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 * 1) StartYulin2016. You should be eating your dogs.

Why not? There is nothing so different about dog, horse, or cat meat. Americans respect these animals for reasons as arbitrary as the zodiac. The logic applied to the consumption of certain animals and not others is the same as the logic that was used to defend racism during the 1800s.

People in India don't eat cows, but that's just religious mumbo jumbo. Chinese who eat dogs? Savages! How dare they harm our innocent companions!

If you are one of those imbeciles who signed last year’s “Stop Yulin 2015” petition, I think you’re a selfish hypocrite. Chinese who eat dogs are no more savages than you, with your cheeseburger and chicken nuggets. (And truthfully, that dog had a much happier life than the downer cow in the burger.) And in fact, it's extremely racist to attempt to justify your own habits, which are equally if not more irrational, and literally demonize entire groups of people who make you uncomfortable with the way they eat.

I mean, dogs are practically begging to be eaten too. Millions are euthanized each year because they lack homes; eating them would actually be quite economical! Why do we euthanize dogs when we could be making 7-11 taquitos from them?

A common argument is that, especially in the case of the Yulin festival, animals are wretchedly abused before they are eaten and the method of kill is inhumane. First of all, this is no more true than it would be for any other meat animal. But if it wasn’t would you go ahead and try it? If you’re wouldn’t, and say instead “it’s just my opinion that it’s wrong!” all I have to tell you is this: your opinion fucking sucks.

There would be a special fiery circle of hell, if heaven and hell existed, for those who see injustices in the world and continue to rationalize them for arbitrary reasons. I’m vegan for environmental and economic reasons, but I hate all animals equally. In conclusion, moral codes that depend on whim should be tossed aside and burned, as should you if you continue to justify your revolting behavior.