Not the Onion

  • CliffordBigRedDog [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    Policemen try to detain a man who is the president of the Korean Association of Edible Dog

    Who put Cumtown in charge of reality

    • GarbageShoot [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      God, that's like a step away from a Japanese Association of Happy Whaling.

  • Tunnelvision [they/them]
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    1 year ago

    Western propaganda always told me it was the North Koreans and Chinese that eat dogs.

  • FuckyWucky [none/use name]
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    1 year ago

    im like meh because humans kill billions of pigs, sheeps, cows etc that aren't too different from dogs or cats.

    • GarbageShoot [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      Pigs at least are very close. Cows less so, though that doesn't mean industrial slaughter is okay. Idk about sheep.

  • LaGG_3 [he/him, comrade/them]
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    1 year ago

    and Yoon and his wife Kim Keon Hee are owners of six dogs, including a retired guide dog and a rescue dog.

    They seriously just drop the fact that the South Korean president has SIX dogs and just move on from that. Obviously they're rich and can just pay people to care for them, but that's a lot of animals.

  • BelieveRevolt [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    slaps top of news article This bad boy can hold so many bits for r/vegancirclejerk.

  • LeninsBeard [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    Am I wrong to say this is a case of orientalism/trying to adjust to "western" norms by the South Korean government?

    • mar_k [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      Probably not the case, sure it's a tradition especially in certain parts of the country, but most Koreans nowadays (and the vast majority of young people and urban people) are against it. 80% of Koreans and 70% of Chinese people have never even eaten dog meat in their life, and a lot of them have dogs as pets. Bonds being commonly formed with an animal would pretty much naturally make a group of people value that animal's life more

      Also there's a poll showing most young Koreans that have eaten dog meat did so despite not wanting to; only ate it because their elders pressured them to