I'm trying to figure out which is the most retarded:

1) The article
2) People who think eating dog is more outrageous than eating another animal (like cow)
3) PETA
4) Subby
5) Modmin who greenlit this
6) The headline

Right now I'm leaning towards 4 but I can be convinced otherwise.

kingoomieiii: ""A child has an excuse, but grownups all should know by now the disgusting condition of slaughterhouses and fear and suffering that animals endure on factory farms and try a vegetari" - BLAH BLAH BLAH BOO HOO WE HAVE CANINE TEETH AND ENZYMES TO BREAK DOWN MEAT THAT HERBIVORES DON'T HAVE

Shut up, vegetarians.

Thank. You.

Dogs are great pets but pigs can be awesome too; that's not a reason for me to give up bacon, and frankly I can't blame some poor family in NK from looking at Rex like a steak.

Sun Worshiping Dog Launcher: Let me see, it is mid April and the election is not until November, and we have a story out about Obama eating dog meat as a child. Are we really going to start here when it comes to attacking a presidential candidate? I guess I should not be surprised given what we've seen already this election cycle. I will say that I'm going to be dialing back the Fark if this is going to be the type of thing that starts making it to the Main page for the next 6 months. The Politics page I can see, but this sort of nonsense should stay there.

Where was the outrage about the Romney non-story about driving around with the dog on the roof of the car?

whar
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"Another dog?"
"Not for me thank you."
"I'll have one last one."
"Well, I'm a simple soul, I don't understand all that. All I
know is he's not the same man as I married."
"Am I the man you married Mrs. Egis?"
"No, no. Get away. You'll get struck off"
"Come on, come on."
"No, I can't. I'm eating dog."
"Come on, just a quick examination."
"No, get off, I'm married."

"But, Dr. Quatt was a man of quite remarkable medical insight, skill and determination. And within a few minutes, he had completely removed my wife's knickers."

"Get out you! Ooh, ooh, doctor. Oh doctor Quatt".
"Now, now. Put your tongue in my mouth."
"No!"
"Oh, come on, come on. I've got your knickers off!"

HotWingConspiracy: gerrymander: nekom: gerrymander: Then why did PETA start their "Unhappy Meals" campaign? The same principle applies. Either kids share responsibility for the animals they eat, or they don't. If they do, PETA is making a special exemption for Obama. If they don't, the "Unhappy Meals" campaign is disingenuous, and should be stopped.

Can't have it both ways.

I don't think the unhappy meal campaign is blaming kids, rather trying to `educate' them as well as their parents to what PETA believes is right. Maybe they feel that if they can get to the kids, they can get to the parents through them.

I don't support PETA in any way nor do I care if Obama ate dog, just saying I don't see anything contrary between the two.

Fine. Then PETA should still be using this as a "teachable moment", and demanding Obama revise his book to remove that anecdote or include warnings against eating dog, right? I mean, even if Obama the kid didn't have a choice of what he ate, Obama the adult has a choice of what ethical lesson he chooses to impart.

Wow, you really go to some odd lengths to justify your PETA hate.

Yeah, demanding that a group dedicated to imposing its version of ethics upon the world live up to the standard of those ethics is soooo extreme.

He is the Messiah. I don't get the joke.

OMG OBAMA SLAUGHTERS PUPPYS WITH HIS BARE HANDZ AND EATZ THEM1!!! Pass it on!

Saborlas: PETA does not exist to protect animals. PETA exists so that Ingrid Newkirk can attention whore herself and her efforts. If PETA wanted to protect animals, they wouldn't euthanize them by the dozen on a daily basis. That giant walk-in freezer they have at their headquarters is not intended for storing food.

Youth in Asia?

/Shirley, you jest

I have no love for PETA, but the moment I saw Drudge running this story the first thing I thought was... "Now we're resorting to holding children responsible for things out of their control?" Is there no depth my party will not sink to any longer? I think there isn't.

nekom: Well, they do have a good point actually. He was a kid. Personally I don't care if he ate dog yesterday, it's just meat.

Obama didn't torture it until it shiat itself empty before eating it, I'll bet. There's a big difference between "eating meat" and "animal torture."

He goes to a protestant church, he's probably never set foot in a mosque is entire life and now we hear he ate dog when he was younger!!!! he also enjoys bacon ocasionally!!! when he was sworn in he actually placed his hand on a Bible instead of the Quran!!!!

He's the guuddumm WORST MUSLIM who has ever live!

But he's too highfalutin to eat cat.

you all realize this is a reaction to Romney being dissed on putting his dog on roof of car. The point is that eating a dog is worse. You all make it sound like this just came out of right field, and just want to attack Obama on his dog eating. Geez.

gerrymander: HotWingConspiracy: gerrymander: nekom: gerrymander: Then why did PETA start their "Unhappy Meals" campaign? The same principle applies. Either kids share responsibility for the animals they eat, or they don't. If they do, PETA is making a special exemption for Obama. If they don't, the "Unhappy Meals" campaign is disingenuous, and should be stopped.

Can't have it both ways.

I don't think the unhappy meal campaign is blaming kids, rather trying to `educate' them as well as their parents to what PETA believes is right. Maybe they feel that if they can get to the kids, they can get to the parents through them.

I don't support PETA in any way nor do I care if Obama ate dog, just saying I don't see anything contrary between the two.

Fine. Then PETA should still be using this as a "teachable moment", and demanding Obama revise his book to remove that anecdote or include warnings against eating dog, right? I mean, even if Obama the kid didn't have a choice of what he ate, Obama the adult has a choice of what ethical lesson he chooses to impart.

Wow, you really go to some odd lengths to justify your PETA hate.

Yeah, demanding that a group dedicated to imposing its version of ethics upon the world live up to the standard of those ethics is soooo extreme.

"Look, I either attack Obama, which won't go anywhere, or I attack PETA, which is like nailing Jell-O to the wall. I know - I'll flip a coin..."

You're not going to get many people to disagree with the fact that PETA's chock-full of crazy people. So, I'm trying to figure out if you're doing this as a way of undermining a defense against a pointless rebuttal to animal torture made by Romney, or if you're just trolling.

If it's the former, it's a waste of time - I certainly don't care if PETA castigates or cheers Obama on for a lunch he had as a kid, because it doesn't change the fact that Obama's childhood lunch does not mean it's OK for Romney to strap a friggin' dog to the roof of his car and drive until it shiats itself empty in terror.

If it's the latter, it's a waste of time - you're just coming off as someone throwing up a strawman to defend Rmoney.

EatTheWorld: you all realize this is a reaction to Romney being dissed on putting his dog on roof of car. The point is that eating a dog is worse. You all make it sound like this just came out of right field, and just want to attack Obama on his dog eating. Geez.

... says "EatTheWorld"...?

No, it's not "worse." That's the sad part. That's like saying "eating chicken" is worse than "torturing chicken." Really? No.

lennavan: I'm trying to figure out which is the most retarded:

1) The article
2) People who think eating dog is more outrageous than eating another animal (like cow)
3) PETA
4) Subby
5) Modmin who greenlit this
6) The headline

Right now I'm leaning towards 4 but I can be convinced otherwise.

/thread
(I vote 3, but I'll hear arguments for other options.)

The two most whacked organizations in America: The NRA and PETA. I think we should put the members of each in a room and let them annihilate one another.

The most trolly headline of the day: this one

EatTheWorld: you all realize this is a reaction to Romney being dissed on putting his dog on roof of car. The point is that eating a dog is worse. You all make it sound like this just came out of right field, and just want to attack Obama on his dog eating. Geez.

No, eating meat is not worse than torturing a dog.

Sorry.

Dow Jones and the Temple of Doom: Did... Did Obama really eat dog?

"With Lolo I have learned how to eat small green chili peppers raw with dinner, plenty of rice, and away from the dinner people I was introduced to dog meat, tough, snake meat, tougher, and roasted grasshopper."

Yes, he apparently sampled dog 40 or so years ago, as a kid while in (I think) Indonesia. This one quote is where all the kerfluffle is coming from - it's being touted, somehow, as a defense against Romney's animal abuse.

I find that hilarious.

ElBarto79: In Korea dog is considered a delicacy, at least by some people there.

I ate dog in Korea in 1956. t was very tough and pretty much tasteless.

Either Barry is not a Muslim after all, or this story is a clear case of Taqiyya

'Cause dog ain't on the menu for "good" Musselmen, if you know your halal.

Since Barry's lips were moving I'm gonna have to go with Taqiyya.

Dow Jones and the Temple of Doom: Did... Did Obama really eat dog?

Yes. And he's in your back yard right now!!!!

Fluffy!!!!!

You are what you eat

namegoeshere: INeedAName: namegoeshere: NEWSFLASH: People in other countries and cultures eat protien from alternate sources that may seem unusual to us. Film at eleven.

From my understanding, dog meat is a delicacy in Kenya.

This is why I think the whole "ZOMG He ate DOG!" counterattack will fail: it is drawing attention to the fact that Obama comes off as more worldly than Romney, who is so Rich Monochromatic Shiny White American Guy that it hurts.

Obama is worldly? Yeah. Sure. Right. With his nose continuously stuck up in the air, it's amazing he can see anything at all, much less the world around him.

MrHelpful: namegoeshere: INeedAName: namegoeshere: NEWSFLASH: People in other countries and cultures eat protien from alternate sources that may seem unusual to us. Film at eleven.

From my understanding, dog meat is a delicacy in Kenya.

This is why I think the whole "ZOMG He ate DOG!" counterattack will fail: it is drawing attention to the fact that Obama comes off as more worldly than Romney, who is so Rich Monochromatic Shiny White American Guy that it hurts.

Obama is worldly? Yeah. Sure. Right. With his nose continuously stuck up in the air, it's amazing he can see anything at all, much less the world around him.

Wait - did you just run with "uppity"? Really?

the_immoral_minority: You are what you eat

So, I'm guessing you're a cow, then?

the_immoral_minority: You are what you eat

Thats why Republicans eat so much bacon and ham.

the_immoral_minority: You are what you eat

Chicken.

Dow Jones and the Temple of Doom: Did... Did Obama really eat dog?

Maybe he is dyslexic and actually ate God.

Obama
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Catholic!
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Meat is meat. Given the right circumstances most of us would eat human.

jules_siegel: ElBarto79: In Korea dog is considered a delicacy, at least by some people there.

I ate dog in Korea in 1956. t was very tough and pretty much tasteless.

And vulgar, too.

chaoswolf: Meat is meat. Given the right circumstances most of us would eat human.

Only if nothing else was available, but I wouldn't have too many qualms about it at that point. I've eaten a lot of odd critters in my time, and a bit of barbequed long pig wouldn't be off the table in terms of "eat or die."

Rev. Skarekroe: Not as dumb as the headline.

On the contrary! The headline is a perfect storm of derp!

chaoswolf: Meat is meat. Given the right circumstances most of us would eat human.

"No civilization is more than three weeks away from cannibalism."

- Ray Bradbury

FormlessOne: MrHelpful: namegoeshere: INeedAName: namegoeshere: NEWSFLASH: People in other countries and cultures eat protien from alternate sources that may seem unusual to us. Film at eleven.

From my understanding, dog meat is a delicacy in Kenya.

This is why I think the whole "ZOMG He ate DOG!" counterattack will fail: it is drawing attention to the fact that Obama comes off as more worldly than Romney, who is so Rich Monochromatic Shiny White American Guy that it hurts.

Obama is worldly? Yeah. Sure. Right. With his nose continuously stuck up in the air, it's amazing he can see anything at all, much less the world around him.

Wait - did you just run with "uppity"? Really?

I'm just glad we have such a down to earth guy like Romney to out that ivy-league elitist.

kingoomieiii: ""A child has an excuse, but grownups all should know by now the disgusting condition of slaughterhouses and fear and suffering that animals endure on factory farms and try a vegetari" - BLAH BLAH BLAH BOO HOO WE HAVE CANINE TEETH AND ENZYMES TO BREAK DOWN MEAT THAT HERBIVORES DON'T HAVE

Shut up, vegetarians.

What if you could open up your chest like Gluttony from Full Metal Alchemist and create a portal to hell? What would that "justify"?

Hmmm...how to counter attacks on Mitt Rmoney for abuse of his family dog...let me think...we've got to somehow claim that Obama is the dog abuser....yes, that's the ticket! Standard Rove tactic. Yawn.

haywatchthis: has anyone seen Bo lately

Last seen running across the lawn...

SuperNinjaToad: He goes to a protestant church, he's probably never set foot in a mosque is entire life and now we hear he ate dog when he was younger!!!! he also enjoys bacon ocasionally!!! when he was sworn in he actually placed his hand on a Bible instead of the Quran!!!!

He's the guuddumm WORST MUSLIM who has ever live!

Yes, but he's still black and has a funny furrin' type name, so we have that at least.

/conservative-ish

jackiepaper: Other than our affection for dogs, there is no fundamental difference between eating dog meat and cow meat.

One can eat either without "abusing" the animal

I disagree Jackie. Eating a carnivore is quite a bit different than eating an herbivore, as far as safety (carnivores have more potential for parasites), level of cognition and empathy (ruminants don't have alot of high level awareness), and texture (carnivores are much gamier and tough).

That said, I'm not opposed to eating either in the right situation. I'd never eat dog here in America, but if I was offered it in another country I'd respectfully eat it as a guest...

nekom: Well, they do have a good point actually. He was a kid. Personally I don't care if he ate dog yesterday, it's just meat.

No, it isn't. Do some homework. No other two species on the planet evolved to have the kind of relationship what human beings have had with dogs.

gshepnyc: nekom: Well, they do have a good point actually. He was a kid. Personally I don't care if he ate dog yesterday, it's just meat.

No, it isn't. Do some homework. No other two species on the planet evolved to have the kind of relationship what human beings have had with dogs.

In the West, maybe. You seem to think he was in America when this happened. Maybe you should do YOUR homework.