I think the Chinese are just good businessmen. We don't have to respect what they do, (i.e. 2 children per couple), but neither do we have to patronize them. It works both ways. No one is saying they have to stop butchering dogs, and no one is saying we have to support them with our business. They are taking dog off the menu because doing that will bring them more money...life is simple when money is your immediate consideration. I think that people who condemn this are entitled to. Lots of foreign practices are repugnant to us. Many, such as female circumcision, have angered the civilized world. So...one man's dogmeat is another man's poison. We would still be using the rack, and other tortures, (oops), but civilized people would complain! And they have! Syd In a message dated 7/11/2008 12:13:58 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, edwinx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: Ruth, you are wiser than I...many are, but I admit it to few!...lol...Ed Ruth Scheubler <rightdogphoto@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: Ed - you are right. What gives one people the right to demand others believe as they do. That also gives everyone the choice of who they want to deal with or not. We tend to make ourselves the golden rule by which all others are measured - it matters not if you are talking meat or religion or what have you -- In all honesty, what makes one animal a food animal and another sacred? Ruth --- On Fri, 7/11/08, Edwin Hill <edwinx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: From: Edwin Hill <edwinx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] My Comments To: "freelist" <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Friday, July 11, 2008, 10:57 AM I thought very hard before I posted about the dog meat issue, I didn't mean to anger anyone...life is too short, I get pleasure out of making folks laugh...however LEGAL things are done to animals in this country and I suspect every other country that folks don't approve of...ie.Bull Fighting in Spain, Chicken and dog Fighting in many Hispanic countries, etc etc....pointing out Asian countries who eat dogs as being particularly brutal was not the point of my post. We have certain American ways and cultures that are not shared by others. Demanding our way of life on others is too dangerous for my blood....pardon the interruption...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 ============================================================================ ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================ **************Get the scoop on last night's hottest shows and the live music scene in your area - Check out TourTracker.com! (http://www.tourtracker.com?NCID=aolmus00050000000112) ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================