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Yulin's dog meat festival deaf to critics


PUBLISHED : Sunday, 16 June, 2013, 12:00am
UPDATED : Sunday, 16 June, 2013, 6:51am








Yulin officials did not answer calls for comment yesterday.







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Some dogs were destined for rescue work, guiding blind people, etc. and other dogs were destined for the soup. Just like some pigs can be pets and roam freely and others are destined for the abattoir. It's quite obvious from your comments your racially superior attitude figures in on your argument starting with the usage of "Asians believe that the more pain..." Where are your hard figures on that statement? Your evidence? From the society of bleeding heart white cauc_asians? You could not colonialize the entire continent of Asia so you're trying to force what you think is Western morally acceptable onto the people of Asia?
NO dog should be destined for soup, and I happen to believe that pigs do not belong in houses either. I have no "racially superior attitude" as you put it, while others are saying all Chinese are scum, I remind them that there are kind people there who fight this evil in their own country, and they need support. It is you who jump to conclusions. It is well documented by many animal welfare organizations, including Asians themselves who are against it, that Chinese, Vietnamese, Koreans and Philipinos who eat dog meat believe this to be true and continue to practice it. Where are your hard facts to the contrary? Bury your head in the sand if you want by trying to turn it back on anyone who points it out, but it has been filmed and photographed thousands of times.
There is no specific type of dog that can be trained to be a service animal, and the ones destined for your dinner table, if trained, would willingly risk their lives to save yours, and the willingness to be of service to humans is betrayed by this intentionally cruel trade. However as far as cruelty, there are many other creatures that suffer in China, and in every country, and compassionate treatment of all animals is something I long to see. Chinese people in general have little compassion when it comes to the suffering of creatures. To those who say farm animals in the west are treated the same, yes conditions are not always humane, and many of us fight this too, but at least a quick death is expected.
WRONG. Teach a child to respect and have compassion for all living creatures, and it naturally follows that they will value human life.
WRONG. Because I was taught to respect and have compassion for even the smallest living creatures, it naturally followed that I have compassion for humans. Teach a child to be kind and they in turn teach their children, nothing will ever get better till then.
yeah i live in china bro. i was born there too. i am a permanent resident of HK as well. this has nothing to do with race. its all about race for folks like you. this is about human decency and about the progress of mankind. you are the one who is brainwashed. you are the one who is only able to look at it through your little simple lens of local vs ****. i feel sorry for you.
I agree with you, people are too quick to condemn an entire race, there are many decent people in China who are fighting the barbaric dog and cat meat trade there, and other Asian countries. Compassion is not limited to one race or culture, indeed, cruelty exists in all cultures.
wwong888, you are a wong8 王八
for those of you attempting to remark on this...
are you a vegan? if not
have you visited an industrialized cattle "factory" (ranching is extinct due to corporate food)
have you visited an industrialized pig "factory", chicken "factory"?
go see one before you comment on the "dogs"
That's it exactly. Its not about the eating of the animals, its the horrific and barbaric torture that's involved in the process. There is ample evidence to say that this does happen. Its not normal to willingly torture any living creature the way these animals are tortured and slaughtered. It has been proven that there is a direct link between animal abuse and rapists, child murders, child abusers etc. But then again it is China, and I personally expect nothing less from such a cruel and barbaric nation. I challenge anyone who can justify these acts on humans or animals alike. Maybe China should look at the natural disasters etc that they experience and think 'KARMA'!
Now we are getting somewhere. Eating them is Ok.
Torturing them is not.
Are we all agreed?
Your post seemed sensible up until you linked natural disasters and 'karma' to the topic. Not relevant! Haha!



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