has nothing to do with this, because there are already too many people in the world. If people in 3rd world countries would just eat their dead, then maybe their hunger problems could be solved.<< No, it has everything to do with it. Once you cross the line and say eating a fellow human being is ok, you're down the path. What happens, after we decide to just eat dead humans, when one culture says they're better than another culture, and therefore, eating humans from another culture is ok? Let's not forget Animal Farm, and the shifting "7 Commandments" that went from "All animals are equal," to "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others," to just removing the commandments altogether. Don't get me wrong. I doubt society will descend into a frenzy of feasting on one another's flesh. But again, it just shows the silliness of equating eating a human and eating another kind of creature. No matter how hard some animal rights activists try to somehow suggest otherwise, humans are not the same. A year or two ago, we had a conversation on these boards where some people said, quite seriously, if faced with the choice between saving a child from a burning car, or saving a puppy from a burning car, they might save the puppy. That is some seriously messed up thinking. That becomes a mentality where it *is* about the survival of the species.
Originally Posted By Mr X And besides all of that, we don't wait for animals to drop dead we slaughter them young and healthy, because who wants to eat old, disease-ridden, disgusting meat. Anyone really think wrinkled old Grandpa Joe would taste good? ;p
