Have not ate anything all that different lately. My friend from Chicago did send me some Power Berries from Trader Joes though a few weeks ago and now I am going to be hooked on those. Tried the Brookside ones that have had a lot of commercials lately but they didn't come close. Hate when my friend sends something like that which isn't readily available here and I get hooked on it.
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Originally Posted by Shawnski
Please, I got the "joke". The issue, however, is not.
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I don't know why people consider some things like that worse than other stuff like slaughter houses. Killing animals for food is killing animals for food. So the way I see it you either totally oppose it and avoid all kinds of meat or you eat meat. There is no middle ground of a slaughter house for cows being fine and shark finning being evil if you want to be against that kind of stuff IMO. If anything the sharks have it better than the cows because they are not jammed into tiny little pens with barely any room to move before they get killed.
It also makes no sense for people to take issue with the rest of the shark being dumped back in the ocean. Just makes them hypocrites really IMO. They consider it a waste but to me that just means all they can wrap their heads around themselves is human use of an animal instead of no use for it. Can't focus on the fact that it provides a meal for other sea life including sharks.
The other thing you have to keep in mind when you watch those shock videos is you are seeing the worst cases of it and not how it is always done. Just like you can search on YouTube and find a guy stomping on the head of a calf until it dies for veal among many other extreme examples. Or a country like India where for religious reasons there is conflict over cows which are sacred to some and food for others. So that has resulted in some pretty brutal demonstrations.
So like I said there is no middle ground IMO. There are cruel ways it is done to other animals too and not just sharks so if you eat a burger and oppose shark fin soup it makes no sense. Plus if you truly have an issue with animals being killed for food it shouldn't matter how it is done. You just shouldn't like it period. Wouldn't see somebody saying one human murder is worse than another because of how the murder was handled.
The only thing stupid about it is that the shark fin doesn't add any flavor to the soup. But it is a cultural thing and should be respected all the same as any other cultural thing that might not make sense to other cultures.
That being said I am allergic to seafood but not a vegetarian so I need to go try some of that roast beef and cheese imported from France
EDIT: And yes I realize that is probably the oddest post a non-vegetarian has ever made when I didn't exactly paint a positive picture on any kind of animal slaughter. But I don't function well without some beef in my life.
