Serves him right for eating cat!

I have a feeling that recommending white folks to not order guinea pig is more because of the way the thing looks on the plate. We don't mind seeing a whole chicken with two legs and two wings, but we are not used to seeing four legs on a fried carcasse for our forks and knives.
Ever seen a whole pig roasted on a pit? Plenty of white people do, and consume that pork happily.

I don't think that's it.

I think people deal with their own inherent cruelty by declaring certain standards. Turning up their noses up at the thought of eating "domesticated animals", while chowing down on factory-farmed (i.e., tortured-for-a-lifetime) animals instead.
 
Ever seen a whole pig roasted on a pit? Plenty of white people do, and consume that pork happily.

I don't think that's it.

I think people deal with their own inherent cruelty by declaring certain standards. Turning up their noses up at the thought of eating "domesticated animals", while chowing down on factory-farmed (i.e., tortured-for-a-lifetime) animals instead.

Yes. It's part of the culture, in my part of the country. Pigs are awesome, and smart. I love them, and I'd never bop one on the head with a mallet. But because centuries of people have put them in a big metal cooker over coals, and stood around in the woods drinking beer while it cooks all day and night, well, it lays down a delicious BBQ glaze of culture over the fact that, well, pigs are awesome, and smart, and I love them, and would never bop one over the head with a mallet.

Could be a kitten, or a puppy, or a homeless guy, probably. Slather it with enough sauce and culture and it's dee-lish-ous.
 
The mind is a powerful thing when combined with your cultural norms, environment etc. I think there a lot of things that if we ate them without knowing what they were we would quite possibly enjoy them... it's when you know what it is that it becomes an issue. Much like the mountain oyster stories alot of us have heard.

I remember a day in the store with my son who was probably about 6 at the time and I was buying a rump roast. He asked what a rump roast was, so half paying attention I told him it was cow. To which he says ya mom I know that but what does rump mean. Oh, it's the butt I told him. "Ewwwww!! Don't buy that mom! I am never going to eat cow butt"... Me, ever so patient on trips to the store :rolleyes: responded with "puhhleeze! You already have... many, many times" and at the little boy look of horror I threw in the "And guess what... you like it.. ALOT" End of discussion and the roast came out perfect that night and he gobbled it up.

When I was little my dad served up things for dinner that I never suspected and likely there is even more I never did find out about... could have been the green face that held him back from sharing all lol. But squirrel, rabbit, cow tongue, pig feet... and tail and ohhh man did I love pig tail! lol Yet now... I can't bring myself to eat them because I'm the one cooking and I know what it is but I can't deny they tasted quite yummy when I didn't know. Could I eat cat... hell no!! But if I didn't know... past behavior is a good prediction right :eek: Just don't share later unless you need new carpet or maybe want some plastic surgery :D
 
A local delicacy? Ew! I just can't believe some people. Is it any wonder why we have strange incurable diseases coming from that part of the world? :rolleyes:


Ummm, he was poisoned. The cat-meat stew is just mentioned multiple times for sensationalism, and doesn't really have any bearing on the fact that he was poisoned by something else entirely.
 
If you were visiting a place where they still practice cannibalism, would you eat human if it was offered? Maybe a nice rump roast?

Scientifically speaking, cannibalism consists of the ideal diet. But only if you eat it raw.
 
My grandpa once gave me a rabbit to care for at his garden. Then we ate it. It's not really a conflicting thing. What are you gonna do, will you eat, or will you pet your rabbit? It's a fairly one sided issue, particularly when it eating with friends and family.
 
My grandpa once gave me a rabbit to care for at his garden. Then we ate it. It's not really a conflicting thing. What are you gonna do, will you eat, or will you pet your rabbit? It's a fairly one sided issue, particularly when it eating with friends and family.

This sounds like a disturbing incest story.
 
We Americans are ridiculously finicky about what proper food is, and we have restricted ourselves to the most environmentally expensive animals and plants. We eat like spoiled little princesses. :rolleyes:

Reminds me of the news headline over here once after Katrina, when Germany offered help and Bush declined any food deliveries because of mad cow disease.

Yeah right... Over here in particular. All of the time. Hence all German's are total freaks...
But anyway...
'Who doesn't wan't seems to be supplied' as our saying goes.
 
Yes. It's part of the culture, in my part of the country. Pigs are awesome, and smart. I love them, and I'd never bop one on the head with a mallet. But because centuries of people have put them in a big metal cooker over coals, and stood around in the woods drinking beer while it cooks all day and night, well, it lays down a delicious BBQ glaze of culture over the fact that, well, pigs are awesome, and smart, and I love them, and would never bop one over the head with a mallet.

Could be a kitten, or a puppy, or a homeless guy, probably. Slather it with enough sauce and culture and it's dee-lish-ous.

Ha. "Slather it with enough sauce and culture..." Yup, that's it.
 
I'm veggie for all 51 of my years. I'm against eating Cat, Dog or any other animal except perhaps humans.

:D
 
Right, it's not for you. It's repugnant to your sensibilities.

Me, I avoid bell peppers whenever possible. They are yucky to my taste buds.

But we aren't any closer to moral perfection because we don't eat cat or bell peppers than someone who does is.

Your mom turned up her nose at BBQ sauce but she didn't claim that dreadful diseases came from people who like BBQ sauce, or that being murdered serves them right-- which is what you've said in so many words.

Yah see what I'm saying?
Did anybody happen to see Jay Leno's monologue, Wednesday night? Evidently, his dry humor and mine are very similar. This is what Jay said last night...

"Here's a very bizarre story. A 49 year old billionaire in China has died after eating cat meat that may have been poisoned. As a cat owner...I say GOOD!" :eek:

Strangely enough, the audience laughed. I guess they understood the humor in the statement. And it's been just a little over 12 hours since the show aired, but I have yet to see any news stories condemning Jay for saying "in so many words" that being murdered serves them right, when someone eats cat meat. :rolleyes: I've always liked Jay's sense of humor. :D
 
Heh, DVS. Of course the audience laughed. They were well warmed up and primed to laugh. They were expecting to laugh, because JayLeno is famous and wealthy on account of being funny.

Plus you might notice that he made the joke more personal to himself by saying "as a cat owner," before he condemned the man.

The lack of "news articles" about the inappropriateness of that joke doesn't surprise me either. Doesn't change my feelings about it, which is still that a man died of poisoning, regardless of how the poison was administered.
 
Bring on the Soylent Green! However, I will not eat Eloi.


Wait! Did you mean cock? You sly thing?

:D

Definitely agree. They look too good for another kind of usage...

Since we are two girls I dont see where the cock comes in context.
Though I dont mind if you want to bring one in the middle.

:p
 
Heh, DVS. Of course the audience laughed. They were well warmed up and primed to laugh. They were expecting to laugh, because JayLeno is famous and wealthy on account of being funny.

Plus you might notice that he made the joke more personal to himself by saying "as a cat owner," before he condemned the man.

The lack of "news articles" about the inappropriateness of that joke doesn't surprise me either. Doesn't change my feelings about it, which is still that a man died of poisoning, regardless of how the poison was administered.
Heh, Stella. Jay will be the first to tell you his jokes don't always get a laugh. And I've seen it, myself. While it does help that he's a pro and 90% of his jokes are funny (not to mention he has a vast writing staff to make every monologue great), if the audience didn't get the joke, I don't think they would have laughed. The point is, they got the joke. They knew it was a joke. While I'm sure it did help some that he mentioned it, the joke would still be funny, even if he didn't mentioned he has a cat.

I have cats, and have had multiples of cats for over 30 years. While I didn't mention that I have cats in the OP, I mentioned it several posts before you posted. I'm sorry you took this thread so seriously, but it was never intended to be any such thing. And the story I saw never said the man was murdered. The only story I saw (and even Jay said this) said the man "may" have been poisoned. They didn't even say it was on purpose. It would only be murder if it had been on purpose. Yes, I know it might eventually be considered murder.

Humor is relative. I guess my sense of humor is dryer than yours. I even mention my dusty sense of humor in my signature. You also say the joke was inappropriate. It's called sarcasm. I got the humor in that. While that doesn't make me any better than you, I think it does let me see the world a little less dark and a bit less serious than some people. Being serious all the time produces stress. Life's too short. I don't let it bother me.

You might not see things the same way I do, but at least give me the benefit of the doubt that a post might be based on humor. I think it's safe to say that neither of us knew the billionaire personally, nor has it been made clear for sure why he died. If it turns out to be intentional, maybe it was justifiable. No matter what, I still think the joke is funny. :D
 
I'll try to remember your sense of humor, DVS. I have sigs turned off, though on acount of the miles-long, sparkling-gifs that so many folk want to share-- so I have never seen the note that you mention. Sorry! And yeah, my sense of humor has taken some big hits in the past decade, as humor has become more and more small-minded and hate and anger based, I remember being astonished at the smallmindedness of Bob Goldthwait's jokes, and someone explained that was "black humor." I think it's just shitty put downs, YMMV.

Ah, well.

I have cats myself-- as many as fourteen that I cared for at one point. I've helped them birth, I've put them down, I've given them love and food and studied the hell out of them in between. I've maintained feral colonies and tamed half-wild old tomcats. I've doctored them and made playtoys for them and given them catnip and walked the neighborhood in the middle of the night looking for disappeared cats.

So yeah.

I love my companion cats. But a guy who eats cat meat in a village where cat meat is considered a local delicacy-- meaning lots and lots of people there eat cat-- I got no problem with that either. Not even enough problem to make a joke about it.
 
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