All meat.
I had an I-don't-wanna-do-a-thing moment roughly 20minutes ago as of this writing, and beckoned by my mum, I went into the room to watch TV. I left the room after 5 minutes.
It was a Channel U show about dogs, and dog lovers. I cannot understand how anyone can have this much affection for any organism in the world. "Ooh, a dog, it's cute, let's bring him back." Very good job, girl, no one gives a shit, now call SPCA and have it culled.
Seriously, why give a shit to dogs? Dog meat should be on the breakfast, and lunch, and dinner menu. There's no difference between dogs and cats and cows and horses and chickens--they're all made of meat, and meat is good. Humans are meat too now that I think about it, and that's probably why I'm interested in eating babies (cooked in laksa...mmm laksa).
We always read about how much of a culinary haven Singapore is, due to it being a melting pot of cultures, and thus, foods. But I've never heard of places selling dog/cat meat, and for argument's sake let's attribute my ignorance to just that--my ignorance. But why aren't such meats widely publicized in Singapore?
Does it have something to do with, I don't know, MORALITY?
But why is it more morally sound to eat beef/chicken/pork, but not when we eat cats/dogs? Just because we see them everyday in our lives and in our neighbourhoods, does not make them less of a food, less of a meat. To deny that would be to deny the reason for their existence. People argue that "Just because you want to eat the burger doesn't mean you want to see the cow", which is probably true. People cannot see past the outside for the insides, and since we're already accustomed to seeing dogs and cats as domesticated pets and friendly neighbourhood animals, we can never look at them in a hungry way.
But not me. I want to find out what dog/cat meat tastes like. There are endangered animals that require protecting, so I'm not that interested in, say, Panda Meat, but dogs and cats are always around, they're everywhere, they probably make good stew. Mmm...
When I discuss my plans with people, they look at me in a disgusted way, thinking that I'm a freak, before taking another bite in their not-so-vegetarian burgers. Hypocrites. I like to think of myself as someone who views Life equally, and since I've eaten beef, I should show the same respect to dogs and cats in the Menu manner too.
The point here is, people always, ALWAYS, places values on lives. Don't bullshit me on this, we aren't born equal and we definitely aren't treated equally. Let me just put things into perspective for the average ignorant person, unaware that he has been discriminating against others on a subconscious manner and vehemently denying all the charges I'm bringing up, here's a clear example on how Humans place value on lives.
When Selina from SHE got burnt in an explosion while filming, it sparked public outrage over the lack of safety precautions in the filming set. There were fans who made so much noise and when they "looked into the matter", one of the causes for the accident was that no stunts man was used.
Excuse me while I shit in my pants. The citation that no stunts man was involved in this scene showed that stunts men, in short, were meat shields. "Oh, she got hurt because there were no stunts men, she shouldn't have had to film this dangerous scene", implying that it is OK for stunts men to get hurt while filming, but not OK for the average idol? Of course, stunts men "know what they are getting themselves into", but shouldn't the focus on this inquiry be on how the filming set should have minimized the probability of the accident occurring, AND NOT ON WHO SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN HURT?
Here are some facts that you people never knew, and could never bother yourselves with: In 2009, 450 Singapore citizens died in work-related accidents.
Oh, no, don't worry about the average Singaporean who might have lost his kin due to work-related accidents, they aren't contributing to Singapore's economy and more importantly, your life, and well to be honest, nothing is more important to you than your Idol from Overseas, she's the one who has a direct positive impact on your life with the cookie-cutter songs she sings with the other 2, while periodically wiping out whatever savings you've made off your parents and saved off recess with stupid money wasting concerts and senseless CDs.
It's OK to remain ignorant and masked of such vital details, what you don't know doesn't affect you, and stunts men getting hurt, injured, killed, doesn't affect you at all. Why let the matter of a few paltry insignificant lives get in your way of enjoying a movie?
It is shocking how people express moral outrage over this whole fiasco. It just shows how they value life differently. People have suffered more debilitating accidents, so what makes these idols so special?
You, you, and you. All of you who have placed the lives of idols on a pedestal have effectively made them special, made them feel self-important, made them detached from reality.
I'm really fine with the sympathy she's getting. I just have a beef with the suggestion that stunts men should have been involved instead. It's not like stunts men don't have families to feed, and I'm glad that Selina got hit instead of any random stunts man--at least she's getting the best medical treatment, a luxury not available to the average stunts man.
In short, she possibly saved a life, and accumulated good kharma. Be happy for her, idiots.
So...bottom-line is, we all value lives of others differently. Even on a daily basis, we're all prioritizing even our own friends. Let's not try to emulate all the selfless people, we can't.
And I still want to try all kinds of meat.
-- 11/21/2010 09:18:00 PM
