chowB

Really good! Support!!

chowB

just curious. next time if you happened to go to one of ur best friend chinese style wedding and the ...
habitrailspace 發表於 2010-3-26 10:28

Me? Nope! I know maybe many people will think "Oh well, since I paid for the banquet..." or "The bowl of shark fin soup is already been served...", so they eat it finally. But my principle is principle.

chowB

I think it's more like a combination of culture, peer pressure, and maybe show off too. More or less having shark fin in wedding banquet is a "must" in many Chinese people's mind. It's something like our traditional tea ceremony, it seems like a "must" too. That's why they try to educate the younger generations now, hope it works.

chowB

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    I guess you think there is a problem displaying a picture of it? Just like...if you are veggie if I show a picture of meat dishes then there is a problem? hm...
fibbi 發表於 2010-3-26 11:07

Hmm.... My guess, what he wanted to say was, if you support people not eating shark, then you yourself shouldn't eat it, no matter the dish is ordered by you or not?

chowB

If just talking for the taste, anything could taste better than shark fin cuz it's simply tasteless.

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    Well at least I made an effort to try bringing that topic w/ parents. But I don' ...
fibbi 發表於 2010-3-26 12:10

Yes, good that at least you tried. I also agree encouragement is better than enforcement.

I successfully convinced my parents stop buying and eating shark fin some time ago. Yeah it takes time but worth to try!

chowB

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I consulted my Chinese Dr. about this. He said they are good for women in promoting female hormone.
zuesel 發表於 2010-3-29 16:04

As I thought, guys don't need to eat bird's nest. Unless......... they want to be........... LOL

chowB

How about abalone black chicken soup or abalone water duck soup? In which everyone has a whole 4-headed abalone in their own bowl. lol

chowB

yes we don't care about much about if abalone has nerve or not and abalone doesnt have red blood  ...
chunsh 發表於 2010-3-29 22:22

Did you watch any movie or video about shark fining before you comment ah? People cut off all the fins from the sharks and throw the leftover bodies back into the water and let them sitting on the bottom of the sea wait to die. Do people take the abalone off from the shell and cut off the skirt of the abalones and throw them back into the water?

chowB

I know how they did to the shark. Let me ask you a question, do u eat beef/pork/lamb?
People kill ...
chunsh 發表於 2010-3-30 06:17

chunsh, cool down sin la. The way fining shark fin is different to killing other animals for meat, people just cut off the fins from sharks and leave them to die in hours and days, cow & sheep & chicken etc die in seconds. Another thing is the food chain, for how many shark being killed will break the chain, and for how many cow and chicken being kill will? People only challenge those people feel passion and mercy on particular species of animals but not others. But they don't think about it in another way, actually it's for our own human sake, we want to keep our earth in shape longer. People have freedom to keep eating shark fin, not turning off power in earth hour day, keep paying dollars for buying plastic bags at shop instead of BYOB etc. I cannot do anything, I just do what I feel it's better, to myself and to the earth jeh.