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Trevor
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 Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2008 6:23 am Post subject: (boshintang) |
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Bibbitybop
Joined: 22 Feb 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2008 6:48 am Post subject: |
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| In the olden days, or in the country, then yes, that's true. But today the preferred method is electrocution. |
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CabbageTownRoyals
Joined: 14 Sep 2006
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I lived in the countryside for 3 years and in Cholla Nam Do, once witnessed the final stages of this practice: a dog writhing in pain, hanging from a tree, being burned alive. Screaming.
It still happens on a relatively large scale, we just don't see it. |
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jkelly80
Joined: 13 Jun 2007
Location: you boys like mexico?
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| Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2008 7:03 am Post subject: |
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| anything for an extra five minutes of boner. disgusting practice. |
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dossi
Joined: 19 Jun 2008
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| Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2008 7:05 am Post subject: |
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| CabbageTownRoyals wrote: |
once witnessed the final stages of this practice: a dog writhing in pain, hanging from a tree, being burned alive. Screaming.
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Sounds about right until the part about the dog being burned alive. What you saw sounds like a serial killer in training rather than boshintang being made.
OR do they burn the dog just to kill it? |
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CabbageTownRoyals
Joined: 14 Sep 2006
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| Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2008 7:14 am Post subject: |
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| dossi wrote: |
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once witnessed the final stages of this practice: a dog writhing in pain, hanging from a tree, being burned alive. Screaming.
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Sounds about right until the part about the dog being burned alive. What you saw sounds like a serial killer in training rather than boshintang being made.
OR do they burn the dog just to kill it? |
well i don't know exactly what was going on, makes me ill just thinking about it. There were 2 men standing around the dog, over a fire, holding sticks and it was still moving. So, take a guess. If they're gonna beat the poor creature, why would you think they wouldn't burn it? As my brother's Korean wife said, its a disgraceful practice which many Koreans hate, but no one will get in there and say, 'stop'. If we weren't in a car at the time and I had some control over the situation I would have got gone over there and put the dog out of its misery somehow then beaten the shit out of the men. |
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Css
Joined: 27 Sep 2004
Location: South of the river
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| Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2008 7:26 am Post subject: |
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| dossi wrote: |
| CabbageTownRoyals wrote: |
once witnessed the final stages of this practice: a dog writhing in pain, hanging from a tree, being burned alive. Screaming.
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Sounds about right until the part about the dog being burned alive. What you saw sounds like a serial killer in training rather than boshintang being made.
OR do they burn the dog just to kill it? |
Perhaps burning it to remove the hair? |
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nuthatch
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| Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2008 7:34 am Post subject: |
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Bibbitybop:
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| In the olden days, or in the country, then yes, that's true. But today the preferred method is electrocution. |
 also painful
where are all the Buddhists? protesters? |
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Donald Frost
Joined: 20 Oct 2008
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| Did you go to Saint Mary's in the South End of Halifax and are you from Truro, N.S.? |
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Trevor
Joined: 16 Nov 2005
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| Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2008 1:33 pm Post subject: |
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So they electrocute them in the city (where obviously it is not possible for someone to publicly beat a dog to death) but still do it in the country. I believe (correct me if I am wrong) that most dogs raised for boshintang are raised in the country though, yes? Then imported to the cities. Yes?
Some of my students got angry when I criticized boshintang, once. They felt I was criticizing Korean culture.
That word 'culture' is sometimes used as a talisman, I have found (in Korea and many other places). If a group (nationality, etc.) does something that others find despicable, all the group has to do is say the magic word 'culture' and the criticism must stop for fear of breaking the taboo: do not criticize any group in any manner when it is a 'cultural' issue, no matter what, and no matter how despicable. It is a very powerful talisman.
I wish someone could get a video on their cellphone and post it on youtube. Video is also a powerful talisman amd does not have the same drawbacks as language does.
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I lived in the countryside for 3 years and in Cholla Nam Do, once witnessed the final stages of this practice: a dog writhing in pain, hanging from a tree, being burned alive. Screaming.
It still happens on a relatively large scale, we just don't see it. |
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sojourner1
Joined: 17 Apr 2007
Location: Where meggi swim and 2 wheeled tractors go sput put chug alugg pug pug
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You know you're in a vastly different country than home when you see a truck with a speaker and a big cage on it full of tan/white plain looking dogs on your way to work. I only see it occasionally as it must be a special. There are dog restaurants and one even has the menu in English on the outside front of the building and this is a small town where hardly anyone knows any English. I just found it odd they'd do that considering none of the other restaurants have Romanized menus.
Barf! Barf! Nasty food. |
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Trevor
Joined: 16 Nov 2005
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Next time you see the truck, can you take a picture? I'm interested in getting some media on the web regarding this. Also, a snapsohot of the English menu would be cool.
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You know you're in a vastly different country than home when you see a truck with a speaker and a big cage on it full of tan/white plain looking dogs on your way to work. I only see it occasionally as it must be a special. There are dog restaurants and one even has the menu in English on the outside front of the building and this is a small town where hardly anyone knows any English. I just found it odd they'd do that considering none of the other restaurants have Romanized menus.
Barf! Barf! Nasty food. |
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Faunaki
Joined: 15 Jun 2007
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| I'm all for eating whatever but I've been here for almost two years and haven't brought myself to even take a taste. It's just too disgusting to think about. In fact it makes me want to become a vegetarian. |
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Fishead soup
Joined: 24 Jun 2007
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2008 4:18 pm Post subject: |
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| sojourner1 wrote: |
You know you're in a vastly different country than home when you see a truck with a speaker and a big cage on it full of tan/white plain looking dogs on your way to work. I only see it occasionally as it must be a special. There are dog restaurants and one even has the menu in English on the outside front of the building and this is a small town where hardly anyone knows any English. I just found it odd they'd do that considering none of the other restaurants have Romanized menus.
Barf! Barf! Nasty food. |
A Romanized menu would look something like this
Boshingtang(dog soup) 8000 per bowl won
Chunguel(dog stew) 1500 per person( minimum order two)
Su Yook( Steamed dog) 20,000 per person( minimum order two)
Some of the non dog dishes that appear in dog restaurants
Samguay tang Chicken ginseung soup
Dok torri tang spicy chicken soup |
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Crockpot2001
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