Owner roasts family pet in barbecue

[MisterD]

People from your "culture" eat cows I am sure you upset 1 billion odd Hindus

To be fair, he's not slapping the sirloin on a grill in suburban Delhi, is he?

[Brian d marge]

yeee gods

just for that , I was going to Maccas for lunch today , now I am going to eat whale ,, and i am as hard as it is to do ,,,waste some ...because I can


cheap nice bit of flesh

seem a bit better than shooting dogs for the entertainment industry
Stephen

[insane1]

for fucks sake this is new zeland not a third world country like tonga,if they want to do this sort of thing tell em to fuck off back to tonga where most of them belong.

[Lias]

I am on the side of the tongans on this one.

I vote we BBQ some SPCA/PETA fuckwits next.

[mynameis]

To be fair, he's not slapping the sirloin on a grill in suburban Delhi, is he?

Point being why does it matter, I am sure eating cows/pigs/lamb would also upset people from his own culture who are vegans.

Moral of the story is get over it and lock your dogs from Togans

[MSTRS:Me]

Point being why does it matter, I am sure eating cows/pigs/lamb would also upset people from his own culture who are vegans.

Moral of the story is get over it and lock your dogs from Togans

I reckon the moral of the story is that if it's made of meat, it'll be on someone's menu. And, within ethical treatment of the animal, what is wrong with that?

[slofox]

I can only reiterate an earlier post - best possible end for a pitbull cross...at least a person is eating the dog instead of the dog eating a person....which is more usual for pitbulls...

[mynameis]

I reckon the moral of the story is that if it's made of meat, it'll be on someone's menu. And, within ethical treatment of the animal, what is wrong with that?

You're right, nothing, what's the big fuss about then ? All because it was a Dog we start reacting and jumping up and down. It's like any other cow/pig/lamb being slaughtered and bbq'ed.

[PrincessBandit]

You're right, nothing, what's the big fuss about then ? All because it was a Dog we start reacting and jumping up and down. It's like any other cow/pig/lamb being slaughtered and bbq'ed.

Well, yes we do eat lambs, pigs, calves etc. but most people would probably draw a distinction between what is a much-loved family pet and an animal that was always destined for the kitchen. If the dog in question was indeed a "pet" in the usual sense of the word (for most of us that means an animal we keep for company, pleasure, that we love and look after, and is not generally associated with "yum, you're for dinner tonight") then that is the grossest part of it.

Even farm animals can be dearly loved family pets, separated off from the general "menu fodder".

When in Rome, I say. If we lived in Tonga and witnessed these things (as long as it wasn't my family pet dog that was stolen for someone elses umu) then I'd just have to accept it as part of the culture - if it actually is. This is New Zealand, and we don't eat our dogs. Just like the Samoans (I think it was) who wanted to slaughter a pig in their back yard 'cos dat's how we do it back in da ilans' - piss off back to Tonga or Samoa or wherever if you want to do those things. Dont' do them here where they're not acceptable.

[mynameis]

Well, yes we do eat lambs, pigs, calves etc. but most people would probably draw a distinction between what is a much-loved family pet and an animal that was always destined for the kitchen. If the dog in question was indeed a "pet" in the usual sense of the word (for most of us that means an animal we keep for company, pleasure, that we love and look after, and is not generally associated with "yum, you're for dinner tonight") then that is the grossest part of it.

Even farm animals can be dearly loved family pets, separated off from the general "menu fodder".

When in Rome, I say. If we lived in Tonga and witnessed these things (as long as it wasn't my family pet dog that was stolen for someone elses umu) then I'd just have to accept it as part of the culture - if it actually is. This is New Zealand, and we don't eat our dogs. Just like the Samoans (I think it was) who wanted to slaughter a pig in their back yard 'cos dat's how we do it back in da ilans' - piss off back to Tonga or Samoa or wherever if you want to do those things. Dont' do them here where they're not acceptable.

Yeah it wasn't a pet according to the family it was a nuisance dog which at times tried to bite people, good on them for eating it before the dog ate some kiwi neighbours 2 year old. Umu time.

[mynameis]

Well, yes we do eat lambs, pigs, calves etc. but most people would probably draw a distinction between what is a much-loved family pet and an animal that was always destined for the kitchen. If the dog in question was indeed a "pet" in the usual sense of the word (for most of us that means an animal we keep for company, pleasure, that we love and look after, and is not generally associated with "yum, you're for dinner tonight") then that is the grossest part of it.

Even farm animals can be dearly loved family pets, separated off from the general "menu fodder".

When in Rome, I say. If we lived in Tonga and witnessed these things (as long as it wasn't my family pet dog that was stolen for someone elses umu) then I'd just have to accept it as part of the culture - if it actually is. This is New Zealand, and we don't eat our dogs. Just like the Samoans (I think it was) who wanted to slaughter a pig in their back yard 'cos dat's how we do it back in da ilans' - piss off back to Tonga or Samoa or wherever if you want to do those things. Dont' do them here where they're not acceptable.

You'll mostly see hypocrits getting upset, who are we to decide some animals are destined for the kitchen while others are to be loved? It doesn't make the killing of one animal ok/acceptable over the other.

Murder is murder, meat is meat, food is food, culture is culture. If the gubmint allows Tongans to be in NZ, surely we have to embrace some of their culture, like it or not. Like the Tongans are here to stay I think dog meat in umus will be too. Lock your dogs up.

[MSTRS:Me]

Well, yes we do eat lambs, pigs, calves etc. but most people would probably draw a distinction between what is a much-loved family pet and an animal that was always destined for the kitchen. If the dog in question was indeed a "pet" in the usual sense of the word (for most of us that means an animal we keep for company, pleasure, that we love and look after, and is not generally associated with "yum, you're for dinner tonight") then that is the grossest part of it.

Even farm animals can be dearly loved family pets, separated off from the general "menu fodder".

When in Rome, I say. If we lived in Tonga and witnessed these things (as long as it wasn't my family pet dog that was stolen for someone elses umu) then I'd just have to accept it as part of the culture - if it actually is. This is New Zealand, and we don't eat our dogs. Just like the Samoans (I think it was) who wanted to slaughter a pig in their back yard 'cos dat's how we do it back in da ilans' - piss off back to Tonga or Samoa or wherever if you want to do those things. Dont' do them here where they're not acceptable.

Don't get me wrong...I couldn't eat a family pet. I'm just saying that no matter what sort of animal it is, someone will be happy to eat it. That doesn't make it wrong, no matter what you think, only against 'our' (or your) sensibilities.

[Hitcher]

No crime has been committed here. Perhaps the people who should "piss off to Tonga" are those who think there has.

[yungatart]

Don't get me wrong...I couldn't eat a family pet. I'm just saying that no matter what sort of animal it is, someone will be happy to eat it. That doesn't make it wrong, no matter what you think, only against 'our' (or your) sensibilities.

True?? You forget, old man
We had a couple of turkeys we raised from tiny little chicks....they lived in the drawer under our waterbed while they were little then joined our bantams in the chook house...all was sweet until one of them decided to peck #5 child on the lip, splitting it quite badly if I recall.
I clearly remember taking the kids out while you wrung the neck of the offending turkey (and its sibling)...blardy hell, we had a lovely Xmas dinner that year!!!

Personally, I don't see the issue. Some PC plonker has got his knickers in a knot over a storm in a tea cup!

[mynameis]

True?? You forget, old man
We had a couple of turkeys we raised from tiny little chicks....they lived in the drawer under our waterbed while they were little then joined our bantams in the chook house...all was sweet until one of them decided to peck #5 child on the lip, splitting it quite badly if I recall.
I clearly remember taking the kids out while you wrung the neck of the offending turkey (and its sibling)...blardy hell, we had a lovely Xmas dinner that year!!!

Personally, I don't see the issue. Some PC plonker has got his knickers in a knot over a storm in a tea cup!

Old man got pwnd