Would you eat dog soup?

Rathark · Post by **Rathark** » 2004-04-18 03:25am

While browsing Dave's ESL Forum, I was surprised to find that many expats working in South Korea admit to trying boshintang (dog soup). Here are the three key links:

http://www.eslcafe.com/forums/korea/vie ... hp?t=17893

http://www.eslcafe.com/forums/korea/viewtopic.php?t=476

http://www.eslcafe.com/forums/korea/vie ... hp?t=14489

Also, vaguely related, is the issue of how cats are treated in Korea:

http://www.eslcafe.com/forums/korea/vie ... hp?t=11667

h0rus · Post by **h0rus** » 2004-04-18 03:30am

no.

i'm not that desperate to taste dog soup. i can't say it would seem appetizing. maybe i'm just weird.

Superman · Post by **Superman** » 2004-04-18 03:44am

If I were hungry, sure. Why not? They've been eating it for a long time.

Crayz9000 · Post by **Crayz9000** » 2004-04-18 03:55am

At the bottom of that link on boiling cats, one guy mentions that we all let fish suffocate.

Well, what else are we going to do? Shoot the fish?

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi · Post by **Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi** » 2004-04-18 04:00am

No. Not because I consider it inhumane, but because dog meat just doesn't sound so appetizing to me, given the culture I was raised in. The only circumstances I can imagine eating it in are if I was really desperate, or I didn't know what I was eating.

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2004-04-18 04:52am

Crayz9000 wrote:At the bottom of that link on boiling cats, one guy mentions that we all let fish suffocate.

Well, what else are we going to do? Shoot the fish?

Well, fisherman bash in the heads. Or at least that's what my biology teacher did when he went fishing.

As for just boiling cats, I guess it can be conisdered more inhuman than doing the same thing to lobsters, if they can feel more pain.

I guess I would try it, if it was prepared somewhere clean. Some of the markets in Asia you wouldn't want to eat any of the food there, not just dog.

Howedar · Post by **Howedar** » 2004-04-18 05:14am

I would go out of my way somewhat to avoid dog soup.

General Zod · Post by **General Zod** » 2004-04-18 08:44am

i like to keep my pets and my food as separate as possible. I am not going to make something a pet when i plan to eat its kind. Personally i would go out of my way to avoid eating something made from dog or cat simply by the virtue that i do not make pets out of my food.

Rye · Post by **Rye** » 2004-04-18 10:22am

I'd go hungry for a few days without eating dog or cat. My argument's pure emotion, and i acknowledge this now. Also, fuck Korea for boiling cats.

j1j2j3 · Post by **j1j2j3** » 2004-04-18 10:31am

Rye wrote:I'd go hungry for a few days without eating dog or cat. My argument's pure emotion, and i acknowledge this now. Also, fuck Korea for boiling cats.

Well fuck you and your fucking country for all the sick fucks in yours.

Rye · Post by **Rye** » 2004-04-18 10:52am

j1j2j3 wrote:
Rye wrote:I'd go hungry for a few days without eating dog or cat. My argument's pure emotion, and i acknowledge this now. Also, fuck Korea for boiling cats.
Well fuck you and your fucking country for all the sick fucks in yours.

Get some proper animal rights in there or shut up.

j1j2j3 · Post by **j1j2j3** » 2004-04-18 10:53am

Rye wrote:
j1j2j3 wrote:
Rye wrote:I'd go hungry for a few days without eating dog or cat. My argument's pure emotion, and i acknowledge this now. Also, fuck Korea for boiling cats.
Well fuck you and your fucking country for all the sick fucks in yours.
Get some proper animal rights in there or shut up.

Yeah and I'm supposed to be responsible for every fucking problem in Korea. Why don't you fix every fucking problem in your country or shut the fuck up?

Rye · Post by **Rye** » 2004-04-18 11:01am

j1j2j3 wrote: Yeah and I'm supposed to be responsible for every fucking problem in Korea. Why don't you fix every fucking problem in your country or shut the fuck up?

Would you like a bigger paddle to beat that straw with? Put it this way: have you EVER written to politicians or otherwise campaigned for animal rights in korea? Have you ever done ANYTHING to change the way it is?

Newtonian Fury · Post by **Newtonian Fury** » 2004-04-18 11:02am

The proper way to kill a cat that's about to be eaten is by drowning. That's just how it is.

I've never thought of boiling it alive though. It has the problem of all the hair on the body, and of course, no way to marinate it.

j1j2j3 · Post by **j1j2j3** » 2004-04-18 12:14pm

Rye wrote:
j1j2j3 wrote: Yeah and I'm supposed to be responsible for every fucking problem in Korea. Why don't you fix every fucking problem in your country or shut the fuck up?
Would you like a bigger paddle to beat that straw with? Put it this way: have you EVER written to politicians or otherwise campaigned for animal rights in korea? Have you ever done ANYTHING to change the way it is?

As a matter of fact, yes. I'm part of an animal rights activist group.

And,

1. What the fuck does that have to do you with your hasty generalization and your changing of subject?

2. Why do I have to shut up or take responsibility for all the moral(relative) problems in Korea when you do nothing of the sort?

j1j2j3 · Post by **j1j2j3** » 2004-04-18 12:16pm

Rye wrote:I'd go hungry for a few days without eating dog or cat. My argument's pure emotion, and i acknowledge this now. Also, fuck Korea for boiling cats.

Rye wrote:I'd go hungry for a few days without eating dog or cats and fuck Korea for boiling cats.

I like it how you edited your post. Concession Accepted.

Oh and Fuck you. Thats emotion directed at you.

Rye · Post by **Rye** » 2004-04-18 01:00pm

j1j2j3 wrote:
Rye wrote:I'd go hungry for a few days without eating dog or cat. My argument's pure emotion, and i acknowledge this now. Also, fuck Korea for boiling cats.

Rye wrote:I'd go hungry for a few days without eating dog or cats and fuck Korea for boiling cats.
I like it how you edited your post. Concession Accepted.

Oh and Fuck you. Thats emotion directed at you.

Er, i didn't edit my post, not how it doesn't say edited by me underneath and how you quoted me right afterwards and it was still there.

[EDIT: see, this is me editing my post!]

As a matter of fact, yes. I'm part of an animal rights activist group

Good for you. Still doesn't stop your country sucking for not outlawing cruelty for animals, same as mine for not outlawing foxhunting and all those other bastardly sports. .

1. What the fuck does that have to do you with your hasty generalization and your changing of subject?

In this sense "Korea" was clearly aimed at the government/majority population(?) that has yet to get a proper attitude about animal cruelty.

2. Why do I have to shut up or take responsibility for all the moral(relative) problems in Korea when you do nothing of the sort?

Because if you don't care about your shitty laws regarding animals, you are part of the problem.

Robert Walper · Post by **Robert Walper** » 2004-04-18 01:48pm

If it came down to the point of survival, I'd eat the soup. But beyond that I wouldn't touch it.

As to the boiling cats...

I seriously believe witnessing that act would drive me to extreme violence towards those doing so, quite possibly lethal violence. And I don't think I'd feel bad about it either. Fucking assholes. At the very least I'd beat the living shit outta of them.

Tribun · Post by **Tribun** » 2004-04-18 01:49pm

That's sick......

Mayabird · Post by **Mayabird** » 2004-04-18 01:51pm

If I was starving or on the brink of starvation, I'd eat it. Of course, at that point I'd be eating a lot of stuff I wouldn't otherwise consider. I wouldn't if there were alternatives or I wasn't starving, though. And if I was doing it myself from despiration I'd at least try to be humane about killing the animals I ate.

AnimeJet · Post by **AnimeJet** » 2004-04-18 02:31pm

I wouldn't choose if it were on a menu, but mom would probably have me try it, and i wouldn't say no. Same with cats, but i don't think they have that much meat, nyan.

Knife · Post by **Knife** » 2004-04-18 02:31pm

Blah, when I was in survival school, we got some coyote meat. Neadless to say, I was hungrey so I ate it.

Dogs are scavengers and eat alot of nasty stuff, even pets (my dog eats it own shit for crying out loud), and thus the meat is nasty. For this reason (not even going into munching on Spot or Lassie) I wouldn't unless it was an extreme situation of life and death.

But then again, you'd eat alot of nasty stuff if you were starving.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2004-04-18 03:03pm

I would not feel guilty or grossed out by eating dog meat.

I would not eat cat meat, though, but only because I don't think they would taste very good.

*myan*

Lt. Dan · Post by **Lt. Dan** » 2004-04-18 03:17pm

No. No thanks. I'll stick to cow and pigs, thank you.

j1j2j3 · Post by **j1j2j3** » 2004-04-18 03:18pm

Rye wrote: Good for you. Still doesn't stop your country sucking for not outlawing cruelty for animals, same as mine for not outlawing foxhunting and all those other bastardly sports. .

Rye wrote: Get some proper animal rights in there or shut up.

So you wouldn't care if I said fuck your country for every thing that SOME of your people do that doesn't fit MY morals? Ok great let's all stoop to your level.

Hindus should fuck you and your country every day for consuming gods in their minds, right? And they should shut the fuck up and shouldn't even try to stand up to you unless they pester their government and majority populace into giving up worship of cows and started chowing down on juicy T-bone steaks, right?

Rye wrote: In this sense "Korea" was clearly aimed at the government/majority population(?) that has yet to get a proper attitude about animal cruelty.

In case you haven't read the OPs links carefully enough or didn't bother to check before spewing profanities, Dog/Cat consumption is banned and the majority of the population doesn't like consumption either.

So wipe your misinformed ass.

Rye wrote: Because if you don't care about your shitty laws regarding animals, you are part of the problem.

Do I hear G.W Bush here? You are either with us or are part of the problem(Even though I told you I'm a member of an animal rights activist group), huh?

Great fucking reasoning.

Rye, I thought you were an OK person since you started posting on this board but this just shows your how self-centered and flawed your sorry excuse for a brain works.

I think I've made my point and you've shown how stupid you are so I won't pollute this board further.

[Edited for clarity]