Thread: Ah, China the glorious nation filled with harmonious and loving citizens

This is a photo that won a Pulitzer prize in 1977. It was taken in Bangkok, Thailand and I do not know the circumstances. What fascinated me about it was the varying expressions on the people watching. Many are repelled while others are smiling. Unfortunately the image quality is lacking but if you see it in a clearer photo it is striking, no pun intended. We've seen similar examples in photos of lynchings in my country, in bygone days, where the participants are shamelessly enjoying the event. We, humans are capable of brutality that is quite shocking no matter what geographical area we come from.

Except for farmers and butchers yes we don't really have a connection with what we eat as we receive it in a finished form.
Pigs , cows , chickens ,moose etc are not raised to be affectionate pets they have been raised and bred for food, just as dogs are in some places as well.
In fact this last Chinese new year the contractor i use gave me haunches o dog which I promptly gave my maid to give to her family .

Point is this was a golden retriever which was most likely left off the lead to walk ran off only to be this guys dinner.
Wont even go into the fact that the government is going to start rounding up unlicensed pets and exterminate them as now as wel as a one child policy we have a one dog policy.

Veterinary care here is a joke most people have dogs as a social status but never have them immunized then get angry when the dog gets sick and kills someon from rabies . Ok and the ferrel cat population

This is just one simple example yes but its important . You can get a good feeling about a people on how they treat the creatures they should be caring for.
Shall I show videos on how they treat each other ? If guns were allowed to the general public this place would be very similar to say Burma. Without the beautiful jungles.

Wow wonder who he ****ed off.
Am i the only one who thinks it's strange that many buddist countries have very little regard for animal life or another life for that matter ?
Well I guess to be fair christain countries have a bad track record also.
As far as china goes falun gong members get used in human experimentation still .
America just water boards and uses power tools but only on bad guys

This thread has been met with an odd resistance! Is it odd that he wants social reform?

Being that you are in China, what is the local internet scene like. Do you proxy out to read news outside the great firewall? What is the population's attitude around censoring the internet there? I've only read various articles on tech blogs that I read.

Also, be careful what you say! You don't want SRP blacklisted!

Originally Posted by Timedwards

This thread has been met with an odd resistance!

Yes it has - I wonder how Slartibartfast likes his pets, with one lump or with two

Stir fried with hot chili

Originally Posted by hoglahoo

Yes it has - I wonder how Slartibartfast likes his pets, with one lump or with two

I bet my avatar makes you hungry

Originally Posted by Slartibartfast

Stir fried with hot chili

That sounds pretty good actually. I don't know about retriever though. You'd get a decent amount of meat, but I bet a llaso apso would be a good bit more tender.

I lived in Asia for a while, eating dog is common, especially special occasions like their Christmas/New years, weddings etc. This dog was not let off the leash. He was raised for meat. Their cultures and values are vastly different than ours but no less deserving of respect. I could cook a dog for you and you wouldnt know it from beef.

Their lifestyle and culture in many ways are far closer to the basics of survival, in some ways maybe even brutal or barbaric. They look at us a a bunch of high thinking, unrealistic asses. The philosophy of the western world is based on a Hellinistic/Judeau/Christian experience, theirs is not.

I remember seeing dogs slaughtered for meat along the sidewalks/creeks of Korea numerous times and a few days later there would be a new leather jacket for sale in the same shop window that the dog carcass occupied the day before. Life was/is simple, we complicate it. The best thing to remember is that we have far more in common than we do actual differences. We live, we love, we die.

BTW A Chinese dog farm would raise St. Bernards, its a fave!

Originally Posted by nun2sharp

The best thing to remember is that we have far more in common than we do actual differences.

Well said sir. I think this is a fact that we sadly forget too often.
I don't mean i would accept everything there is in different cultures but the fact that deep inside they are not so different after all.