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danby_ll
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| Typhoon wrote: |
My wife informed me that there is a woman in Virigina right now who is suffering from mad cow. However, I can't find any news of it anywhere.
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http://www.nbc12.com/news/healthcast/17419509.html
She died in April. |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 7:10 am Post subject: |
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| Imbroglio wrote: |
| We VEGANS don't have to worry about getting mad cow. We VEGANS will outlive the lot of you beefeaters. |
Right. That's why all those spinach eaters who got sick from ecoli had nothing, nothing to worry about. |
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doggyji
Joined: 21 Feb 2006
Location: Toronto - Hamilton - Vineland - St. Catherines
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| Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 11:05 am Post subject: |
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I don't think the Koreans are doing this for no reason.
Because they lifted the ban of imports of American beef of over 30 months old (which is banned in US), all those old American cows will get imported here (most other countries banned them). All MCD cases reported have come from old cows btw.
Also the prions are found in bones. You need to realize that 99% of koreans boil bones to make soups, and studies have proven that boiling does not destroy the prions.
The above and the gene factor sure put the Koreans at very high risk. |
Better safe than 1% sorry. While whether it's 1% or much much less is debatable, I guess the sentiment is that they just don't want to be lab rats for future empirical studies.
"If you don't want it, just don't buy it. What's the problem?"
You can't really verify the origin of beef you are eating at all the public places. It can be either unclear or disguised. Anyway, lots of talks and attempts at clarification are going on now. We will see. |
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Cheonmunka
Joined: 04 Jun 2004
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| Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 1:32 pm Post subject: |
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| Since I came to Korea I haven't been sick. I once thought it was because of the 한약 (traditional medicine) that I took, now I wonder if it is not related to the antibiotics in my system? |
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Ilsanman
Joined: 15 Aug 2003
Location: Bucheon, Korea
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| Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 5:20 pm Post subject: |
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| The simple solution is to not buy US beef. If it sells extremely badly here, the imports will shrink and eventually disappear. |
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Cheonmunka
Joined: 04 Jun 2004
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| Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 6:32 pm Post subject: |
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| In some respects (economically) they are quite right. Many countries use the system this way: Knock out the local competition by making them drop their prices so much in order to be competitive alongside your cheaper imports - soon they will start moving out of the industry. When that happens on a large scale, start raising your prices. |
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bovinerebel
Joined: 27 Feb 2008
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| Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 9:03 pm Post subject: |
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| I was talking to my co worker about this . When I brought up the topic she seemed furious about it . When I asked her why she said that American beef was dangerous which set me off into a rant . I don't know much about the issue but even where I live in Africa is cleener and more sanitary than Korea . How could you make such an assumption without thinking it through for yourself ? Get out more you idiots . |
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Dome Vans
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| Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 9:26 pm Post subject: |
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| Cheonmunka wrote: |
| In some respects (economically) they are quite right. Many countries use the system this way: Knock out the local competition by making them drop their prices so much in order to be competitive alongside your cheaper imports - soon they will start moving out of the industry. When that happens on a large scale, start raising your prices. |
This happened in England but now the lure of cheap meat has passed and now we are back to people choosing to buy the local meat at a slightly higher price but at a much superior quality. But it has taken a lot of championing of the 'less distance travelled card' and support your local farmer card. In England now the farmers markets are very popular.
I think they'll flood the market here. But I think that it won't work. Koreans are a little too nationalist to give into American beef. |
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Froggy Parker
Joined: 21 Nov 2007
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| Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 11:35 pm Post subject: |
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| Since I came to Korea I haven't been sick. I once thought it was because of the 한약 (traditional medicine) that I took |
Nah, that doesn't help with keeping you healthy, it just maxes out your levels of qi. I bet you could move objects telepathically by this point, if you focus. |
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Froggy Parker
Joined: 21 Nov 2007
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| Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 11:42 pm Post subject: Re: Importing American beef is a "policy of genocide&qu |
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| the situation is baffling because the movement is beginning to take on an anti-American hue |
Well, let's not jump to conclusions. I'm sure all the hysteria and fervent anger are purely epidemiological in foundation. |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Sat May 03, 2008 12:53 am Post subject: |
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| I'll bet the anti-importers are just brushing off the old 90's anti-rice imports campaigns. In those days, it was widely known that Koreans and Korean rice were uniquely suited to each other and that Koreans who went to the US and ate American rice were 'weak' and sick all the time. |
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