On 6/28/2015 3:36 AM, dsi1 wrote:
> On Saturday, June 27, 2015 at 12:06:33 PM UTC-10, La Mirada wrote:
>> On 6/27/2015 3:15 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>>> On 6/27/2015 10:25 AM, La Mirada wrote:
>>>> On 6/27/2015 1:53 PM, wrote:
>>>>> On Wednesday, May 18, 1994 at 6:26:12 AM UTC+3, Stephen R. Perkins
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> I ought to invest in fire insurance right away and assure everyone
>>>>>> that I
>>>>>> (at present) have no intentions whatsoever of eating anyone's Snoopy or
>>>>>> Benji or Muffy, or of actually chowing down on a mutt at all. I am
>>>>>> curious,
>>>>>> however, about whether it would be legal to do so or not.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I guess what raises my curiosity is wondering about how immigrants from
>>>>>> certain eastern cultures, that freely eat such animals, have to adapt
>>>>>> their
>>>>>> lifestyles or dietary habits. Are they legally prohibited from
>>>>>> eating dogs
>>>>>> (or rats or anything else very un-American) in the US?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Not morbid, just curious, (OK, maybe a LITTLE morbid...)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Steve Perkins
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ching chong ping pong
>>>>>
>>>> http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news/...es-101714.html
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://www.thenewsnerd.com/local/ame...ling-dog-meat/
>>>>
>>>> A Los Angeles restaurant has been granted permission to consume and sell
>>>> dog meat. A Filipino group successfully argued that the banning of the
>>>> consumption of dog meat violated their religious rights.
>>>>
>>>> Puchow de Manila Eatery and Fine Dining has been granted provisional
>>>> permission to sell and consume dog meat, while the Supreme Court decides
>>>> if their case has merit. The restaurant is allowed to slaughter up to 3
>>>> dogs per day, with the stipulation that they must be put down humanely.
>>>> The World Animal Protection agency called the decision "shocking," and
>>>> vowed to fight tooth and nail to ensure this act is not allowed to
>>>> continue.
>>>
>>> I don't have any problems with people eating dogs, the question is what
>>> is meant by humanely killing them. Do we break their necks like a
>>> chicken or shoot them between the eyes like a cow, or stick them with a
>>> knife like a pig? Do we give them lethal injections? What's the best way
>>> to kill a dog for food?
>>
>> It sure raises some issues.
>>
>> Cattle typically get it with a stun gun and are bled out.
>>
>> Chickens tend to be electrocuted.
>>
>> I'd sooner eat my boot than kill a dog.
>
> A stun gun and electrocution are probably really efficient but not real practical for at-home killing. I wouldn't want to kill any animal if I can help it. I guess it all depends on how hungry I get.


I will share my boot with you ;-)

>>
>>> These days it's mostly the old Filipinos that would eat dogs. The newer
>>> generation is not interested in such distasteful notions. What I don't
>>> get is why people think that a select few animals should be treated as
>>> untouchable. I tell you, this entire town is overrun with stray cats and
>>> chickens. People eating more cats and chickens ain't such a bad idea. If
>>> we want to ban eating dogs and cats and other pets that's OK - but only
>>> if we ban the killing of cows, chicken, and pigs, too.
>>
>>
>> Very inconsistent, isn't it.
>>
>> If I were a cow I'd move to India.
>
> Those cows in India ain't dumb! :-)

Ah to be worshiped by all, what a deal!