sundaymorningstaple wrote:Actually, I do not have any problem with eating Shark Fin at all. What I have a problem with is the way it is collected. If the whole shark were brought to shore and sold it wouldn't be any different that salmon, tuna, cod or other large pelagic species. But to destroy an animal for what is basically an inedible part of the fish only because it has a auspicious sounding name or some such stupidity only serves to show the world how little regard Asians have for living things in general. Buddhists no less.
But who knows what you order amongst a closed group of friends? Or close relatives. What about those who cook at home? Shark's fin on its own isnt very expensive to begin with, its only when it is processed at restaurants who target the kiasuism attitude that it becomes a status symbol.
Since when did dining out become an penis comparison competition as to who can spend the most?
Certain people may think about showing off, but not all. And to be honest, anyone who think that dropping money at a banquet is going to gain any e-dick points definitely has to compensate for something.
Maybe if it wasnt seen as such a sin to harvest it could be done more ethically.
JR8 wrote:Perhaps you can explain why you eat food that does nothing nutritionally for you, and rapes ecosystems. It's about 'look at me, I'm so rich' ah?
Like a penis-comparison thing that little boys do... 'Ooh look, mine is bigger than yours!'. Just you do it as adults.
This is why I have very few Chinese friends in SG I think. They might be rich, but they still have the philosophy of complete peasants.
ive already mentioned that the texture of shark's fin in the soup is brings me to drink the soup in a previous post, but you were probably too ignorant to read it fully before throwing around more petty insults. it has nothing to do with costs, showing off, silly sounding names that supposedly make me rich.
This is the problem when one tries to restrict its trade. you simply push it underground. because of this poachers need to get what they want and dump it quickly. instead of farming it like a proper fish, which im sure is doable like oysters, tuna, fish, etc.
did we not learn from the banning of caviar, all it did was bring organised crime into smuggling it.
