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> Need I say More? Yes, actually. Can you demonstrate how this actually resulted in the pandemic rather than subtly shaming a cultural practice you don't agree
by _byed 7y ago
> Need I say More?
Yes, actually. Can you demonstrate how this actually resulted in the pandemic rather than subtly shaming a cultural practice you don't agree with?
(I don't agree with it either, but "need I say more" pointing to the specific practice is not the same thing as "here's a resource which links bat game consumption to outbreaks." The tone is ever so slightly edging in the wrong direction.)
- tempsy 7y agoEating bats is not an inherently Chinese thing to do. This is a case of some people in China who happen to eat bats. It’s actually more offensive to suggest it is than to defend the practice as “cultural”.
- MiroF 7y agoCurious, I must have missed the part where GP said that eating bats is an "inherently Chinese" thing to do.
- tempsy 7y ago> Yes, actually. Can you demonstrate how this actually resulted in the pandemic rather than subtly shaming a cultural practice you don't agree with?
- _byed 7y ago> Eating bats is not an inherently Chinese thing to do. This is a case of some people in China who happen to eat bats. > It’s actually more offensive to suggest it is than to defend the practice as “cultural”. It's worse to read into a statement and reveal your own biases. I never said it was "inherently Chinese." Different cultures eat different foods. Shaming the choice to eat a food is a dark pattern. Reading into that and inferring I'm assigning it to a specific culture, that's pretty revealing.
- tempsy 7y agoThis is a pot calling the kettle black. Someone claimed it was unclear the bat was for human consumption, then someone posted a link of someone Chinese eating a bat, and then you inferred some racist undertone from a comment that was nothing more than a link to the video.
- Nuzzerino 7y agoMy thoughts exactly. It's not like the guy came out and said "shithole", and just because he didn't doesn't mean it's okay to just slap a "subtle" modifier on the accusation.
- jkqwzsoo 7y ago> Someone claimed it was unclear the bat was for human consumption, This is you failing to read. The claim was that there was a link between bats being eaten and the disease, which has not been demonstrated. Is it plausible? Sure. It is "suggested" (as was claimed) or "linked" (as was also claimed)? No, that's just speculation.
- _byed 7y ago> inferred some racist undertone Interesting — the revealing commentary continues. There was no mention of race, only that "need I say more?" about a practice that's owned by several cultures is an antagonistic insinuation. You've continually failed the most basic exercise of reading comprehension, so there's no value in me engaging further.
- tempsy 7y agoWhat culture eats bats? It’s not a Chinese thing. So which ones do?
- _byed 7y ago> What culture eats bats? > It’s not a Chinese thing. So which ones do? Upvote for asking without animosity. I appreciate you. Since you asked, > Bats are a food source for humans in some areas. Bats are consumed in various amounts in Seychelles, Indonesia, Vietnam, Guam, and in some other Asian and Pacific Rim countries and cultures.[1][2][3] In Guam, Mariana fruit bats (Pteropus mariannus) are considered a delicacy,[4][5] and a flying fox bat species was made endangered due to being hunted there.[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat_as_food https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat_as_food