[peter12]

Originally Posted by The Yen Man

What I take offense to are the people who think their way is the right way and any other way is wrong.

Here's a prime example: people eating dogs. I mean, Western culture has labelled that as being bad and terrible, and that we should only eat cows, chickens, pigs, etc, because they aren't as cute. I mean, really, if I were to open a dog farm and raise dogs for the sake of food, what exactly is the difference between that and a cow farm? I honestly fail to see any difference.

And just as some Westerners scoff at the way of life of Chinese people, Chinese people feel the same about them. In China, any animal is potential food, be it dogs, bugs, whatever. And, they eat every part of the animal. Conversely, North Americans waste a lot of animal parts because they think it's "gross". Chinese eat cow tongues, chicken feet, and pigs feet. Hell, I've seen them eat crocodile heads on a platter. I've seen solidfied pigs blood mixed in with congee. But Western people just throw all that perfectly good food away.

So tell me which is more damaging to the environment? Some of you Westerners just like crap on China because of their bad environmental record and human rights, yet have no problem saving a few bucks by using the very products that contribute to the pollution. It's exactly the same attitude Americans have with Alberta's Oilsands. They bitch about our damage to the environment as they fill up their big SUV's with the gas coming from these sands and whine about high gas prices.

I keep coming back to this post because it's just so awesome.