This is the best summary I could come up with:
SEOUL, Nov 30 (Reuters) - About 200 South Korean farmers who breed and raise dogs for human consumption held a rally on Thursday near the presidential office in the capital Seoul, demanding the government scrap a plan to ban the controversial centuries-old practice.
Dozens of farmers, who had tried to drive into the street in front of the presidential office by truck with dogs in cages that they intended to release at the scene, were turned away by the police who inspected the cargo covered with blankets.
The ruling party of President Yoon Suk Yeol has introduced a bill to ban the breeding and sale of dogs for consumption and offer financial compensation for those in the industry forced to shutter their business within a three-year grace period.
The farmers scuffled with police who outnumbered them and set up barricades to stop them from crossing the street to move closer to the presidential office.
The farmers have accused First Lady Kim, a vocal critic of dog meat consumption, of exercising what they call improper pressure on the government and the ruling party to bring in the ban.
“The First Lady has spoken out about this issue with keen interest, and both in the country and abroad there is support and consensus, as well as from the opposition party,” the presidential office said.
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Disgusting, We’re supposed to take S Korea any more serious than N Korea, when thier fighting to eat dogs? OK! Why go for some Korean BBQ, when you can go for some stir fried German sheppard right?
Eating dogs is as disgusting as eating cows, pigs and chickens.
Yeah, that’s what I don’t understand. I don’t really see any moral distinction between eating dogs/cats/horses vs pigs/cows/chickens. It seems like the only logically consistent positions are to ban it all or allow it all; picking and choosing doesn’t make much sense.
100% agree. A dog is no smarter or more “special” than a pig.
Its the vacinity of relationships people perceive. Same reason why in Rain World your main source of food as the player is something that is hard to identify with (a batfly). People are more offended by others eating dogs because most people perceive them as closer to us than other animals. It isn’t true in the slightest, but I hope this brought some understanding. Its all perception and misunderstanding. We eat living beings when other living beings literally make things made to eat (fruits). Its a mutually beneficial trade, they get their seeds spread and we get a lil’ treat.
It’s because dogs aren’t prey animals.
And are much more intelligent than chickens.
Besides, bacon is God’s own nutrition.
One of those are kept as pets by a large majority of people while the others are mostly kept as food sources.
I don’t think it’s fair that the small minority of people that prefer not to eat livestock act callous towards those that oppose eating dog and generally don’t care about peppa and friends.
Not everyone has the gift to to think about the nature of their reality and all the tiny details that make up our decisions in this world but everyone does have the capacity for empathy.
So you think that some farmers protesting the loss of their livelihood is as unacceptable as a sanctioned autocracy that constantly fires missiles towards their neighbours?
Only if it’s free-range
The mistake youre making is assuming any dog breed is being used as food (it isnt).
Similar to cow breeds, there are cow breeds that for millenia were not used for food (go look up the history of Wagyu), but youre okay with eating a cow breed that wasnt considered food till the 1800s.
