tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21394993.post116186405938745740..comments2023-08-15T07:49:45.055-04:00Comments on bloomabilities: To meat or not to meat...alvinalinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04503984086482905226noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21394993.post-1165751888724553902006-12-10T06:58:00.000-05:002006-12-10T06:58:00.000-05:00whoa i just saw this...i stopped reading your (or ...whoa i just saw this...i stopped reading your (or anyone's) blog for a really long time when blogger got blocked over here. now it's unblocked but wikipedia has been re-blocked. sigh. stupid china.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21394993.post-1162147270635849252006-10-29T13:41:00.000-05:002006-10-29T13:41:00.000-05:00P.S.I just read your friend Eveline's post and WOW...P.S.<BR/>I just read your friend Eveline's post and WOW, those pictures were hard to look at!<BR/><BR/>I'm also fascinated by your report of seeing BBQ'ed dog hanging in a window in China. When my relatives and I went, several years back, we were on the alert but never saw any (offered as food, that is).<BR/><BR/>:)<BR/>rAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21394993.post-1162146491465966702006-10-29T13:28:00.000-05:002006-10-29T13:28:00.000-05:00Thanks for the mention, Alvina!!Someone told me, a...Thanks for the mention, Alvina!!<BR/><BR/>Someone told me, after my <I>cuy chactado</I> experience, that importing guinea pigs as food is actually illegal in the United States. I was fascinated by this--as if the U.S. government had drawn a line I couldn't personally intuit.<BR/><BR/>But I just <A HREF="http://archives.cnn.com/2000/FOOD/news/06/07/guinea.pigs/" REL="nofollow">looked it up,</A> and <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taboo_food_and_drink" REL="nofollow">it's not true.</A> <I>Cuy</I> is totally eaten in the U.S.<BR/><BR/>! :)<BR/>ritaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21394993.post-1162043674921088452006-10-28T09:54:00.000-04:002006-10-28T09:54:00.000-04:00Maryp, I definitely know how you feel, but I also ...Maryp, I definitely know how you feel, but I also know that some people have had similar experiences with birds or even fish. And although it's easier to have this kind of connection with another mammal, why is a dog a pet and a pig food? Certainly they both have similar intelligence. <BR/><BR/>Carolyn--yes, I think they are treated differently. Eveline describes them going to a place where there were 15 or so dogs kept in the basement, and I think they were all intended to be meat.alvinalinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04503984086482905226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21394993.post-1161964294629451862006-10-27T11:51:00.000-04:002006-10-27T11:51:00.000-04:00Different people eat different things. I was not a...Different people eat different things. I was not as grossed out by this as I expected to be. But I grew up on a little family farm and know how animals become meat. One thing I wonder: Are meat dogs treated differently from pet dogs? Do they bond with their owners? I would guess that they are treated more like livestock, but I could be wrong, I'm often quite wrong. People have pet pigs and steers. I had a pet chicken. No, we didn't eat her. But the coyotes did...<BR/><BR/>CarolynAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21394993.post-1161920579791676582006-10-26T23:42:00.000-04:002006-10-26T23:42:00.000-04:00I know there shouldn't be a difference, but someho...I know there shouldn't be a difference, but somehow there is! Dogs look into your eyes like you are their whole world. And they lick my face when I am sad. A chicken has never done that to me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com