A girl holds a placard reading “Don’t eat my friends, please,” as part of a protest against eating dog meat. Photo credit: Korea Times
A group of “dog farmers” decided to cancel a dog meat festival after animal rights groups strongly protested, according to the Korea Times.
The Korea Dog Farmers’ Association had announced earlier it planned to hold the “2011 Dog Meat Festival” at Moran Traditional Market in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, on July 1.
They said the festival was intended to promote the idea of dogs being raised like livestock at sanitary facilities for human consumption. They also said that dogs should be classified as such to ensure they are bred in a safer and more sanitary manner.
But their plan immediately reignited a decades-old controversy over Koreans’ consumption of the animal, considered man’s best friend in many countries, and drew severe criticism. It later led the market’s meat sellers, the co-hosts of the event, to withdraw the plan for fear that it could harm their reputation.
“We first thought it was just an event to invite senior citizens and offer them free meals,” a meat seller at the market said. “But the dog farmers’ association seemed to want to use the event in a different way from what we first thought.”
The sudden cancellation came after animal rights groups vowed to prevent the planned festival by mobilizing whatever means necessary, stressing that it is inhuman and unethical to eat meat from dogs. They said if the event proceeds, it will seriously tarnish Korea’s image abroad and turn more foreigners hostile toward the country.
“We are prepared to break the law if that is the only way to stop the festival from taking place. It is just absurd to organize such an event. The organizers must be insane. The festival will definitely hurt Korea’s international image and discourage many foreigners from coming here,” said Park So-young, president of the Coexistence of Animal Rights on Earth.
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@greatwhitetourist aka wondebread. lol open that mouth enough and people will take an interest in you. remember what i said, talk that ish in real life, not over a comp and see what happens to you. philly, ktown, gardena, carson, hawthorne, inglewood, long beach, westminster, alhambra, monterey park, la puente, stockton, anything east of the 101, all waiting for you and that mouth. thats if you can ever grow the balls to talk yo shit away from mommies house.
Fight to the death, big guy.
I even created a twitter account for you. Create one and follow me before they close this article down.
http://twitter.com/#!/SC215
I have friends on the West Coast, so if you live out there, I will fly out there lol
@Keyboard MMA Thug — You could be rolling around in horse manure for all I care…lets do this!
@ Keyboard MMA Thug — Make sure you wear that purple belt lol
peter, please do not close this. are u not curious to what wonderbread is going to say next? im sure it’ll be something about a chickens right to vote or a dog can server in the military regardless of sexual orientation or some BS like that. either way it will be entertaining, i promise.
@Keyboard MMA Thug — Let’s do this :) I live in Philadelphia. Where do you live?
There’s nothing more pathetic and RIDICULOUS than a grown man who feels the need to look for blog/forums to post on so that he can TROLL about an entire country and people.
And that my friends is how many white ESL teachers have built up such a negative reputation for themselves. They actually came into Korea with very favorable, UNEARNED, stereotypes due to Hollywood. But now Koreans are becoming more aware that these individuals are not as ideal as previously expected and are turning a more critical, realistic eye toward them.
No matter how much “crying wolf” you may do, “welcome”, and I KNOW you will do more based on your posts, Koreans and anyone with an open mind/critical thinking will see through your b.s. At the end of the day, you are left with yourself, and you can’t possibly be proud of who you are based on your need to troll these posts. But I know that will not sway you, “welcome”, because that is your character and you will do what you want.
‘Til we meet again. . . . . , “welcome”, and I’m sure we will. LOL.
“jstele, you are a barbaric being.”
And that is SUCH a great insult coming from YOU. An ESL teacher who searches for Korean blogs/forums IN ENGLISH so that he can troll at any opportunity. I knew I smelled a rat. LOL. If you’re so tough, why don’t you go to K-Town and say what you want to say with a loudspeaker? Whatever, keep on being the troll that you are. You are pathetic. LOL.
@12andFemale aka 21stCenturyhoe. hahahaha a clown white boy with no sense, what a surprise. you ramble more than a bitch. you embarrass me and yourself with your idiotic rambling and lack of understanding of culture. you are no longer just “lost” you are now a “lost tourist” since i know you have never run that pretty little mouth outside of your mommies apartment. life does not exist only on your comp, infact, there are plenty of real life cultures around LA that would love to hear that mouth of yours, in person, not from within a f’d up fantasy land from a super nerd.
But don’t kid yourself and think you’re tough because you mentioned the UFC in your post lol Seems like all former ex-pats are nothing but “keyboard warriors”? You have a lot of insecure anger built up inside you, and I’ll be more than willing to meet you in person so you can unleash that anger. Let me know, big guy :)
-LOL name place, time, etc. I’m there. I been rolling jitsu for the last 6 years, and I’m a purple belt. I would so pwn you. You don’t want to know what it’s like to have your ligaments/joints hyperextend in ways they’re not supposed to. You don’t want to know what it’s like to hold your breath longer than usual while your face is literally turning purple.
Profanity is not tolerated. Get your last licks in, I’m closing this down very soon.
@21st Century — WAR CONDIT! But don’t kid yourself and think you’re tough because you mentioned the UFC in your post lol Seems like all former ex-pats are nothing but “keyboard warriors”? You have a lot of insecure anger built up inside you, and I’ll be more than willing to meet you in person so you can unleash that anger. Let me know, big guy :)
@iamkoream — I like how you delete my post about politicians, but leave all the racist comments up. Happy 4th of July~!
@jstele: When they have those hot dog eating contests, please do not come. The weiners are not “weiner dog meat” or jindo mix. The consumption of dogs is a very barbaric thing.
Yes, Koreans do believe that eating disgusting things such as the phallic, testes, semen, claws of certain wild animals leads to “health benefits, virility, stamina, sexual energy” etc.
jstele, you are a barbaric being.
And as for you thug, gangsta-wannabe aka “lolkeepyour,” you’re nothing but an insecure typical Korean guy with a quick temper, inarticulate speech while trying to “talk thug,” etc. You are a biaatch. Yes, I’d say it in front of your flat, ugly face. I would bomb on your face like Carlos Condit did Dong Young Kim at UFC 132 last night niiiiiighhha! Yep, Korean guys are so tough.
“Koreans don’t seem to grasp the notions of “PC, blending in, when in Rome do as the Romans do.” In the U.S., Koreans stick out like sore thumbs. They talk loud, act curt, are rude by Western standards when in places with lots of non-Koreans.”
Sure, and white expats from Anglo countries are SO great at blending into Korea. They are SO great at learning the language and culture and never use the “foreigner rule” to get away with stuff that Koreans would never get a pass on.
“I was at the Grove a few nights ago with my wife, and this ahjuma was yelling like she was some army drill seargent in front of all these white, black, brown and other Asian people. People’s faces showed irritation”
Because you never hear reports about white foreigners misbehaving in Korea like:
http://www.rjkoehler.com/2011/05/10/foreign-louts-drink-play-cards-on-subway-ohmynews/
http://asiancorrespondent.com/51765/idiot-foreigner-runs-onto-field-at-korean-baseball-game/
Naked White Men at Korean Baseball Stadium Sitting in Front of Kids
http://www.rjkoehler.com/2011/05/26/oh-for-the-love-of-christ/
“I’m Korean btw.”
Sure you are and that’s why you use “you Koreans”. Definitely not a smart troll.
“Keep on eating them dogs, not the Coney Island type with chili, onions, and relish, but chihuahuas (taco meat), muts (mystery meat), jindos (bulgogi and kalbi), akitas (shabu shabu), and good ol’ grade A American bulldog: you’re SICK and a deplorable being, not human being!”
Speak for YOURSELF, a troll looking for Korean sites to flame. I KNOW you’re not Korean. Because saying you are KA on the INTERNET does not make you one and all the Koreans can see through your b.s. Stupid ESL whiner. You just love to make stuff up about Koreans because you have no facts to support your b.s. You’re just hilarious. Koreans eating jindos are almost like Hindus eating cows. Let’s see what you can come up with next.
ahahaha like i said, you are embarrassing. talk trash about peoples culture in real life, not over a comp and see what happens to you.
“You have lost your way big time boy to be talking that ish on this site…Learn some Fing respect foo.”-can I get lessons on how to “talk black?” i wanna be thug like you dog, I wanna act hard so ni66as will fear me, giyeahhh gangsta. turn up that Tupac ni66a!!!
I prefer horse meat.
KA? lol that must mean KrackerAss. You have lost your way big time boy to be talking that ish on this site. You bash another culture cause it conflicts with your white upbringing? Learn some Fing respect foo. You are embarrassing.
Oh yeah, the Japanese are just as guilty because they’re going to drive whales extinct. I dislike sushi and sashimi btw.
The most egregious weakpoint about Korean people/culture is that it’s too defiant. Koreans don’t seem to grasp the notions of “PC, blending in, when in Rome do as the Romans do.” In the U.S., Koreans stick out like sore thumbs. They talk loud, act curt, are rude by Western standards when in places with lots of non-Koreans. I was at the Grove a few nights ago with my wife, and this ahjuma was yelling like she was some army drill seargent in front of all these white, black, brown and other Asian people. People’s faces showed irritation. It’s embarrassing. It’s not about kissing up to white people or whatever. It’s about being intelligent by blending in and not attracting negative attention to yourself. You Koreans are oblvious to this; you lack self awareness. Eating dogs when majority of the world doesn’t makes you look bad. I’m Korean btw.
What makes dogs any different from cows, pigs, and horses (which I believe are eaten in France? hoho).
I hope you guys are vegan or vegetarian because that would help make you guys looks less like ethnocentric hypocrites.
Btw, ADORABLE HOTDOG SUIT WEARIN DOG~ <3
jstele, I am Koream (no pun intended). I was born in Glendale, CA; lived here all 38 years of my life; my parents are biologically Korean; my wife is 2nd gen KA like yours truly; we both detest the act of consuming dogs. How else can I prove my “Koreaness” to you, your highness?
Keep on eating them dogs, not the Coney Island type with chili, onions, and relish, but chihuahuas (taco meat), muts (mystery meat), jindos (bulgogi and kalbi), akitas (shabu shabu), and good ol’ grade A American bulldog: you’re SICK and a deplorable being, not human being!
Oh, and I am Justin Bieber :) Be a little more smart next time instead of pretending to be what you are not. True Koreans can see right through your b.s. If you hate Korea so much, why are you on a Korean blog? Just goes to show, it’s you. You look for things to be bothered by and that’s why you will always have problems in Korea. No one asked you here and no one wants you here ON THIS BLOG.
“Welcome”,
I seriously doubt you are a KA, but more likely an ESL teacher who has a beef about Korea. This is not the place for you and you should go elsewhere like other hate-filled ESL blogs to spew your hate about Korea. Anyways, before you make up such claims about Koreans, you should do your research. You obviously don’t know what the f you are talking about.
As a KA person, I think it’s backwater, bumpkinesque, yokel-like, etc. that about 1/2 of Koreans still eat dogs. Call it a Western-centric, pigheaded POV, but eating dogs isn’t cool. koreans believe in some absurd shit: bear testicles, cow phallic, dog meat, tiger semen and the likes serve as aphrodisiacs and “energy foods.” No scientific evidence for such ridiculous, barbaric claims.