Re: They're taking away my FREEEEEEEDOMS!!!Robert wrote:
> On Fri, 25 Jul 2008 23:05:01 -0700, not much of anyone <no.spam@pl.ease> wrote:
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>>Robert wrote:
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>>>>>China has a long history of human rights abuses and this only adds to
>>>>>the list.
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>>>>Since when are dogs human?
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>>Actually, in my experience, the vast majority of dogs surpass humans in
>>terms of loyalty and compassion, but that's irrelevant.
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>>The abuses come from limiting the proprietor of a restaurant from
>>serving the kind of food that is demanded by the market.
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>>It's not surprising that you couldn't grasp this concept.
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> The drug dealer defense. 'Your Honor, I don't like drugs any more than you do. I'm just
> giving the marketplace what it demands. If I don't, someone else will. Don't blame me,
> blame the end users.'
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> The dog butcher defense goes the same way.
Why blame anyone?
If they're not killing MY dog or YOUR dog - or anyone else's pet without
their consent, let them do it.
Same thing with Trigger.
As far as drugs go? No one is getting killed by simply using them -
what's the big deal?
You want to make some cannabis brownies? Some coca leaf tea? Some some
opium? Use tobacco?
Who are you (or the gov't) to tell someone they shouldn't be allowed to
do this?
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>>>>>While I find the idea of people eating dog meat abhorrent, it is
>>>>>apparently not uncommon in China. Why should they be forced to change
>>>>>their eating habits because the government suddenly wants to save face
>>>>>with the rest of the world on such a non-issue?
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>>>>They shouldn't. If you don't like it, don't go there.
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>>>China has HUGE problems that are hidden from the outside world. Every year there are
>>>80,000 riots and protests. The outside world heard about ONE, at Tiananmen Square in 1989.
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>>I don't disagree that there are many problems in China, but Asians do
>>tend to be drama queens (much like aunties). Witness the beef protests
>>in SK a month or 2 ago for a perfect example.
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>>>As a result of that protest, dozens of party officials and army officers were imprisoned.
>>>The man who famously stood in front of the tanks was probably executed.
>>> http :// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank Man
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>>Oooh - a wiki cite. How can I ever possibly argue against that?
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>>And why would I?
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>>I'm not the one claiming that China is all good.
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> China is the world's next empire, after the US folds. It has groupthink on a scale that
> American corporations and government can only dream about.
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You're naive.
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>>>China executes 8,000 people per year, which is 20 times the rest of the world combined.
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>>Of course, their population is quite large. I don't doubt that there
>>are many abuses in China, but you're comparing pineapples to potatoes.
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> The population of China is not 20 times the population of the rest of the world.
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>>>People are killed for embezzling money.
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>>Care to cite a reference besides wiki on that?
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> A Chinese work colleague, who knows Chinese law, told me punishment is based on the amount
> stolen. Over 100,000 USD gets the death penalty.
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Ok - now you go from wikipedia to hearsay. Here's a clue for you -
you're supposed to come up with something MORE credible - not something
less credible.
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>>>>>What the FUCK does this have to do with smoking anyway?
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>>>>And they say "antis" have no sense of humor.
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>>Oh - you were just joking, were you? That makes it all good.
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>>>They're right.
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>>>>Never eaten a goldfish. Seems like with all that ammonia,
>>>>they wouldn't taste very good.
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>>>Cyprinids are one of the most important food fishes in Asia. Did you ever eat a
>>>pikeminnow or squawfish?
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>>>>>And only extremists like PETA or ELF or ALF complain about the fact that
>>>>>I'm eating Elsie the cow's brother when I grill a nice ribeye on my grill.
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>>>>>Go fuck yourself and stay out of everyone else's business.
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>>>>Attitude and smoke. Twice the loser.
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>>>Your colleagues, Reality Check and Broughton, go beyond attitude to sociopath.
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>>>>>And BTW keep the slaughter of horses for human consumption legal. There
>>>>>are starving peopel in France!!! You and I may not want to eat Trigger
>>>>>or Fido, but who are we to dictate the cultural norms of other cultures?
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>>>>Like I said, they're taking away my freeeeeeeeedoms!!
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>>What next? Oh, look at the cute cows - how could you possibly eat a
>>hamburger.
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> It's not about cuteness, it's about murder. Your hamburger is muscle tissue of a murdered
> animal. If you bought it at a fast food place, it was prepared by minimum wage cretins
> with two digit IQs.
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Oh noes - my dinner was "murdered" - it would be interesting if you
added up all the protein I've eaten and translated it into what you call
"murders".
By your standards, most humans are mass murderers on an unprecedented
scale - why just this week, I'll guesstimate I "murdered" 70 animals.
But I luvs my eggs and bacon and steak and salmon - are you next on the
menu? Your line of thinking actually brings the question to mind.
Is your life worth the same as an unfertilized chiken egg?
> Bon apetit.
Always