TNR: Addressing the horsemeat 'scandal' and cultural divides

[Danzig]

i've said all along, we have as much right to question people eating horses as people in india have to question us eating beef. cultures are different in different areas.
i wouldn't buy horse meat to eat, i wouldn't sell a horse for someone to eat, but i'm not going to judge someone else for eating them.

[Merlinsky]

Originally Posted by Danzig

i've said all along, we have as much right to question people eating horses as people in india have to question us eating beef. cultures are different in different areas.
i wouldn't buy horse meat to eat, i wouldn't sell a horse for someone to eat, but i'm not going to judge someone else for eating them.

Just because we're supposed to understand that people have different cultures doesn't mean we have to like the customs. I have every right to be offended by them as they do me. The question is what happens after that. Some cultures think we're the freaks for making dogs into pets, but we've got rescue groups trying to take care of those animals and troops taking them home. The international community gets irate about the rape situation in India or the death penalty in the United States and does what? They try to change it. The Bulgarian orphanage system changed when a documentary was done exposing them to the world. There's a fine line between respecting cultures and putting them in a bubble. We're being awfully picky-choosy about which things have to stop and which ones we're supposed to mind our own business on.

[pmacdaddy]

I eat all sorts of "wierd" stuff, but I do appreciate the fact you should get what you think you are getting. Be it frog, rabbit, pork or beef. Or horse or dog or cat I guess...

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Merlinsky

Just because we're supposed to understand that people have different cultures doesn't mean we have to like the customs. I have every right to be offended by them as they do me. The question is what happens after that. Some cultures think we're the freaks for making dogs into pets, but we've got rescue groups trying to take care of those animals and troops taking them home. The international community gets irate about the rape situation in India or the death penalty in the United States and does what? They try to change it. The Bulgarian orphanage system changed when a documentary was done exposing them to the world. There's a fine line between respecting cultures and putting them in a bubble. We're being awfully picky-choosy about which things have to stop and which ones we're supposed to mind our own business on.

i didn't say i liked them.