NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #27/NN_1992_27.iso/spool/soc/culture/hongkong/14458

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Newsgroups: soc.culture.hongkong
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From: [e-mail] (Louis Lin)
Subject: Re: Is is right to eat dogs?
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Organization: University of Waterloo
References: <[e-mail]> <[e-mail]>
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 15:02:11 GMT
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In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Ekman Yu-Hang Tsang) writes:
>
>Personally I have never done it, nor do I want to.  But it is not to say
>that it is 'wrong' to eat dogs.  "Wrong" is only wrong in the eyes of the
>foreigners.  To be fair to cows, pigs, chickens, and all the weird stuffs
>that we allow ourselves to enjoy at the dinner tables, I have to say it
>is alright to eat dogs, and cats, and birds...  Conversely, if you don't
>think eating dogs are right, then you should also think that eating cows
>and pigs are wrong as well.  This is because these are all classified in
>our human systems as animals.  In another word, you should become a
>vegetarian.  (Even that is not fair to the plants, since they are living
>organisms as well; only they can't move to defend themselves)
>

A vegetarian told me that he does not like killing, but in order to
survive, he has to eat; and probably a carrot experiences less pain
than a cow when its killed.  Vegetarians of this sort probably
eat eggs and some seafood as well.

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