I am Chinese and proud of it. I love the Chinese language, Chinese history, Chinese culture, Chinese cuisine. But there is one thing I am unable to relate to and which I vehemently condemn – dog eating.
I updated my Facebook status to reflect my sentiments today. A colleague made a comment to the effect that eating dogs is no different from eating chicken and why is it that nobody ever says anything about eating chicken. That surely is something I cannot agree with.
I have kept chicks and ducklings as pets more than once during my childhood days. I do love them. I fed them, cleared up their soiled newspapers and enjoyed playing with them. When it was time to say goodbye, my heart always felt very heavy and I have also cried over them.
And yet, they are not quite in the same league as dogs. Chicks and ducklings, however cute they are, just can’t be compared with dogs in the same breath. Dogs, are everything chicks and ducklings can ever be, and so much more. I think anyone who has ever loved a dog and been loved by one would understand exactly what I mean.
I have listed down 5 reasons as to why I think dogs are in a league of their own and eating them is really not quite the same as eating chicken:
1) You do not take chickens for walks (as aptly said by a colleague)
2) You do not sleep with chickens (pardon the pun)
3) You and/or your children do not grow up with chicken
4) No one ever says “Chicken are man’s best friends” (pardon the pun, again)
5) There is an international best-seller called “Marley & me” and Marley is dog (a huge Labrador to be exact). To the best of my knowledge and understanding, there is no “Chickee & me”.
Domin's jie-jie
I updated my Facebook status to reflect my sentiments today. A colleague made a comment to the effect that eating dogs is no different from eating chicken and why is it that nobody ever says anything about eating chicken. That surely is something I cannot agree with.
I have kept chicks and ducklings as pets more than once during my childhood days. I do love them. I fed them, cleared up their soiled newspapers and enjoyed playing with them. When it was time to say goodbye, my heart always felt very heavy and I have also cried over them.
And yet, they are not quite in the same league as dogs. Chicks and ducklings, however cute they are, just can’t be compared with dogs in the same breath. Dogs, are everything chicks and ducklings can ever be, and so much more. I think anyone who has ever loved a dog and been loved by one would understand exactly what I mean.
I have listed down 5 reasons as to why I think dogs are in a league of their own and eating them is really not quite the same as eating chicken:
1) You do not take chickens for walks (as aptly said by a colleague)
2) You do not sleep with chickens (pardon the pun)
3) You and/or your children do not grow up with chicken
4) No one ever says “Chicken are man’s best friends” (pardon the pun, again)
5) There is an international best-seller called “Marley & me” and Marley is dog (a huge Labrador to be exact). To the best of my knowledge and understanding, there is no “Chickee & me”.
Domin's jie-jie
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