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Japan, Norway and Iceland still allow the hunting and eating of whales. China is big into shark-fins, and their oligarchs like to eat tigers. The US is still in
by ChancyChance 4y ago
Japan, Norway and Iceland still allow the hunting and eating of whales. China is big into shark-fins, and their oligarchs like to eat tigers. The US is still in a salmon rights battle with native americans (fortunately few of our endangered species are foodstuffs for humans). I get it, it is culturally significant to them, and who am I as a progressive paleface American to tell them not to. But it is culture vs. culture and I don't think that's a winnable battle. Sounds defeatist, I know. Hopefully someone can change my mind?
- animal_spirits 4y agoCulture continually changes with education. It used to be culturally acceptable to burn people at the stake for being witches. It used to be culturally acceptable to enslave people based on their skin color. You can go on and on with this list. There are many horrible things that humans have done that we no longer do, I think, because our empathy grows and our knowledge grows. In my opinion, a defeatist attitude enables these bad behaviors because defeatism ultimately means acceptance of the wicked.
- TedDoesntTalk 4y agoPerhaps more apropos: it used to be culturally acceptable to hunt elephants. It still happens, but I don’t think it’s culturally acceptable.
- psychlops 4y agoDepends on the culture, not all are equal.