Sharkfin Soup in Calgary is Banned!

[First Lady]

Originally Posted by Ace

Agree with Clarkey, sounds like this is the right decision and I support it. But why the heck are our civic politicians legislating this. This is definitely something needing to be addressed at the provincial or federal level.

Good on city council for dealing with this issue, but something is messed up that they had to.

I question that as well. I think a Federal ban on the import would be far more effective.

Also public pressure. If no one is ordering it; it won't be on menu long.

Found this site: http://www.stopsharkfinning.net/boycott-canada.htm

Why isn't VHS all over this!!!

[Flabbibulin]

Originally Posted by Skootenbeeten

Next step...Veal!

Yuh, not even close.

Veal comes from a regulated industry that deals with one of the most populous mammals on the planet (obviously as a result of that industry). Its not even close to being in the same conversation.

[CarlW]

Originally Posted by First Lady

I question that as well. I think a Federal ban on the import would be far more effective.

Also public pressure. If no one is ordering it; it won't be on menu long.

Found this site: http://www.stopsharkfinning.net/boycott-canada.htm

Why isn't VHS all over this!!!

Won't this just create a seedy underground blackmarket in Calgary for Shark Fin, soon to turn Calgary's Chinatown into something out of "Big Trouble In Little China"?

More seriously, whats to stop someone from driving up to Edmonton and bringing back all the shark fin they want?

[calumniate]

Originally Posted by First Lady

I question that as well. I think a Federal ban on the import would be far more effective.

Also public pressure. If no one is ordering it; it won't be on menu long.

Found this site: http://www.stopsharkfinning.net/boycott-canada.htm

Why isn't VHS all over this!!!

Sephen 'Frickin' Harper to the rescue! lol

[Bertuzzied]

Originally Posted by calumniate

Sephen 'Frickin' Harper to the rescue! lol

harper wants to help the poor sharks, but Rob Anders said NO. So he can't. Poor Sephen.

[Wormius]

Originally Posted by CarlW

Won't this just create a seedy underground blackmarket in Calgary for Shark Fin, soon to turn Calgary's Chinatown into something out of "Big Trouble In Little China"?

More seriously, whats to stop someone from driving up to Edmonton and bringing back all the shark fin they want?

There will soon be a ban on importing green-eyed Asian women to take care of that specific problem.

Regarding the sharks though, I think the only way it should be considered a status symbol is if you battled with the shark itself and took its fin. Letting some guys in boats thousands of km away deal with it is totally sissy cop-out in my opinion.

[TorqueDog]

I'm in favour of using the whole animal if you're going to do this sort of thing. I happen to like shark-skin watch bands, myself.

But to just slice the fin off and throw it back into the sea, eff that.

[Bertuzzied]

Originally Posted by TorqueDog

I'm in favour of using the whole animal if you're going to do this sort of thing. I happen to like shark-skin watch bands, myself.

But to just slice the fin off and throw it back into the sea, eff that.

Which is why this shark finning is so out of character for the chinese. We use everything! Chicken feet, reindeer antlers, clotted pigs blood, all types of stomachs, bull penises, turtle shells.

I blame the costa ricans! or as we like to call them, the huk gwais!

[metallicat]

You guys and your strange eating habits. Very weird.

[TheyCallMeBruce]

Originally Posted by oilers_fan

You guys and your strange eating habits. Very weird.

What do you mean "us guys"?

[normtwofinger]

Originally Posted by Bertuzzied

Which is why this shark finning is so out of character for the chinese. We use everything! Chicken feet, reindeer antlers, clotted pigs blood, all types of stomachs, bull penises, turtle shells.

I blame the costa ricans! or as we like to call them, the huk gwais!

I blame the rich Chinese who pay a kings ransom for the stuff. Without them, there's no demand.

[Reaper]

Originally Posted by TheyCallMeBruce

What do you mean "us guys"?

Psssssst... I think he means Chinese. GET HIM.

[TheyCallMeBruce]

Originally Posted by normtwofinger

I blame the rich Chinese who pay a kings ransom for the stuff. Without them, there's no demand.

You are sorely mistaken if you think the rich chinese are the only ones demanding this stuff. The average to middle class chinese will spend half the income to aquire it. All to appear well off. The Chinese are horribly materialistic. It's no different from those that spend their income to aquire a geniune LV bag just to blend with society.

[TorqueDog]

Originally Posted by Bertuzzied

Which is why this shark finning is so out of character for the chinese. We use everything! Chicken feet, reindeer antlers, clotted pigs blood, all types of stomachs, bull penises, turtle shells.

Duck vaginas! [/Louis CK]

[Knalus]

A lot of people who are really upset about shark finning are upset because they think they should be upset. I don't buy Gordon Ramsay's outrage for a second as legitimate and from the heart. Why is it an outrage to cut off the fin of a shark, but not an outrage to cut off the head of a fish? The outrage over the cruelty in bashing the brains out of a fish to kill it? The arguments regarding cruelty are disingenuous, in my opinion.

The waste, and the likelihood that the species will go extinct - that is an issue of REAL importance. Not crocodile tears cause a fish got hurt, and you heard about it. ALL the fish you eat did not want to be eaten, and if you asked them, it would all be cruel.

[Bertuzzied]

Originally Posted by Knalus

A lot of people who are really upset about shark finning are upset because they think they should be upset. I don't buy Gordon Ramsay's outrage for a second as legitimate and from the heart. Why is it an outrage to cut off the fin of a shark, but not an outrage to cut off the head of a fish? The outrage over the cruelty in bashing the brains out of a fish to kill it? The arguments regarding cruelty are disingenuous, in my opinion.

The waste, and the likelihood that the species will go extinct - that is an issue of REAL importance. Not crocodile tears cause a fish got hurt, and you heard about it. ALL the fish you eat did not want to be eaten, and if you asked them, it would all be cruel.

??? are you joking?

So you cut off the fish's head. It dies. you cut off a shark's fin and you throw it back into the ocean to let it die a slow painful death. I think they drown because the way they get oxygen is by swimming.

So is it better to cut off a chicken's head or to cut off both it's wings and then let it run around still alive?

[Wormius]

Originally Posted by Knalus

A lot of people who are really upset about shark finning are upset because they think they should be upset. I don't buy Gordon Ramsay's outrage for a second as legitimate and from the heart. Why is it an outrage to cut off the fin of a shark, but not an outrage to cut off the head of a fish? The outrage over the cruelty in bashing the brains out of a fish to kill it? The arguments regarding cruelty are disingenuous, in my opinion.

The waste, and the likelihood that the species will go extinct - that is an issue of REAL importance. Not crocodile tears cause a fish got hurt, and you heard about it. ALL the fish you eat did not want to be eaten, and if you asked them, it would all be cruel.

It's called "empathy". You would really have to be a psychopath to think that it was okay to handicap another living creature and leave them to die.

[Red Ice Player]

I've never been much of a fan of Ramsay's shtick but I can definitely get behind him in regards to his efforts to stop finning. That video filled me with disgust. I didn't know anything about this subject before but now I'll at least try to become better informed. One things for sure, I'll never eat that stuff.

[SeeBass]

I bet Springs is gonna give some place a bad review for this

[goodyear]

Originally Posted by Byrns

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flake_%28fish%29

Flake was by far the best fish I had when lived in Australia. If only we can get that here...I'll eat the fin and everything else that's on the little guy