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Kiwi Tart
Joined: 17 Jul 2006
Location: Seoul
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 Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 4:33 pm Post subject: Why were they protesting US Beef? FMD is in Korean cows. |
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"2nd hoof-and-mouth disease outbreak found north of Seoul "
http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2915350
The cows were from a native stock. Apparently there are 15-16 cases reported a year from Korean farms since 2000
Why were they protesting US beef then? I thought they were protesting the mad-cow disease, but it doesn't make any sense to protest beef from another country if it's also a problem with their own cattle stock. Am I missing something? |
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blackjack
Joined: 04 Jan 2006
Location: anyang
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| Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 5:00 pm Post subject: |
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| mad cow is not foot and mouth |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 6:03 pm Post subject: |
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| blackjack wrote: |
| mad cow is not foot and mouth |
not even close
it's like comparing lung cancer to skin cancer: one is often deadly the other is rarely if ever so |
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Kiwi Tart
Joined: 17 Jul 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 7:05 pm Post subject: |
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| Ah thanks. Now I feel dumb. I thought the name changed depending on who had it - cattle or humans. |
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blackjack
Joined: 04 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 7:13 pm Post subject: |
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| Kiwi Tart wrote: |
| Ah thanks. Now I feel dumb. I thought the name changed depending on who had it - cattle or humans. |
While they are very different if either were found and spread in NZ we would quickly become a third world country |
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ED209
Joined: 17 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 8:35 pm Post subject: |
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| It's not much concern for human health, unless you work close with cattle. But it would be devastating to farmers if we see here what happened in the UK a few years ago. Then, a foot and mouth outbreak lead to the slaughter of 10million cattle, sheep and pigs to prevent the spread. They actually had to call in the army to help out. Pretty much all you need is one case for the entire farm and surrounding area to be loaded into a furnace. |
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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| Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 8:48 pm Post subject: |
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| Koreans aren't protesting US Beef now.....that was so 2009.....now they're stuffing their faces gleefully with US beef which is half the price of Korean beef.....as long as they get in the comment between mouthfuls that Korean beef tastes better then their conscious won't bother them. |
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hellofaniceguy
Joined: 10 Jan 2003
Location: On your computer screen!
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| Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 11:38 pm Post subject: |
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I have eaten U.S. beef, NZ beef, Canadian, Aussie and I do not care what anyone says; korean beef tastes' terrible. I have been to korean cattle "ranches" where some have had 300 head of cattle and some 50 head of cattle...cattle have been feed scrapes from the local restaurants in the area along with hay, corn, etc... I have seen it with my own eyes, big azz bongo trucks backing up to the fence and dumping the dump truck full of food scrape onto the ground!
I will never ever knowingly buy korean beef and most korean products for that matter. If it don't say Aussie/NZ/U.S. etc beef, it ain't going in this body! |
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BoholDiver
Joined: 03 Oct 2009
Location: Canada
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| Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2010 4:52 am Post subject: |
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| I've been saying that for years, but I got called racist among other things. |
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Konglishman
Joined: 14 Sep 2007
Location: Nanjing
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| Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2010 11:22 am Post subject: |
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| eamo wrote: |
| Koreans aren't protesting US Beef now.....that was so 2009.....now they're stuffing their faces gleefully with US beef which is half the price of Korean beef.....as long as they get in the comment between mouthfuls that Korean beef tastes better then their conscious won't bother them. |
I seem to recall that the bulk of the mad cow protests were taking place in 2008. |
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
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| Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2010 4:46 pm Post subject: |
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| Konglishman wrote: |
| eamo wrote: |
| Koreans aren't protesting US Beef now.....that was so 2009.....now they're stuffing their faces gleefully with US beef which is half the price of Korean beef.....as long as they get in the comment between mouthfuls that Korean beef tastes better then their conscious won't bother them. |
I seem to recall that the bulk of the mad cow protests were taking place in 2008. |
Oh yeah. The change to 2010 mixed me up. |
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