...I just saw on my local news ( where the late great Ray Jacobs used to work, KTVU channel 2) that many Beijing restaurants will take DOG MEAT off the menu during the up-coming Olympic Games....the news station went on to state that Korea did the same thing several years ago when they hosted the Olympics.......well Gods knows I don't believe that humans should eat dogs....but that's MY cultural belief...the second largest country in the world, India, there is a large population of folks who do not eat cows...so should the Beijing restaurants also take beef off the menu?...when we had the winter games in Utah I doubt seriously that the restaurants there took anything off the menu...what's my point?....well I get an uneasy feeling when one culture tries to impose THEIR culture on everyone else...when you go to China or Korea, they eat dog meat, when you come here we eat beef...if China and Korea are wrong...then so are we.......the smartest "being" on the planet sure does well making a mess of things.......two weeks and back to school!...Ed Hill ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2007. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================