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Yes. However a lot of the discussion on this quickly converge to culture difference or misinformation based straw man. At this point they are driven majorly by
by rfoo 7y ago
Yes. However a lot of the discussion on this quickly converge to culture difference or misinformation based straw man. At this point they are driven majorly by racism.
An example of the former case is people tend to blame others for consuming meat they don't usually do, even if the animals were bred in a farm. Check the controversy around bamboo rats for a more specific example.
Example of misinformation: see the controversy around a video showing Chinese woman eating bat soup. Except it is not even filmed in China, it is in Palau and being a tourist thing. The behavior is still questionable and should not be encouraged, but the public reaction on this is almost entirely missing the point. Unfortunately video spreads across language burden, but words don't, it is almost impossible to debunk.
- Retric 7y agoAmericans of all ethnic groups also regularly eat bush meat also known as wild animals. However, we have outlawed it’s sale due to public heath concerns and possibly some lobbing from the farm industry. So, calling this a cultural or racial issue is very much a straw man argument. PS: If anything it’s the term bush meat that’s confusing the issue. Eating deer, rabbits, quails, and squirrels etc represents real risks to human heath. But, outdoor markets significantly increase these risks in several ways.
- rfoo 7y agoJust try to browse Twitter or Reddit (r/China_Flu) and check where most of such discussion goes before drawing conclusion. Sales of wildlife is illegal in China, I agree the execution is simply bad and unlikely to be improved due to incompetence but this is not where those discussions go. *incompetence: if the law is enforced more strictly, turkey will be banned too because the regulation on what you can sell hasn't been updated for decades and not including much.