Social Evaluation of Yulin Litchi Dog Meat Festival

20 10 Yulin litchi dog meat festival was known by some domestic animal protection public welfare organizations and began to attract attention. On 20 1 1 and 20 12, a number of non-profit organizations spontaneously formed boycotters and began to boycott Yulin dog meat stalls. On the solstice of last summer, a dog lover went to Yulin and knelt in front of a table full of dog meat to "apologize to the dog". Soon, this picture was posted on the Internet, which triggered a collective condemnation.

20 13 one week before the opening of Yulin litchi dog meat festival, animal rights protection organizations began to organize boycotts online. By the summer solstice of June 2 1, many stars joined the boycott of Yulin litchi dog meat festival. Shu Qi, Felix Wong Yat Wa, Charmaine Sheh, Wu Peici and others have successively passed through Weibo, calling for canceling the Yulin Litchi Dog Meat Festival, "letting friends go" and "giving dogs dignity". Then the boycotters and defenders fought fiercely on the Internet, and the Yulin Litchi Dog Meat Festival finally became the "focus of public opinion".

However, the controversy and crusade did not stop Yulin people from eating dogs, and some foreigners even came here to eat dogs. The Litchi Dog Meat Festival has even become the most important city card in this civilized city of Guangxi.

Seven Questions of Supporters of Yulin Dog Meat Festival

Ask the supporters of the dog meat festival, do you believe in the local "folklore" of dog meat vendors?

The so-called "Litchi Dog Meat Festival" in Yulin is a profit-making activity organized by local dog meat merchants under the banner of "folk custom" in 2009. This "folk custom" did not exist before.

Second, ask the supporters of the dog meat festival, is it a "private matter" to consume dog meat without security?

Before dog meat was banned by national laws, it was really out of the government's control for Zhang Lisan to eat dog meat at home. However, dog meat vendors bring, slaughter and sell dog meat to the public, and customers eat dog meat provided by dog meat vendors, which does not belong to the category of "personal consumption", but a social behavior that will have social impact.

If they get sick from eating poisonous dog meat, it will probably lead to a public health crisis like SARS, endangering China and even the whole world. So, is it your personal business to eat food outside the national food safety monitoring?

Third, ask the supporters of the dog meat festival, is eating dog meat really the same as eating pork, beef and mutton?

Dear supporters of the Dog Meat Festival, you should go to the dog vendor in Yulin to see if the dogs they brought in only have "three certificates, two files and two logos". Without documents to ensure the safety of these foods, can you say that eating dog meat is no different from eating chicken, duck, goose and pork?

Another big problem of gathering people to eat dog meat in Yulin is the huge hidden danger of rabies outbreak.

Four questions for supporters of the dog meat festival. Do you know that Yulin was once the hardest hit area of rabies?

In terms of the number of rabies cases, China is the second largest country after Indian. In China, from 1996 to 2009, there were more than 4,000 rabies cases in Guangxi, far behind Guizhou, Guangdong and Hunan, which ranked second, third and fourth. In Guangxi, Yulin is the hardest hit area.

Five questions for supporters of the dog meat festival. Have you seen the dog farm mentioned by the dog meat industry?

There are no meat dog farms in Chinese mainland. Yulin dog industry lied to many people by saying that its dogs came from meat dog farms. You must have heard the report that two dog thieves in Guilin were beaten up by villagers. Why are the villagers so angry? Are you people who support the dog meat industry objectively supporting dog dealers to infringe on other people's property?

Six questions for supporters of the Dog Meat Festival: Koreans eat dog meat, so China people can also eat dog meat?

The development of human civilization is a process from whole meat to omnivore. Many animals have dropped out of the human diet, and eating less meat is the embodiment of civilization and progress. Yulin dog meat vendors advocate turning dog meat into a normalized dish. If not the retrogression of civilization, what is it? Eating dog meat in Korea does not mean that it is not a bad habit. North Korea's serving dog meat at state banquets cannot be said to be the most civilized and progressive. In China, Taiwan Province Province and Hongkong, eating dog meat has been prohibited by law. Why didn't you see it?

Seven questions for supporters of the Dog Meat Festival: Is eating dog meat the mainstream of China's food culture?

Eating dog meat can only be said to be a subculture of China's food culture, not a mainstream culture. It is self-deception to insist that dog meat is the mainstream of China's food culture. Whether dog meat is a part of China's food culture, we can't listen to Yulin dog meat dealers. It can be said that eating dog meat has become a bad habit and is questioned by more and more people. As a bad cultural habit, its life is limited. Dog meat has become history in Taiwan Province and Hongkong, that is to say, it has become a pioneer in the history of Chinese mainland. Neither culture nor bad habits are obstacles to the progress of civilization. China culture without bad habits will only be more splendid.

The writer's three batches of dog meat festival

The massacre was ugly in a cold sweat.

Writer Xue Mo, from a unique cultural perspective, analyzes the values of the local people distorted by the Holocaust and tells the story of the city with his own personal experience:

No matter what festival it is, it is a sad thing that a city is famous for its slaughter culture. You see, when people think of a city, what they remember is not its beauty, its story, its contribution, but a kind of desire and slaughter. How terrible is it? The value of that city has undoubtedly decreased.

From the fact that some government officials actually use Dog Killing Festival as a propaganda resource, it can be seen that the officials in this land are really incompetent, and even killing dogs can be used as a political achievement to show off, which is ridiculous and ignorant.

I've always opposed slaughter. Massacre is the product of human desire and selfishness, and it is a sin that we can't ignore. Whether people or animals are slaughtered, we should face up to the collective unconsciousness behind this behavior. There are many similar phenomena in society, which can't stand the question. When you ask what is behind it, it will look ugly. That ugliness sometimes shocks you and breaks out in a cold sweat. Because many good people will unconsciously become evil and cruel after entering this cultural environment, but they know nothing about it.

Human culture must be higher than human behavior.

We don't object to some friends eating meat, but we don't want a culture that advocates killing, just as we can use violence to resist evil when we have to, but we can't use this as an excuse to promote and advocate violence.

This generation of Yulin people can eat dog meat. If it is personal behavior, we certainly respect their living habits. But if they regard it as a festival to advocate and publicize killing dogs, it will form a collective unconsciousness and become a bad culture. Evil people can die with the end of life, but the evil culture will be passed down, and new evils will be cultivated, so that future generations will continue to be evil. Evil culture is more evil than evil behavior itself.

Of course, we can't deny or stifle some folk cultures with a cultural autocracy. What we should do is to have a higher cultural vision to illuminate some folk cultures, absorb their essence and eliminate their dross. This kind of illumination is what we call the construction of spiritual civilization, or the transformation of human environment.

Yulin, an "urban patient", needs to be treated.

/kloc-in June of 0/7, Buddhism in China was behind Phoenix. Com posted my article about Yulin, and a stone stirred up a thousand waves. Some friends in Yulin carried out a "cyber encirclement and suppression" against me, abusing and insulting threats, and doing their best to attack me personally.

This situation is not only aimed at my articles, but also at the dog meat festival. For example, some articles by eminent monks and great virtues, some articles by people of insight, and some people just criticized the dog meat festival, all of which were cursed, abused and insulted by Yulin's friends in a storm.

I have always advocated that human culture should always be higher than human behavior itself. We must get into the habit of accepting well-intentioned criticism, and don't ignore our disorder. We can allow ourselves to have some imperfect behaviors, but we still advocate a culture of goodness and beauty. Because the meaning of a good culture is "lighting up".

When we say Yulin, we are actually advocating a good culture, hoping to arouse reflection in other places. Only when a person can really introspect can he make continuous progress, and so can a city.

The vitality of culture and city lies in the continuous discovery of shortcomings and continuous sublimation.

I sincerely hope that Yulin people can learn to reflect and let the slaughter become less and less.

I also hope that some cultures that advocate slaughter, evil and violence can be completely abandoned by human beings. There can be as many cultures as possible to illuminate human behavior like the sun. Only in this way can China truly become a cultural power.

Understanding of Yulin Dog Meat Festival still needs communication.

The Global Times commentary harmoniously analyzes the opinions of the supporters and opponents of Yulin Dog Meat Festival:

From the realistic conditions, both of them have their own reasons and basis. These two opinions are very different and difficult to bridge, which leads to a complex and thorny social problem. People all admit that animals are of high value and cruelty to animals is unacceptable, but there are differences on whether some animals can be used as food. At present, it should be recognized that the theory of animal rights is quite reasonable in ethics and value, worthy of social respect, and will have a considerable positive impact on society, and it can be expected to become a recognized mainstream value in the future. However, under the current circumstances, it may not be appropriate to take compulsory intervention or excessive action against other different opinions and behaviors that have no legal basis.

At present, there are still differences in realizing their own values, and there are more complicated historical and social restrictions on the issue of values. Let people know the meaning and value of animal rights, publicize their views rationally and gently, and gradually gain more recognition, which will be more beneficial to the theory of animal rights. However, the organizers of local festivals had better not exaggerate this behavior at present, lest this sensitive issue cause more excitement and controversy, which is more beneficial to the development of local culture.

Realistically, the two sides should communicate more, avoid emotional conflicts or contradictions, and objectively see the complexity of the problem and the reality of differences. Animal rights supporters need more concrete and solid efforts, not confrontational efforts, to make more people understand. The organizers or supporters of local festivals should also find more similarities with animal protectors. If we can clarify some problems in communication and discussion, it will be more conducive to the generation of new knowledge in the future. Avoiding intense emotional opposition, but seeing the complexity of the problem is the first step towards a more positive trend in the future.

Human nature: from civilization to trampling

Phoenix. Com points out that the value of Mahayana Buddhism lies in guiding people to pay equal attention to others' lives while paying attention to their own life state. In the face of death, human beings have a tragic and horrible life experience, which also means that every living thing, including animals, can't escape this extreme experience. When human dogs and animal companions, the closest friends of mankind, are facing each other with sharp knives and boiling oil pans, how can we treat them lightly, even look at them cruelly, or even open our mouths to eat their bodies?

A simple empathy is enough to show the necessity of respecting life. When human beings stand at the top of the food chain, let eating companions become a festival, let slaughter become a carnival ... Even our basic education is openly popularizing killing and slavery, which is the current situation in China. However, ignoring other people's lives, how can we guarantee that it will not be transmitted to others? Regardless of him, how can we avoid not loving ourselves? Under the psychological structure of ignoring life, how can we ensure that this society can avoid violent terrorist incidents and cult beliefs?

As one of the ancient civilizations with the most developed humanistic spirit, we seem to have lost the basic space for thinking about the value of life and the basic interest in exploring the meaning of life and death. After the two world wars, in the face of untold sufferings and much transformed things, western society once placed special expectations on the ancient civilization of the East-if human beings want to live peacefully, perhaps they can only find a way out from the wisdom of the East. I never thought that the descendants of the orientals had already ruined their future, killed their hearts, and became angry.

Karma, from the Buddhist point of view, will not stop at the result of killing, but will cast a karmic cycle of karma for generations. Even from the perspective of secular law, the killing of intimate animal companions and the cruelty to life will indicate the uprooting of humanistic spirit, and human beings will now fall into the mutual trampling and mutual operation of jungle laws. This is the real tragedy of mankind, and mankind will be unable to extricate themselves from this tragedy and save themselves.

I sincerely hope that our time can wake up from the evil wisdom of eating dog meat as a holiday. Looking at China's children sincerely can help them regain their awe and rebuild their humanistic spirit. Sincerely pray that those human friends who are being slaughtered by human beings can temporarily accept hatred and die in pure land. I sincerely ask the knife bearer to put down the butcher's knife, let it live and seek peace and safety for his own life!

Professor Tsinghua: Dog Meat Festival is a national day of shame.

Jiang Jinsong: Mahatma Gandhi said: A nation's attitude towards animals shows its moral height. Dog meat festival can be said to be the national humiliation day of our whole nation. The greed and cruelty of a few people, the indifference of others and the inaction of relevant departments will make our nation be painted with a very ugly and eye-catching moral stain on animal ethics!

Yi Zhongtian: Opposing cruelty to animals is not a "dog right", but a human right.

Compassion should begin with being kind to animals. Moreover, only when all people no longer have the heart to abuse animals can the harmonious relationship between people be truly established. Otherwise, the next person to be pushed to the bed, dig the liver, take the kidney and pump bile may be ourselves. According to the survey, 57% people support eating dog meat, which is considered as legal and normal consumption.

China has a long history of eating dog meat, such as the famous Compendium of Materia Medica by Li Shizhen. Dog meat is the most common food in East Asia. China, South Korea, North Korea, Viet Nam and Indonesia all eat dog meat.

Nutritional value of dog meat: Dog meat is not only high in protein, but also excellent in protein, especially globulin. Eating dog meat can enhance people's physique, improve digestion, promote blood circulation and improve sexual function. Dog meat can also be used for the weakness of the elderly, such as endless urination, cold limbs and listlessness. Eating it often in winter can enhance the cold resistance of the elderly.

For the residents of Yulin, Guangxi, it is a tradition to eat dog meat in summer solstice. Many people cherish Yulin's dog meat culture. According to the survey, 30% people are neutral, they don't want to eat, and they don't object to others eating. They think eating dog meat is normal.

Eating dog meat is a personal freedom right, which is allowed by national laws and has nothing to do with moral civilization. It doesn't matter whether you eat dog meat or not, and you don't resist others eating dog meat.

The idea of protecting animals is not to resist the consumption of certain animals, but to advocate the rational use of animals to meet human development under the conditions of natural balance and sustainable development.

Any organization, including animal rights protection organizations, must abide by the laws, customs, historical traditions and ethnic beliefs of various countries and regions and organize activities. According to the survey, 13% people are against eating dog meat, thinking that other animals can eat it, but dog meat can't be eaten.

Eating dog meat is strongly resisted by animal rights protection organizations and dog lovers, and some people resist eating dog meat.

China Small Animal Protection Association and animal protectionists have taken many measures to stop eating dog meat, such as publishing an open letter and protesting, which has caused controversy.

All animals have the same life span. Cows, chickens, ducks, sheep and pigs are friends of human beings. It is forbidden to kill and eat them.