Dog meat good for your health?

[yaris-me]

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapc....html?hpt=Sbin

[BLAZINBLUEVITZ]

in VARIOUS parts of the world id say YES......

[tomato]

[zachryboles]

....... im going to catch a lot of flak but oh well. ive eaten both furry creatures overseas and if no one told you, you wouldnt know. It tastes just fine and im sure as far as meat goes im sure its just as good for you.

[tomato]

[SilverBack]

WTF? And I thought this was just a stereotype...

[hatchbackkid82]

wrong in soooo many ways

[eTiMaGo]

Think about it, what makes it so wrong, though? why are dogs taboo, but pigs, chicken, cows are fine? those make fine pets too! Just concepts that have been forced through the heads of generation after generation of our so-called "civilization"

PS. I have never eaten dog meat (that I know of...)

[BailOut]

Originally Posted by zachryboles

....... im going to catch a lot of flak but oh well. ive eaten both furry creatures overseas and if no one told you, you wouldnt know. It tastes just fine and im sure as far as meat goes im sure its just as good for you.

My experience has been the same. I no longer eat any mammals but back when I did I came across all kinds of meat I'd never had before while traveling the Pacific Rim. I tried them all, usually without knowing ahead of time what it was. Dog, cat, monkey, water buffalo, reindeer, etc. They all tasted just like slight variations of any other red meat, such as beef.

This will certainly catch flak, but I'll bet my lunch money for the next month that a human would taste pretty much the same. Regardless of what social attributes we attribute to one animal or another, once you look past that all of the mammalian species are just a bag of bones and muscles (meat).

It is also worth noting that the same revulsion and disbelief you feel towards people that eat dogs and cats is felt towards you by some other cultures and subcultures for your habit of eating cows.

[DFA]

eTi speaks the truth.

[RedRide]

I guess the "taboo" about us eating dogs and cats stem from the fact that these two animals are welcomed into our homes and almost treated like one of the family unlike any other animals.

I'd wager that someone who has a pet pig wiil not eat pork.

[marcus]

it should be...cause here in canada i cant feed dogs with what i eat its not good for them so i figure what they eat is good for us..lolz.. therefore dog meat is healty..nevertheless filipinos eat dog no matter what..hehehe

[sbergman27]

Originally Posted by RedRide

I guess the "taboo" about us eating dogs and cats stem from the fact that these two animals are welcomed into our homes and almost treated like one of the family unlike any other animals.
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I'd wager that someone who has a pet pig wiil not eat pork.

The "taboo" likely comes from the fact that dogs and cats are intelligent animals with a self-awareness that is obvious to anyone who has spent time around them. Pigs, as it happens, are arguably even more so.

I am "sort of" a vegetarian. Let me explain that. I care about self awareness, intelligence, and the capacity to experience pain. And... my own health.

Breeding mammals (cows and pigs) under poor living conditions, as we do, seems unworthy of a society which aims to consider itself civilized, when other means are available for feeding ourselves. Breeding animals like birds (chicken, turkey) seems somewhat better. But still does not seem quite appropriate for a civilized people.

Fish? I've no problem with that. While it is entirely possible to live well on an entirely vegetarian diet, there are documented benefits of omega-3 oils, found mainly in fish. And fish are a good source of protein. (Protein is an easily surmountable problem when planning a vegetarian diet. But being allowed fish protein is a significant convenience from a dietary planning standpoint.) And fish have very simple nervous systems. Very simple brains. It's hard to imagine anything of substantial complexity going on in there.

Think of this as a sort of rational and ethically oriented vegetarianism.

If eating dog meat is not bad for one's mental health, I'd as soon see that person die.

Given the same personal exposure, I would extend that opinion to people who eat pigs.

No doubt there will be some disagreement on some of these points. I would be happy if those who disagree would simply step back and consider the points which I have raised. I don't really care about proving myself right.

-Steve