Poland..wake up to a multicultural world

Romans used to eat mice.


Taliban used to dig holes in the center of stadiums to put people in so they could stone them to death. Chinese put bodies of dead prisoners on display in US cities, to show off different organ systems inside the human body. They said they agreed to donate their bodies to science before they were executed.

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It was the idea of a German but perfected in China...who exported it and made boatloads of money...

That's right. Ostrich too and thrushes I believe. I meant to write 'different cultures eat different meats'. Same thing almost. I'm sure there are cultures out there that think the west is disgusting for eating cows and pigs.

The west regards the eating of dog, cat or horse in the east as exotic but it's not really, it's just natural there. As natural as eating cow, pig, lamb, chicken in the west.

Didn't the Romans used to eat Peacocks too?

I heard about that, HB. There's plenty of material available on Afghanistan on Youtube. The reporter wasn't allowed into the stadium but a young boy told him what they were doing.

There's also plenty of the repair work that troops are doing, winning the hearts and minds of local Afghans.

Yes and parrots and flamingos...and actually cows udders were a bit of a delicacy for them as well. I think they stuffed the udders with something but not sure what. Whatever it is, I would imagine that somewhere in the world, all these things are still eaten at some point, even if only by a small minority.

I don't know.

They had food from the places they conquered, like Egypt. They also imported animals for their circuses from these locales too. They must have been attracted to flamboyant birds adorned with ornate, colorful feathers. Seems like a Flamingo would be a skimpy meal, tho.

Yes, generally these things were part of a more elaborate menu though. It may have been a second or third course.


That's true. They picked up local delicacies as they went along. So I suppose they were multicultural in a way.

Om gosh the Romans were the most multicultural of all!!! They were truly so. Only problem was, they had too many slaves and not enough citizens. By today's standards, they would be judged as oppressive slave owners.

Have you eaten a dog? Russians are in the East and they don't eat dogs and they've had their share of hungry times. I'll ask Sasha but I doubt they do.

I don't think they do, Wahldo. I remember a case last year where a man killed his best friend for trying to eat his dog. This was in Russia.

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Exactly, what kind of idiot would do that?

There ya' go. The cebaka is sacred with those guys. I don't think you can justify eating a dog unless you're starving, like they had to in the Yukon back in the day.

That’s exactly right. And then you good folks will be accused of being insensitive to the immigrant culture.
Heck, in some primitive places they still eat people. Will we civilized folks also be expected to accommodate this “cultural” relic?
“Hey, so what if they eat people. Show some tolerance for cultural diversity! What are you, insensitive?” Crap.
This is the sort of thing everyone will have to “wake up to” with all that multiculturalling going on.

I agree, Randal. Peaceful coexistence until you cross that line of decency and into my domain. This is idealistic PC BS that we could do without. I rue the day when dog hits menus here. The Poles have too much love for their pets to stoop that low.

They were certainly willing to try out foods from other cultures, that's for sure.


I haven't personally eaten dog but there are a lot of world dishes I haven't tried. Maybe Sasha has/hasn't eaten dog, I don't know. Regardless of whether he has or hasn't it doesn't reflect the whole of Russia though, does it? There will be parts of Russia where dog is/was eaten.


Indeed in some tribes they do eat each other. Just because I learn and know about a thing does not mean I condone it or have to accept it. I am simply learning/have learned about other cultures in the world past and present.


Who said it will? It most likely will NEVER make any western menu. That doesn't mean that it isn't eaten in other cultures.

It’s coming, buddy.

Not all cultures are created equal. Some folks seem to think decency is subjective. It shouldn’t be. The host culture should serve as the guiding norm.

“You want to eat dogs and cats? Well then go to where they do that. Don’t bring that crap here where we don’t.”

And I’ll gladly take the “insensitive” tag.

Seanus, I doubt you have anything to worry about. People in US or Europe most likely will never approve of the consumption of either dogs or cats.


I read they prepared food in ways that are very different from what most of us are used to.


Some people think eating animals's just as bad.

Cool Moon, I rue the day doesn't mean it's a realistic prospect :)

Randal, right on! It's like Sharia Law in the UK. We were good enough to grant Muslims freedom of religion but we don't practise extended courtesy. We have our boundaries.

Some forces are determined to trample all such boundaries as they coerce all this multiculturalism on us. We're just seeing the begining of it.

Just wait until Penguin hits the menus :S

Who or what did you have in mind, which forces? America has always been fairly multicultural anyway. What foreign cultures would you object to, Randal?

HB, I know and God Bless for that.

What forces? Well, who is pushing all this multiculturalism on us? The One Worlders and PCers and the like. Also less evolved cultures that stand to benefit the most from mingling of cultures, and the PCers who enable them. You better believe that if you were to experience significant concentrations of immigrants that this will be followed by demands to accommodate the cultural traits they’ll bring with them. You’re seeing the start of it with the Sharia Law BS.

Didn’t we talk about all this before, this unholy mixing of divergent cultures?

I don't have a problem with multiculturalism myself. That doesn't worry me since America has always been multicultural. It's the American way because we have so many who are here because their grandparents or someone further generations back moved here from elsewhere. What concerns me more than immigration is imperialism.

Randal,

what is all your PC nonsense? I am partly talking about ancient history and partly talking about cultures in the world of today. A lot of what happens in other cultures comes from ancient history, particularly in rural areas. Take a bigger look at the world, travel. If you can't travel then read, read more than wiki. Talk to people who have traveled. Study things.

Goway.

Cultures just won't mingle and merge, Randal. This is what makes us different. Look at the EU, a broad spectrum of cultures yet semi-cohesive governance in many areas. Peaceful coexistence is the way forward.

Personally, I think the world would be a better place if everyone just stayed with their own kind and only go visit other cultures, then return home. This would make for less mixing and less conflict and less PC leveraging.

how boring...