What caused dog-eating? - General

Just now I watched a set of pics showing a greenmarket in Indonesia, where dogs are being sold for food. I've been thinking about this for a long time and wanted to discuss it here with you guys. 1. underdevelped animal husbandry. I 've noticed those people who eat dogs are all living in countries where agriculture are not that fully developed. For instance, China, Thailand, Indonesia, South Korea and African countries. Mutton and beef are not produced in large scale and very expensive so that people started off seeking a substitute, which is dog. Because dogs are not picky, they eat people's leftovers and grow big enough to be slaughtered for food. I don't think Australians and Argentineans eat dogs. 2. influence of traditional medicine. For instance, dog meat, in traditional Chinese medicine, is described as very nutritious and "dabu". Dabu is used to describe something that is very "yang" and can make you last longer in intercourse if you eat them. People are actually deceived into eating something dabu but may actually less nutritious than pork or beef. The more superstitious people are, the more likely they will be to eat whatever that is claimed to be good for health. This is actually substantiated. In Peking or Shanghai, people don't eat dog at all, whereas in some underdeveloped provinces such as Guangxi, Guizhou, people eat dogs to improve their health. A couple of years ago, a Taiwanese buisnessman sold dead babes and fetuses to restaurants to cook the babe soup, which was like 800 USD per table and claimed to be extremely dabu. Now guys, share your thoughts with me. What else do you think engendered dog eating.

Hungry people

[QUOTE=Winner;44357601]I think a better question is why people stopped eating dogs they're animals just like cows or pigs or sheep, what's actually wrong with eating them?[/QUOTE] I've always wanted to try Chihuahua, maybe with some BBQ sauce and some good expensive liquid refreshment

why do people eat any food? hunger and availability... it's not like dogs were always domestic lol

Just because an animal is cute and cuddly, it doesn't mean it shouldn't be eaten. Dogs (both wild and farmed ones for consumption) are widely available in Asian countries, and they also grow up to full size in less than a year and are also very easy to breed. Thus, it makes them a good candidate for food consumptions.

tastes good

[QUOTE=Winner;44357601]I think a better question is why people stopped eating dogs they're animals just like cows or pigs or sheep, what's actually wrong with eating them?[/QUOTE] Most people know dogs and cats as domesticated creatures. So when people hear "eating dogs and cats" they think eating household pets. Same with horses in some cases.

[QUOTE=Winner;44357601]I think a better question is why people stopped eating dogs they're animals just like cows or pigs or sheep, what's actually wrong with eating them?[/QUOTE] Yes, man has been eating dogs since we evolved from apes.

[QUOTE=Sockpuppets;44357647]why do people eat any food? hunger and availability... it's not like dogs were always domestic lol[/QUOTE] Well considering dogs were intentionally created by the domestication of grey wolfs so dogs were kinda always domestic.

[QUOTE=Ashes;44357614]I've always wanted to try Chihuahua, maybe with some BBQ sauce and some good expensive liquid refreshment[/QUOTE] you'll start shaking real bad and start yapping for hours and hours

[QUOTE=Winner;44357601]I think a better question is why people stopped eating dogs they're animals just like cows or pigs or sheep, what's actually wrong with eating them?[/QUOTE] Actually IIRC it's more because canines are carnivores, and apparantly they aren't as nutritious as other animals. Also, there are always less predators than prey so it's easier to get a prey animal than it is to hunt down a predator (which would probably put up more of a fight). Now what's actually wrong with it? Can't think of anything but sentiment.

[QUOTE=Winner;44357601]I think a better question is why people stopped eating dogs they're animals just like cows or pigs or sheep, what's actually wrong with eating them?[/QUOTE] afaik we don't like eating animals like horses / dogs / bulls because they're work animals so they've got other uses than being eaten

It's wrong because if you took little hercules and used him as a food source, kept him in confinement and never been petted once in it's life and never got a decent moment of treatment, just whined and whimpered for three years until it was of weight and mass for us to turn it into something we wanted to consume, we would stumble over our own intelligence and proclaim it makes little sense taking a sensitive creature and locking it in a cage and treating it like shit.

I eat hotdogs all the time

[QUOTE=amentothatt;44357293]A couple of years ago, a Taiwanese buisnessman sold dead babes and fetuses to restaurants to cook the babe soup, which was like 800 USD per table and claimed to be extremely dabu. [/QUOTE] Why has no one else mentioned that . . . you spelled businessman wrong?

Not surprised people would eat dogs really, I've come up with a likely story. You're a cave man and you've set up a few traps to catch rabbits however a cheeky dog has been eating all the rabbits you've caught from the traps then running off. So the next day you sit around one of the traps with a spear/net ready to catch the dog when he tries to steal the rabbit from the trap, then you catch the dog and eat him. I'm a little against eating meats that haven't been farmed first though unless the meat has been scavenged or the animal is a pest/bugs. It kind of unsettles me to think of eating a dog because I couldn't do that to someone I love although they're raising dogs to be eaten so it's okay IMO. People who eat animals that are near extinction scare me a little - it'll be a shame to see whales disappear.

What caused chicken eating? What caused pig eating, toad, rabbit or snail eating?

[QUOTE=SirDavid255;44362628]What caused chicken eating? What caused pig eating, toad, rabbit or snail eating?[/QUOTE] Not really the same story. All of those animals are domesticated/used for consumption because they don't have any other potential uses other than being food. Dogs on the other hand were mainly domesticated because they are great companions and workers.

[QUOTE=Dog;44357740]tastes good[/QUOTE] With what your username suggests... Does that make you a cannibal?

I don't have a problem with dog or cat consumption, I have a problem with the way they are prepared and skinned, in public and alive. ~[I]just my two cents[/I]~

[QUOTE=Hadok;44366283]With what your username suggests... Does that make you a cannibal?[/QUOTE] i am a fire cracker

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All about necessity. If I have to face starving to death or eating Fido, guess who needs a grill?

Personally I don't eat meat at all and I find it hypocritical for others to think some animals are ok to eat but not others

[QUOTE=Flyingman356;44367807]Personally I don't eat meat at all and I find it hypocritical for others to think some animals are ok to eat but not others[/QUOTE] I'm not concerned with arguing against your position of vegetarianism right now, but the reason that some animals are taboo to eat in their respective nations is because they're raised as pets. It's sort of arbitrary, but people love those animals too much to eat them, and for many nations this shaped its policy on the matter. I do wish however people would instead simply allow it but require the animals be raised differently and have their own relative ethical treatment. I think eating animals raised as livestock is comparatively less of a moral problem because the animal doesn't have any real human development or emotional attachment, and is effectively mentally stunted; it'd be like raising a child inside a closet all its life.

I'd suppose the answer is pretty simple. The same thing that caused cow, pig, and chicken eating, except none of those animals ended up being selectively bred for domestic use over generations. Humans have [I]always[/I] eaten dogs. When it comes down to human appetite, they're not special in any way. Domestically reliable or not, when it comes down to it, humans will eat other species when hungry. Dogs have just [I]happened[/I] to be more useful, so they haven't been the harvested livestock. The only reason these questions get asked are due to people not being knowledgeable about inherent human nature. Boiling it down to "Wow! Them Asians eatin' my puppeh, how savage! How the hell did [I]this[/I] happen?" just creates a perpetual ignorance of what humanity does by nature, and won't selectively cease just because a few people with hypocritical guilt-complexes stand up with picket-signs.

[QUOTE=CAPT Opp4;44368438]I'd suppose the answer is pretty simple. The same thing that caused cow, pig, and chicken eating, except none of those animals ended up being selectively bred for domestic use over generations. Humans have [I]always[/I] eaten dogs. When it comes down to human appetite, they're not special in any way. Domestically reliable or not, when it comes down to it, humans will eat other species when hungry. Dogs have just [I]happened[/I] to be more useful, so they haven't been the harvested livestock. The only reason these questions get asked are due to people not being knowledgeable about inherent human nature. Boiling it down to "Wow! Them Asians eatin' my puppeh, how savage! How the hell did [I]this[/I] happen?" just creates a perpetual ignorance of what humanity does by nature, and won't selectively cease just because a few people with hypocritical guilt-complexes stand up with picket-signs.[/QUOTE] This guy knows what's up.

Humans have used dogs for work for a long time. Why eat them unless absolutely necessary? Dogs also are pretty fucking smart for an animal. Know people who even have had dogs save them. Eating them would be like eating a dolphin, ape, or elephant.

[QUOTE=oakman26;44375046][B]honestly this thread isn't worth posting in.[/B] I'm pretty sure this guy is trolling. If so, congrats on finding facepunch's weakness. If not, then you should know better than post this thread on facepunch.[/QUOTE] And yet you made this pointless post that doesn't contribute the slightest to the topic.

Well, the Catholic Church says dogs have no soul, so... [IMG]http://ereads.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Dog-on-a-plate.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.catholicreview.org/Blogs/be-inspired/Recent.jpg[/IMG]