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Now, I am a carnivore on the level of a grizzly bear, but I read something today that made me ponder the whole vegan thing. I saw a headline (on Drudge, no less, about the barbaric dog meat industry). Most of us likely have some emotional hang-up about eating dog meat (or horse meat), but INTELLECTUALLY, it seems no different from eating a cow. But if we get upset at vegans for harping on eating meat from acceptable animals (fish, cows, possums, armadillos, and coons), why would we, in turn, have the slightest cause for being upset about eating dogs...or cats...or rats...which in other parts of the world are perfectly acceptable?I think that vegans (as much as I tend to roll my eyes at them) have the same feeling about acceptable American meats as we do about acceptable Asian(?) meats. In fact, we may be a bit worse, for we actually seem to get our ire up about Indians NOT eating cows.It just came to me when I read that headline that we deem certain foods barbaric because they are not foods that we consider socially acceptable...while vegans, not finding ANY meat as socially acceptable, feel, in a way, the same way we do about dogs, cats, and rats.

This is why the ole timer remains longsuffering with ya, Aaron. Cause I know deep in ma heart a hearts at one day----one day after awhile----its gonna come to ya that ya been on the wrong side a the woffie debate an its gonna be one a them moments where you git loosed an let go. I am convinced of it.

This is why the ole timer remains longsuffering with ya, Aaron. Cause I know deep in ma heart a hearts at one day----one day after awhile----its gonna come to ya that ya been on the wrong side a the woffie debate an its gonna be one a them moments where you git loosed an let go. I am convinced of it.Back to the Vegans. Since we aint living under Moses' Covenant, they ain't no kinda meat whats wrong to eat. Its a cultural thing. Vietnamese fellers eat rat/dog/monkey. Most a us here in the USA don't. But in terms of right/wrong/good/bad, all are equivalent. Meat is meat. Typically, OTCP eats certain meats cause he loves the taste and it brings pleasure to the palate. Ummm, bring em chicken/dumplins on home. But you can keep the deer meat cause OTCP don't like the taste.

This is why the ole timer remains longsuffering with ya, Aaron. Cause I know deep in ma heart a hearts at one day----one day after awhile----its gonna come to ya that ya been on the wrong side a the woffie debate an its gonna be one a them moments where you git loosed an let go. I am convinced of it.Back to the Vegans. Since we aint living under Moses' Covenant, they ain't no kinda meat whats wrong to eat. Its a cultural thing. Vietnamese fellers eat rat/dog/monkey. Most a us here in the USA don't. But in terms of right/wrong/good/bad, all are equivalent. Meat is meat. Typically, OTCP eats certain meats cause he loves the taste and it brings pleasure to the palate. Ummm, bring em chicken/dumplins on home. But you can keep the deer meat cause OTCP don't like the taste. Thank you, OTCP, for your long-suffering toward me. Love ya, friend.

I am laughing as I read this because just before Christmas we drove back to NC. Unusual for us. It was just for a week. WE were always gone when our pecan tree drops the fruit. I checked and the nuts were mostly waste. I was telling the grand kids I think I will shoot a couple squirrels. I said mama can cook them and maybe next year we will get some nuts.YOU EAT SQUIRRELS???? They are just rats with fuzzy tails! I was actually surprised that my Grand kids had not eaten squirrel or rabbit. I NEVER expected a YUCK! from them.I get a kick out of the term 'Barbaric dog meat industry'.

If God wanted us to be vegans, why did he give us the teeth of a carnivore?God gave the OK for us to eat meat to Noah after the flood. The interesting thing about the dietary restrictions given to Moses for the Children of Israel is that it appears the foods the Israelites were to eat are indeed healthier and better for us, according to modern science. However, we are not under those same Biblical restrictions today.I think a lot of what has been said re: what is socially acceptable is true. What is socially acceptable seems to be what drives a lot of things presently. And we tend to follow whatever the modern trends are of what is socially acceptable More of Him...less of me.twitter.com/camiracle77www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=691241499&ref=name

It's okay to eat dog meat if it is properly slaughtered and prepared, and if you don't steal it. I don't see it as a moral, ethical or religious issue. I just don't want to eat it. Do any of you think it's actually immoral to eat dog?I've had the opportunity to eat dog meat and passed up on it about three times in my life. As I recall, I don't think I ate it that last time, but my memory is a bit fuzzy. Maybe I'll pull a Clinton and chew next time, but not swallow.But I'd prefer to eat the stupider animals. Dogs and horses seem kind of smart for animals. Cats don't seem that smart, but there doesn't look like there would be much good eating on a cat.I do wonder about giraffe. I read they are kosher, too, btw. They'd probably taste pretty good, but I don't know about the neck meat

When I was in Bali, my wife saw some people cooking sate (meat on bamboo sticks) on the beach. She thought it was a vendor, and we figured it was pork sate since we were in Bali. She went over there, and came back with a few sticks. The man wasn't selling it, but offered her some.It had sauce on it, and I thought it was pork. It turns out, it wasn't. It was sea turtle. Now, I'm not sure if it was the endangered kind, but some of the sea turtles are endangered. So I may have eaten endangered species without knowing it.Btw, if you wonder what it tastes like, it tastes a bit like a cross between California condor and Komodo dragon. (Just kidding.

I mean...I'd rather ride one, but when I look at a horse as compared to an elk, there isn't much difference.

Carolyn...