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[jdog2050]

Tell them that they shouldn't be eating meat anyway

Like, link them to some PETA sites, and give them Vegan literature (doesn't even matter if you are or not). Basically, take the argument into a different direction and be more hardcore than they are.

[justaguy]

Why create a story for them? Just tell them if they don't like it, don't buy it.

[jdog2050]

[SOOHWA101]

[PeterDragon]

I avoid the argument by agreeing with them. Not pretending to agree with them; actually agreeing. The U.S. meat industry behaved very irresponsibly and continues to do so. Restaurants outside of America who get a good deal on American beef probably WILL lie if theyneed to in order to sell it. Australian beef is better. I'm not capitulating to Korean nationalism. I've always believed this.

[SOOHWA101]

[genezorm]

i just say "i'm vegetarian bitch i don't eat the beef"

[aka Dave]

The American meat industry is massive, the quality of the beef varies according to the producer. Living in California, I always liked Harris Ranch beef, I've actually been to the ranch and seen the cows (who appeared relatively content). Prime grade beef does come at a premium price.

However, ironically, select beef (with less marbeling) is healthier, and tastes nearly as good if you don't over-cook it.

Anyway, there was an ironic moment. In my Cheong-ju neighborhood, there are no sidewalks, and the narrow, two-way streets (with insufficient room for 2 cars to pass each other) are essentially death waiting to happen any pedestrian, esp. the tons of school kids that trudge home from school.

And sure enough, on the way to school, I saw a man lying on the ground in the middle of the street, and a car stopped just beyond him. He'd obviously been run down.

No freakin sidewalks. The second accident I've seen around my house and I've been here 3 months.

And five minutes later I was going over dialogues about the perils of mad cow, which has killed none of the 300 plus Americans who eat beef on a nearly daily basis, and which has never infected a Korean.

I was gonna say "You people need to worry about sidewalks, not American beef". But I didn't. I stayed relatively neutral, my "American take" was I wish they'd re-instate the ban simply because it's bad for America's image, and after George W., we have a lot of work to do in that regard.

[sundubuman]

it's all about to get a lot worse...

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[santafly]

Aaaahhh.... I love the yangpa

Come on now, I just had a very reasonable conversation about the beef issue with one of my students (a woman about 45 yrs of age). As I have done in all of my conversations on the topic, I pointed out that if Koreans really cared about their health maybe they wouldn't live in severely polluted Seoul, work 12 hours a day 6 days a week, and then drink themselves to death. My student, an avid hiker and devout buddhist, gave me a big smile of agreement.

[Morton]

I reply that i eat:
Japanese fugu
Korean chicken
and American beef

because I like to stare death in the face.

That gets me all the girls.

[rsmm0224]

[ryouga013]

[SOOHWA101]

[doggyji]