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Re:Re:the culture between west and east
hi Gwyn
sorry for i didn't reply you on time, as my key board was broken and some keys was not working.
my english is not so good, so maybe sometimes the meaning is not what i want to express.
i am so much agee with you, the food that have been eating by people was most depending on where you growed up, different place have different culture. like chinese set a pork as a main meat for every meal, and american people like beaf, right?
i mean, it is kindof silly that people can not stand others eat the food that is strange for themself. and even hate the people who are eating those food. as i read many articles about chinese eat dog meat, it seems many people hate that chinese eat dog meat, even thought we are cruel as kind of killer. i do really understand west people never eat dog meat and how important and close for them. but my mind is that we should understand the cultures each other, if some food for ourself is strange, we just don't eat them, but others also will have the cultures for themself, and they also will have the same feeling form us. right?
you're right, cats have meat, fish have meat and chicken have meat, we are eating them often, and we never think about we are killer for them, why are we getting killer only for eat dog meat?
for example, eveybody is polluting the environment, so that many animals and trees have been ending of their life, is not it kind of cruel? i don't think so. i think whenever we are alive in the world, we are keep killing.
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Mandy Y.
August 18, 2007
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Chinese postgraduate student studying in UK
Hi everyone! I am a 23-year Chinese postgraduate student studying at University of East Anglia in Norwich,England. You may thought I have been Americanized or globalized in such an age but it is not sure. I come from a very traditional Chinese family, my father is a professor who teaching Chinese and my Mum is a French translator, so I think I can represent Chinese culture and understand western culture at the same time. Unfortunately, my English is not so good as you thought,so, I just want to looking for someone helps me to improve my English,and who is interested in Chinese everything, maybe we can work together and enjoy together!
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Qinghui Y.
August 17, 2007
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Re:viva mexico!!!!
Hola Angel !
Soy francesa et quiero hablar mejor espanol. Je peux t'aider en français et toi en espagnol. Mais je ne suis pas un membre or donc si tu veux contacte moi.
Camille
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Camille
August 17, 2007
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viva mexico!!!!
Hola si quieres conocer algo sobre mi pais y practicar el español pues aqui estoy quiza pueda ayudarte!!!!!
Hi if you want to know something about my country (Mexico) and to practice the spanish maybe i can help you!!!! I really like to practice english
Slt. Si tu veux connaître qqch sur mon pays (mexique) et pratiquer l'espagnol peut être je peux t'aider et tu m'aides avec lefrancais!!!
Angel!!!
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Angel V.
August 14, 2007
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Re:hola como se dice????????
hi :) "good morning" - dobrE rAno and thanks dekuji - I will be like to help You with czech language if You want :) Lena
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lena
August 13, 2007
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Shaadi mubarak- Wedding congratulations
(Shar-dee moo-barr-rak)
This is perhaps the safest and most obvious across the board. I'm not sure how further to help as they could speak any number of regional dialects from punjabi to marathi, none of which i know. But that is good one.
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Khamisi R.
August 13, 2007
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Rye S.
August 12, 2007
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Re:the culture between west and east
Americans are very close to their dogs, and think of them as people, instead of animals, so they react strongly to the idea of eating dog meat. It's as if they separate people and food-animals and non-food-animals into separate categories; when those boundaries are crossed, it bothers them.
My perspective is unusual in the West because I hunt. As I said, most people live in the city and only ever see food animals as live animals or as packaged meat, so they don't connect the two ideas in their minds. Chickens and ducks are sold with heads and feet cut off and don't look much like the animals do when they are alive; beef and pork are usually sold in cuts no larger than a ham. Some people, who eat meat, even think farmers are cruel for killing animals - they do not think about how the animals are killed so they can eat them. It is very hypocritical, but some people are taught from a young age to be uncomfortable with the idea of death, and so they close their eyes to it. The good news is that many people in America do not think that way; the bad news is that many people do.
My experience is that of a hunter; when you have killed animals yourself, and butchered them for meat, you are not uncomfortable with death or how life comes from death. So my own perspective is that all animals are animals - dogs have meat, rats have meat, horses have meat, and just because people in my part of the world do not eat that meat does not make it wrong. Every culture has its own foods, and food taboos; in my part of the world, the most common food animals are cows, but there are places in the world where cows are sacred and never eaten. It is all culturally relative and just depends on where a person was taught to believe.
If you don't mind my asking, what kinds of things do people in your area not eat that other cultures do? Are there any foods you personally think are particularly strange?
Thanks for the conversation!
Gwyn
P.S.: It occurs to me I should probably mention that I tend to speak in a very straightforward way, even for an American, so I should probably apologize in advance if anything I say offends anyone. ^-^
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Gwyneth
August 9, 2007
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Re:Re:Re:Re:the culture between west and east
Hi Gwyneth
yes, you are right, it is not big deal, maybe it is just that i thought about too much. right? :) it is just because the culture and thinking as we are grow up at two big different environment.
i've heard that the most western hate what chinese people eat dog meat. i know the dog are smart and cute and they are kind of friends for us, specially for western, you treat dogs like a family, right? but.. i am still a little curious, is it the beaf or checken and some meat els are part of the animals? all of them are also kind of meat, right? if you thought eating dog is make us to be a killer, how about eating other meats?
yes, i think bringing some wine to visit friends is very good, and i think this culture maybe will come to china someday. i hope. :)
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Mandy Y.
August 8, 2007
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Quiero aprender ingles y practicar español
Quiero practicar inglese ya que lo estoy aprendiendo atraves de mensajes en la red y tambien puedo ayudar a alguien que quiere aprender o practicar español.
I want practice English and learnt crossed of the net. I can helping hand for someone which wants learn or practice Spanish.
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Israel A.
August 7, 2007
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