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Is eating cats and dogs ok?

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Reply 20
Original post by Hai_Ann
The popular opinion is- no it isn't.

But I bet most of those that say it isn't probably eat other types of meat themselves.

A cow is considered holy in India. Yet, we're the ones eating them despite no hate coming from Indians.
However when people eat dogs (specifically in Asia) people jump on the hate band wagon.

Yes dogs and cats are cute. So are baby cows and pigs.

Also, is anyone willing to rescue these animals? Most of those that say no, are hypocrites.

Discuss what your belief is on this issue. Should society develop a ethical process to kill animals such as dogs and cats for consumption or to make it illegal altogether?


There's nothing wrong with the act of eating anything, but there is almost always something wrong with the way it is produced. It wouldn't be wrong to eat a human, but it would be wrong to kill a human or cause a human to suffer in order for it to be eaten.

So, my answer to the question I suspect you're asking is: no, eating cats and dogs is not okay, just as eating cows, chickens, pigs and fish is not okay, because inflicting suffering on other sentient beings for unnecessary purposes is morally wrong.

Society should shut down and outlaw the factory farms and the slaughterhouses.
Reply 21
Original post by TheCitizenAct
I'd have less qualms about eating a socialist for dinner. At least dogs serve a purpose and show loyalty, socialists are sub-human and I imagine would make a great meal - many of them appease obesity too, so plenty of meat on the bone.


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Original post by driftawaay
Eating a pussy?

Look at this



Would you really eat a cute little pussy? :s-smilie:


I swear every post is about eating a pussy :O
Reply 23
wtf did I just read?! :eek:
Reply 24
Original post by Hai_Ann
The popular opinion is- no it isn't.

But I bet most of those that say it isn't probably eat other types of meat themselves.

A cow is considered holy in India. Yet, we're the ones eating them despite no hate coming from Indians.
However when people eat dogs (specifically in Asia) people jump on the hate band wagon.

Yes dogs and cats are cute. So are baby cows and pigs.

Also, is anyone willing to rescue these animals? Most of those that say no, are hypocrites.

Discuss what your belief is on this issue. Should society develop a ethical process to kill animals such as dogs and cats for consumption or to make it illegal altogether?


NO NO JUST NO STOP THE SLAUGHTER.

Had to let my inner Peta activist out.

It's still a no.
Reply 25
Society's hypocrisy bothers me so much.
Cows??? YAAAS STEAK NIGHT AT 'SPOONS
Pigs??? YAAAS BACON

but if you eat a cat or dog, your family would probably disown you and you'd literally be labeled the proverbial scum of the world.

People use the whole "but cows are bred to create meat, whereas cats and dogs aren't" excuse, but what does this even mean? Just because a dog is bred on a farm to be someone's pet as opposed to their dinner doesn't mean they should have any more value than a cow, pig, or chicken.

If you've had a pet die, then you know how much it rips your heart out, and the thought of inflicting something like that on another animal, even one who perhaps doesn't have a human to love it, is just so awful.

Just don't eat meat.
Reply 26
Original post by CAElite
Cat and dog meat is perfectly acceptable in my book as long as they are bred and killed humanely like any other animal. What i DONT agree with is the way dog meat in particular is harvested in places like Taiwan and China. Basicly they go around picking dogs up off the street and packing them into tiny cages where they are frequently injured during transportation. They are then slaughtered inhumanely and sold for meat. This isnt just strays but also peoples pets that are left outside, absolutely disgusting.

Id sooner eat a humanely reared cat or dog than eat a halal / kosher slaughtered cow. Which to me is just utterly terrible, although if someone knows the details but I believe the numbing of the animal via spinal cord detatchment is technically allowed nowadays in kosher meats (but not halal).



Agreed. Taking peoples' pets is too much.

Yikes...
just think this picture is interesting, i will post a full answer when i have finished my history essay:
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From a moral point of view, there isn't much of a difference in principle.

However, take a look at the conditions dogs, for example, are sometimes kept in when bred for food. This is often in countries with very poor animal welfare laws, and conditions are probably even worse than our factory farms. Sometimes pet animals get caught up in it as well, like if they escape or are stolen. That's where a lot of the opposition to things like dog meat comes from. You can eat meat and still complain about those things without even coming close to being a hypocrite.
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Original post by RFowler
From a moral point of view, there isn't much of a difference in principle.

However, take a look at the conditions dogs, for example, are sometimes kept in when bred for food. This is often in countries with very poor animal welfare laws, and conditions are probably even worse than our factory farms. Sometimes pet animals get caught up in it as well, like if they escape or are stolen. That's where a lot of the opposition to things like dog meat comes from. You can eat meat and still complain about those things without even coming close to being a hypocrite.


totally agree, this is why i woudn't eat dog meat due to the horrendous conditons, as u say they are also sometimes people's pets that have been stolen and also in an increasing population it isn't really efficient to eat carnivours.

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Theres no difference between eating cat or cow unless you have stolen a family pet.

Original post by TheCitizenAct
I'd have less qualms about eating a socialist for dinner. At least dogs serve a purpose and show loyalty, socialists are sub-human and I imagine would make a great meal - many of them appease obesity too, so plenty of meat on the bone.

You do realise you sound like Hitler by dehumanising your enemies.
Meat is meat. To draw an arbitrary moral line against eating certain animals is logically inconsistent.

Personally, as long as the animal is raised and slaughtered humanely (and isn't an endangered species) then I don't have an issue with eating it.
Original post by United1892
Theres no difference between eating cat or cow unless you have stolen a family pet.


You do realise you sound like Hitler by dehumanising your enemies.


By 'dehumanising' socialists I sound like the leader of The National Socialist German Workers Party? Ironic.
Original post by TheCitizenAct
By 'dehumanising' socialists I sound like the leader of The National Socialist German Workers Party? Ironic.


I should point out he did the same thing about socialists who didnt support 'national socialism'.
Original post by United1892
I should point out he did the same thing about socialists who didnt support 'national socialism'.


Really? Goebbels, like many of his closest confidants, was a devout socialist; don't quote me on this but I'm pretty sure he didn't eat him.

Heck, even H.G. Wells was a devout 'liberal fascist' (that's what the progressives called it in the 30's, when they near universally adopted fascism as a progressive movement).
Reply 35
People are cool with slaughtering an animal for consumption as long as it doesn't look like a child's fluffly toy.
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I hear dog tastes like pork. :colone:
Original post by TheCitizenAct
Really? Goebbels, like many of his closest confidants, was a devout socialist; don't quote me on this but I'm pretty sure he didn't eat him.

Heck, even H.G. Wells was a devout 'liberal fascist' (that's what the progressives called it in the 30's, when they near universally adopted fascism as a progressive movement).


You litterally ignored what I said.
Original post by United1892
You litterally ignored what I said.


What you wrote wasn't a coherent sentence. I had to rely on interpretation, and as a socialist I can only imagine you know how fallible that is.
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If it can be digested safely, yes you can eat it :h:
Especially with the right seasoning. I'd eat a curry anything!

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