your belief that dogs are qualitatively different...

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Max Read

07/23/14 01:53PM

...from the animals you do eat is culturally specific. this is like basic dorm-room relativism stuff! the media-twitter meta-cavailing about this

We euthanize 1.2M dogs a year. It's tough to hear, but @jdsutter asks: Would eating them be so different? http://t.co/4pDgKh9Ovz @CNNOpinion
— CNN (@CNN) July 23, 2014

is very short-sighted and dumb!

Max Read Max Read 07/23/14 01:55PM

or maybe I am just annoyed of the way "provocative" stories like this tend to be greeted with like "cnn is trolling!" "*grabs popcorn*" "does this even exist?"

Choire Max Read 07/23/14 02:59PM

What if... let's go eat a dog. We can't do it in New York state, but we can cross state lines and do it. In fact, J. S. Foer already suggested we do this.

Max Read Choire 07/23/14 03:03PM

Are you asking me out on a date?! (if so: Yes.)

Tom Scocca Max Read 07/23/14 02:09PM

why is this news

J.K. Trotter Tom Scocca 07/23/14 03:06PM

Perhaps we should stop worrying about "diversity" and simply hire those that are best for the job