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If you sell me food, I expect it is what you say it is. The horse is irrelevant beyond that it is cheap meat. I would be incredibly annoyed if I purchase Americ

by steve19 11y ago

If you sell me food, I expect it is what you say it is. The horse is irrelevant beyond that it is cheap meat. I would be incredibly annoyed if I purchase American Grass Fed Beef and received Italian Pork disguised as beef. As for some animals being more protected over others: sometimes, in a democracy, you just have to roll with the majority. We tend not to like our pets to be eaten.

wildmusings 11y ago
>If you sell me food, I expect it is what you say it is. The horse is irrelevant beyond that it is cheap meat. I agree that food should be labeled honestly. People who engage in that kind of dishonesty should be punished. But the high pitch of the outrage was very clearly because of the horse-meat taboo. >As for some animals being more protected over others: sometimes, in a democracy, you just have to roll with the majority. I agree, I certainly don't think people should break those laws. It's not a cause worthy of rebellion and all the harm it does. But that can't be an argument in favor of the majority's position. That would be an argument from majority, a logical fallacy. Bad ideas should be refuted.
_nedR 11y ago
I agree with you. If the majority choose to adhere to a particular cultural norm or taboo, that is their choice. But there are also people (and it is not a small minority) trying to impose their culture and taboos on other people. Just look at all the pressure and calls for action against Chinese and Koreans over their consumption of dog-meat. Here is an example of a petition that gathered over 4 million votes (https://www.change.org/p/stop-the-yulin-dog-meat-eating-festival https://www.change.org/p/stop-the-yulin-dog-meat-eating-fest...) This article seems to cover the ethical and moral points, nicely : http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jun/22/eat-cats-dogs-meat-china http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jun/22/eat-cat...

by steve19 11y ago

wildmusings 11y ago

>If you sell me food, I expect it is what you say it is. The horse is irrelevant beyond that it is cheap meat. I agree that food should be labeled honestly. People who engage in that kind of dishonesty should be punished. But the high pitch of the outrage was very clearly because of the horse-meat taboo. >As for some animals being more protected over others: sometimes, in a democracy, you just have to roll with the majority. I agree, I certainly don't think people should break those laws. It's not a cause worthy of rebellion and all the harm it does. But that can't be an argument in favor of the majority's position. That would be an argument from majority, a logical fallacy. Bad ideas should be refuted.

_nedR 11y ago

I agree with you. If the majority choose to adhere to a particular cultural norm or taboo, that is their choice. But there are also people (and it is not a small minority) trying to impose their culture and taboos on other people. Just look at all the pressure and calls for action against Chinese and Koreans over their consumption of dog-meat. Here is an example of a petition that gathered over 4 million votes (https://www.change.org/p/stop-the-yulin-dog-meat-eating-festival https://www.change.org/p/stop-the-yulin-dog-meat-eating-fest...) This article seems to cover the ethical and moral points, nicely : http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jun/22/eat-cats-dogs-meat-china http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jun/22/eat-cat...