Dog meat not heaty

[Lee Hsien Tau]

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July 25, 2009
Dog meat to beat heat

Dog meat is enjoyed in both North and South Korea, especially during hot summer days. -- PHOTO: AFP


SEOUL - NORTH Korea is promoting the virtue of dog meat as a way to beat the summer heat and says customers are packing Pyongyang restaurants which serve the traditional dish.

The North has been hosting dog meat food contests to help develop the traditional cuisine, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said on Saturday.

Dog meat is called dangogi, or 'sweet meat', a euphemism coined by North Korea's founder Kim Il-Sung in the early 1980s. Dangogi-jang is dog meat soup.

'Our ancestors believed hot dangogi soup consumed during the dog days of summer helped prevent diseases from malnutrition and bolster stamina,' KCNA said.

It cited a 17th century book on herbal medicine to tout the nutritional value of dog meat. According to the book, dog meat is especially good for the digestive organs, blood circulation and bone marrow and improves stamina.

'During the current dog days of summer, many customers are visiting dangogi restaurants in Pyongyang,' KCNA said.

'Dangogi-jang is becoming popular even among Koreans living abroad and foreigners as well,' it said.

Dog meat is enjoyed in both North and South Korea, especially during hot summer days.

But while dog meat restaurants in the South are assuming a low-profile because of international criticism, in the North dangogi cuisine is a source of pride and a mark of national identity.

Defectors say Pyongyang has many dangogi restaurants but note that dog meat has become a luxury elsewhere in the impoverished communist state. -- AFP

 

[fox_hound_33]

So what is your stand? Are you supporting or condemning dog meat ?
My stand is i condemn consumption of dog meat(Actually i am against consumption of meat in general but thats another story).

Dog meat is certainly not as glamorous as the media would like us to believe. The dogs are usually bred, reared and slaughtered in the most in-humane manner imaginable. Whats more, many have this perverted sadistic belief that adrenalin in meat acts as a aphrodisiac and consequently prefer the dogs to be tortured before actually being slaughtered. Now, how cruel and uncivilized can that be.

Dogs are what i call higher organisms. They feel, think...have emotions, are smart, have personalities. Anyone who has had a dog or a cat would attest to this. Dogs are known as 'mans best friend' for a reason and that's definitely not because their meat is 'sweet'. Dogs have been proved to have the intelligence and emotional maturity of a human toddler that's a few years old. Subjecting such a creature to unimaginable suffering so that we can have a delicacy on our plate is utterly uncivilized.

Finally i implore everyone here, do not be carried away by what the media says. Google how dog meat is manufactured. Get to know the real story and you will(or might) understand what i am trying to say.

 

[FuckSamLeong]

You want to eat dog meat?

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[drifter]

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[drifter]

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[FuckSamLeong]

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[FuckSamLeong]

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[drifter]

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[fox_hound_33]

The Chinese.....oh that's a different ball game altogether. They eat everything and anything, including human fetus...........preferably after subjecting the subject to extreme forms of torture.


“Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages.” – Thomas A. Edison

 

[drifter]

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[drifter]

knn...those ppl who eat dog meat should be hanged by the balls ...

 

[FuckSamLeong]

Drifter, I wanted an Akita but they are banned in Singapore. You have one in Japan?

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[samurai1110]

Drifter, I wanted an Akita but they are banned in Singapore. You have one in Japan?

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Fancy a parriah wanting to keep a pedigree dog.
What a joke!:oIo:

 

[FuckSamLeong]

Fancy a parriah wanting to keep a pedigree dog.
What a joke!:oIo:

That's what people were saying about your mum when she got pregnant! The dumb fuck expected a pedigree baby! But of course she ended with a fucking parriah guard dog and a cheebye bitch to boot! Run to give me an infraction you little mudskipper enlarged clitoris for what you call a lancheow boy!.....lol....lol:p

Originally Posted by samurai1110
Yes! U are the best fucker of my.... ARSE-HOLE around in this world in this millennium. Thank you my love. Please fuck my mother, my wife, my sisters and my daughters as well. You are the best! All I can do every day is think of your cock. I love your cock soooooooo much.

This is what I called a joke. but a little enlarged clitoris like you won't understand the humor!

 

[drifter]

Drifter, I wanted an Akita but they are banned in Singapore. You have one in Japan?

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i dont keep akita im keeping pitbull and great dane ..but my wife parent do ...they stay in japan prefecture call akita . it is where akita dog become popular . those brave dogs look after their rice
field faithfully ...

fuck AVA , even reptiles they banned .

 

[hoho99]

Would prefer Mutton over dog meat anytime. Mutton at least got a favour of its own and both meat taste the same.

Would love to keep a chow chow but guess sillypore is too hot for it:(

 

[FuckSamLeong]

i dont keep akita im keeping pitbull and great dane ..but my wife parent do ...they stay in japan prefecture call akita . it is where akita dog become popular . those brave dogs look after their rice
field faithfully ...

fuck AVA , even reptiles they banned .

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In 1924, Hachiko was brought to Tokyo by his owner Hidesaburo Ueno, a professor in the agriculture department at the University of Tokyo.
The bond between Hachiko and Mr. Ueno can only be described as unbreakable...
The two were inseparable and Hachiko even accompanied Mr. Ueno from his walk from home to the Shibuya train station where he would leave for work every single day.
Hachiko would unfailingly return the train station at the end of each day to welcome his master home.
But on May 1925 Professor Ueno suffered a stroke while he was at work and died soon after never to return to the train station...
Hachiko was waiting for his beloved master to return on that day as he always did before.
Soon after Mr. Ueno's death Hachiko was given away but he would escape every day to return to the train station to wait for his master.
Day after day Hachiko returned to the train station until he eventually stopped leaving...
Some people who had seen Hachiko with his master were so touched by his devotion they started bringing food to nourish him during his wait...
The days turned to weeks... Months... Years...
After 10 years of waiting for his master at the train station Hachiko died with his gaze fixed upon the spot his master disappeared the very last time...
Today a statue stands in the spot where Hachiko waited his entire life for his master's return...

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[jim007jimmyboy]

PAP got a lot of running dogs

i think their meat should be sweet!

 

[FuckSamLeong]

TOKYO, JAPAN - Loyalty, faithfulness and unconditional love are qualities that have earned dogs the title of "man's best friend". One particular Akita dog took these qualities to such an extreme, he has earned a place in the hearts of all Japanese people, and has kept that place for over sixty years!

Nestled amid hoards of harried commuters, a variety of shops and department stores, and a giant television screen that covers half a skyscraper, a life sized bronze statue of a dog can be found at Tokyo's busy Shibuya Train Station. Despite the diminutive size of the statue in comparison to the massive neon flash of the city, it isn't difficult to find. Millions of Tokyoites have been meeting at the landmark since 1934 and continue to do so today.

Chu-ken Hachiko (lit. the faithful dog Hachiko) was born in Akita in 1923 and was first brought to Tokyo in 1924. He and his owner, Mr. Eisaburo Uyeno, were inseparable friends right from the start. Each day "Hachi" would accompany Eisaburo, a professor at the Imperial University, to the train station when he left for work. Upon returning, the professor would find the dog patiently waiting, tail wagging. This happy routine continued until one fateful day in 1925, when the professor was taken ill on the job and unfortunately died before he could return home.

Despite the fact that Hachiko was less than two years old at the time, the bond between dog and owner was strong. Hachiko continued to wait each day at Shibuya station for a friend who was never coming back. At times, he wouldn't return home for days at a stretch.

The Akita became a familiar sight to commuters as he kept his vigil for over ten years. On March 8, 1935, Hachiko finally went to meet his master. He died on the very same spot he last saw his friend alive.

Statue Erected
The people who passed the loyal dog each day were so touched by his story that they erected a statue in his honor in 1934. The famous artist Ando Teru was commissioned for the original bronzed sculpture, which was melted down during the war.

After the war, Hachiko was hardly forgotten. In 1948 The Society For Recreating The Hachiko Statue commissioned Ando Tekeshi, son of the original artist who has since passed away, to make a second statue.

Being a dog lover, the Hachiko statue has become an important pilgrimage for me each time I find myself in Tokyo. During my last visit with "Hachi," I encountered an old man who had also come to pay his respects. He told me in broken English "I knew him. I used to bring him treats. The station was much smaller then." With that he approached the statue, gave it a friendly pat, wiped a tear from his eye and slowly walked away.

Though Hachiko stood only two feet tall and weighed 92 pounds, the message he left on the importance of good friends is enormous. Hachiko's life has been portrayed in a book and motion picture (The Hachiko Story). Travelers going through Shibuya station can buy gifts and souvenirs of their favorite canine at the Hachiko Memorial Store called Shibuya No Shippo or "Tail of Shibuya." A colorful mosaic of Akitas at play covers the nearby wall of the station.

Hachiko may be gone but he will never be forgotten. The story behind the statue is one that has endured and continually warms the hearts of locals and tourists alike.

 

[drifter]

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