tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25842939.post115736188107102475..comments2023-08-13T04:30:40.818-07:00Comments on Crouching Tiger - Ambling Sheep: Animal WrongsDBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15323874548375345975noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25842939.post-1157492004213104722006-09-05T14:33:00.000-07:002006-09-05T14:33:00.000-07:00Well, I have to agree again, especially to this po...Well, I have to agree again, especially to this point: "Before any of this could happen, though, the first leap that needs to be made first is for the Chinese to treat the Chinese with more respect."<BR/><BR/>Before they even learn how to respect other biological lives, they should respect the people around them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25842939.post-1157380392354035532006-09-04T07:33:00.000-07:002006-09-04T07:33:00.000-07:00Yes, but my point really is that even the fact peo...Yes, but my point really is that even the fact people can compare 21st Century China with Medieval England is a sign that there is significant work to be done. <BR/><BR/>Some random dictionary on the web defines 'Civilised' as "having an advanced or humane culture, society, etc." - I don't believe that the treatment of animals by a lot (but not all) people in China can lead to any claims that China, in this respect, is a civilised society.DBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323874548375345975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25842939.post-1157379943579826372006-09-04T07:25:00.000-07:002006-09-04T07:25:00.000-07:00of course, to put it in perspective, the medieval ...of course, to put it in perspective, the medieval English poor would have to eat umble pie (http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/1/messages/2689.html) and a popular 'sport' for medieval apprentices was getting a load of stray cats and tying them all up together in a bag so that they tore each other apart. And it was only a few hundred years ago that they used to hang cats because the word catholic begins with 'cat'.HistoryElephanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03944780231189526910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25842939.post-1157379631541464472006-09-04T07:20:00.000-07:002006-09-04T07:20:00.000-07:00My theory for why Chinese cuisine is do broad in w...My theory for why Chinese cuisine is do broad in what it considers to be appropriate inputs, is that for at least 2 thousand years China has had a very large rural population existing on the small percentage of Chinese land that is actually productive (as opposed to mountains or deserts); of necessity they have had to explore many alternative sources of nutrition.HistoryElephanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03944780231189526910noreply@blogger.com