Re: CHAT Horsefeathers (was: Re: Sapir-WhorFreakiness)

On Sat, 21 Aug 2004 15:26:18 -0400, Ph. D. <phild@...> wrote:

>
> In a similar way, many American females refuse to eat venison.
> Visions of Bambi, it seems.
>
> --Ph. D.
>
As an avid meat eater :), i personally would at least try horse meat,
and even dog. The problem though is that in the United States, if
people find out that you've eaten dog, they view you with contempt...
as if you're going to go after their dog. From what friends and
relatives from the Philippines tell me, it's not uncommon for street
venders to sell dog meat in their selection of foods. My friend liz
commented that dog was tasty but a bit greasy.

As to horses, people let emotion get int he way. I remember some bill
was passed where they were "protecting America's horses" from
foreigners who would want to buy them so they can "senselessly and
needlessly slaughter them!". The ads i remember showed wild horses to
stir up patriotic images of the wild west. What got me is that wild
horses are introduced animals to the American west(Horses of today are
*not* wild types, just domestic breeds that have gone feral.)

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