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Sharks may attack us humans, especially during slow news summers, but does that make it okay for us to slaughter them? Many chefs don't dare serve up shark fin soup due to its controversial nature, but Animal Tourism says there are plenty of places in the city with the dish—considered a delicacy in Chinese cuisine— on their menus.
First off, sharks only kill around 10 people every year in comparison to the 100 million sharks we kill. CNN reported in the past that "the fate of the shark is grim. Increasing public awareness of the shark's role in the marine ecosystem and the rapid rate of extinction because of the demand for shark fin soup may be the best hope for the shark, which has inhabited the planet for 400 million years." In fact, some shark species have depleted by 80% in the past couple of decades (including hammerheads and great whites).
The act of finning is cruel—the fins are chopped off from live sharks, who are then tossed back into the water to die—yet there are still at least 56 restaurants in the city serving up shark fin soup (and even 3 vegetarian ones with mock fin!), according to Animal Tourism's online research. They say "the biggest hunk—20—are in Chinatown. But they're all over the city, not just in restaurants only frequented by Chinese diners. Shanghai, near Macy's, serves five versions ranging from $33-$41. The Upper East Side's Our Place has a bowl for $12. In Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, East Harbor Seafood Palace features a whole shark-fin soup category on its menu, with options from $55-$75." Recently, renowned chef Alice Waters had to revisit her love of shark fin soup, after catching some flak.
After the jump, National Geographic takes a look at finning, and it's even further explored in the documentary Sharkwater.
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this is a hideous practice and a disgusting soup.
Our Place Cuisines of China
1444 3rd Ave
New York City, NY 10028
Tel: (212) 288-4888
Horrible place.
Chef Alice Waters is such a liar, she knew of the practices but apologized after the backlash.
Chinese people eat and use as aphrodisiacs a lot of freaky stuff and probably single handed are responsible for a lot of exotic animals being decimated.
lol, yes...those rascally chinese. non-chinese are of course incapable of such things. ignore that elephant foot table in the corner...
I agree that the Chinese too often irrationally associate exotic animals with medicinal miracles. On the other hand, western countries tend to just kill animals for entertainment, for fashion, and for decorative purposes.
That's a horrid photo. I've had this soup before, and I remember it to be good, but not worth it. If you want exotic asian soups, go with the bird's nest soup, made from the saliva of cave swifts.
Shark fin soup is erroneously considered an aphrodisiac and good for your health. Ironically, due to the incredibly high levels of mercury, it causes sterility in men and is dangerous for pregnant women as well as children.
Damn Chinese and their traditions.
You're so damn right. No wonder China's depleted of people. It's like a ghost town when you get there and the kids are some of dumbest especially when they get here. They score the lowest in every racial groups and they gang banging ways ain't helping much either.
Actually, the Jewish people tend to be the smartest not the Asians.
Actually they are not.
in chinese culture the man inherits everything so most families want boys. people keep having kids to get more sons. china is socially backwards compared to the western world. they are 50 years behind us from a western perspective using western measurements
Tell me again why is it we're in a recession and why banks, Fortune 500 companies need bail outs? And then tell me who's buying out debt. Yea we're brilliant just fucking brilliant. I just hope our brilliance won't be the end of us.
i thought this story was about slicing off a tiny part of the shark and dumping the rest to certain death all for a small bowl of soup. that certainly is not backward.
Are you blaming the financial market collapse on Jewish people? I don't understand your response?
Maybe I shouldn't have say Jewish people are smart since stupid people think it it racist remark. But Asians engage in sex trafficking and their culture is not advance. Your response was to your stereotypes of Asians which are incorrect. Look at the list of countries by literacy rate and china ranks at 85 while Cuba a large number of eastern europe ranks in the top ten.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_literacy_rate
I love when you post links that make you look like a dumb shit dicknose.
US has 99% literacy. China has 90% literacy.
This means that 1.12 BILLION chinese people can read, and 304 Million Americans can read.
Israel's Population is 7.34 million or .001% of the world population. (97% literate) To say that they are the smartest people is simply ignorant and insulting to statistics.
Furthermore, you write that Chinese are a dumb race because of trafficking. Below are some links to Israel's human, sex and organ trafficking problems. Continue... we're all listening (kinda)
http://twurl.cc/1hqn (yes these are links)
http://twurl.cc/1hqj (i know how they're your fav)
http://twurl.cc/1hql (signed,)
ttp://twurl.cc/1hqm (valeriob)
Would someone home schooled Valeriob and explain the rank is from highest to lowest?
"would someone home schooled"??
Use your words.
let me explain it as simple as possible. 99% > 90%
OMG. As a Jew can I please ask you Felix to SHUT THE FUCK UP!
Ok JenChungbra proved me wrong. if he is a Jews then they are dumb as fucks.
Billions > Millions
It's like Millions but with a B and three extra Zeros.
felixthecat2, when did literacy rate determine the intelligence of an entire ethnic group? Have you considered maybe some countries are too poor to provide adequate education to everyone or some families are too poor to allow their kids to go to school?
BTW here are this year's results of the International Math Olympiad. 4 backward Asian countries are in the top 5:
http://imo-official.org/year_country_r.aspx?year=2009
AGAIN, i retract my remark about the Jewish people. JenChungBra proved me wrong. He is dumb and a Jew. I responded incorrectly in respond to counter that Asians are the smartest.
Yes. Absolutely. So you'll stop talking about Jews now, right? Thanks.
I don't mean to drag on, but my favorite part is that no one ever said anything about Asians being the smartest.
I am surprised USA is among the top 10.
We need legislation because some people don't CARE. However with Christine Quinn, there is no environmental and/or animal protection laws. She won't permit any bill to be heard. This is why if Quinn wins her illegal 3rd term then all the other species as well as us are doomed.
http://www.nylhv.org/endorsements.php
Seriously? Christine Quinn again? Did she give birth to Robert Moses too? Do you have a link for that?
Learn some facts because again you are WRONG. Quinn won't permit legislation because she hates animals. It is well-known in chelsea.
I didn't know who Rober Moses was until I read this article last week. How funny that you bought his name up.
http://queenscrap.blogspot.com/2009/08/second-coming-of-robert-moses.html
You lived in NYC for how long and just found out who Robert Moses was, and you're telling me to learn some facts?
"Those who don't know the past are doomed to repeat it"...except those like you who are so oblivious they live in a totally different reality, I guess.
He is before my time.
He is before my time but I know about current local city official and their voting record. Majority of New Yorkers don't know their city council member and not know how they voted on relevant issues.
Christine Quinn is not killing sharks. The Chinese are.
You can send your ideas for animal protection in an envelope labeled "CHINA". It will get there, don't worry.
'all other species considered doomed if she wins' ?
I'm just not sure about that.
Thanks.
asshole, learn to read. LEGISLATION CAN STOP THE SALE IN NYC. why are you so obsessed with me? pathetic.
You obviously don't give a shit about sharks. I hope one eats you on your couch.
valeriob and felixthecat2 should get their own TV show.
Actually, I ignore him now but it is pathetic how he can't stop replying to me and his obsession with me.
One of these days, FTC2. Bing bang boom!
I show mock horror for mock shark fin soup
I had it at a wedding reception in Queens (the couple is Chinese)... I am a soup fan, but I thought it was rather gross and certainly not worth $12-75 a bowl.
wouldn't viagra and cialis render this shit useless?
shark fin soup is actually pretty tasty, had it when i was in asia, didn't know shark fin is harvested this way though.
also, many places in new york that claim to have authentic shark fin soup actually don't use real shark fin.
It only taste good for nasty people as you.
what a great argument.
Chortik you are a meanie and a doody head!
pretty sure felix is a racist autistic kid who has all day to troll gothamist in the waning hope that somebody might care
"Actually, the Jewish people tend to be the smartest not the Asians"
thanks for the eugenics, you utter clown
Most of the noble price winners are Jewish descent. why don't your dumb ass refute facts instead of personal attacks. And don't make fun of autistic kids. Idiot.
Yea i have like 7 noble price awards. i keep them in my dishwasher because i dont really use it. actually i used it twice but it just doesn't get things as clean as i'd like. but it keeps things protected from rodents. also, its great storage.
valeriob +300
NoBEL prize. Sheesh.
Actually, I think the percentage of Nobel winners who are Jewish hovers somewhere from 15 to 20 percent. Remarkable to be sure, but far from most. Now as a Jew I beg you to PLEASE SHUT THE FUCK UP!
The National Marine Fisheries Service does prohibit finning.
The fines are substantial and will ruin any legal fishing vessel suspected of doing it. Further, shark season in the United States is heavily regulated and monitored and doesn't last more than a few weeks.Don't but they don't stop the Sale in US and that is why we need legislation to ban the sale in NYC and in the rest of the country.
Noble price winners are Jewish descent? That am make sense.
Anyway:
Also, I'm not sure how the Nobel prize statistic proves anything substantive about intelligence.
Further, I'm sure most thinking people would appreciate the horrific irony of someone asserting that one group of people is this super-intelligent master race (especially on the behalf of -Jews-, considering what that kind of thinking can produce).
What your assertion DOES prove is that whenever anyone writes anything tangentially related to the harm of animals, what you will do is write idiotic racist screeds attacking that person/group/etc in every way your addled brain can manage to piece together. Chinese! Bad! Cat!
you're either really stupid or a terrible troll, either/or
Numbers are not his/her forte.
Some people have trouble understanding concepts like percentages.
ASSHOLE, i never said Jewish people were superior master race. Attribute your nazi comment to someone else. I never said Chinese are bad. I said this act was bad. You are stupid since you can't even read my comments. READING COMPREHENSION. And you are definitely not Jewish.
Explain how saying one entire race is smarter than another, or perhaps, out of them all (you said smarTEST), is not racist
"Actually, the Jewish people tend to be the smartest not the Asians"
Your words. They stand on their own.
Fine, the Jewish people are not the smartest, ok are you happy now???? The point was that the ASIANS are not the smartest and are socially backwards. Forget the Jewish people. I am SORRY THAT I SAID THEY WERE SMART. Damn, why you hate Jewish people?
I'm sorry you misunderstood everything.
Please learn your maths.
Felix, if you follow these simple rules I think you can avoid coming off like a complete and utter fool on a daily basis:
1) Remove head from sphincter.
2) Remove foot from mouth.
3) Type.
If at once you don't succeed, try and try again!
juvenile, I hope you aren't a dude. that is pathetic
...sooo if I weren't a guy I wouldn't be pathetic? Or would you just release a tirade of misogynistic insults on me?
Here's the thing: I, unlike you, am prepared to argue with logic and facts to support animal rights, environmentalism, and against over-fishing, depleting of our natural resources and the exploitation of livestock through industrialized farming techniques.
You, on the other hand, come off as being flat out, bat-shit, crazy due to your incoherent, juvenile "arguments".
Now run along, you maniac, I think your boss is looking over your shoulder.
Prepared, You never state facts only lame jokes so move on now.
"Prepared, You never state facts only lame jokes so move on now."
Ah yes, because arguing on Gothamist's comments sections is an effective and ideal place to inform people of the dangers of the depleting fish stocks. [Insert giant eye roll here]
I still suspect you're a brilliant troll, but won't rule out the fact they you might also be completely insane. Either way, I've had my fill of FTC2 insanity for one day.
It is a venue Einstein.
"ASSHOLE, i never said Jewish people were superior master race. Attribute your nazi comment to someone else."
I don't care who you are, that is comedy gold right there.
I try my best to please the masses.
NoBEL!
NOBLE PRICE!
@ felixthecat2, @valeriob
i'm an avid eater of bleeding things. that doesn't mean that i don't care about the environmental impact (no, i'm not going veg to save the whales). your name-calling only weakens the argument.
you also missed my point about the substitute shark-fin being used instead of the real thing to save money for the restaurant and rip off the customer.
I was actually replying to FTC2's comment (it's the reply button, the one that says "REPLY" followed by "THE DATE AND TIME HERE", right underneath the last line of the person's comment you wish to reply to.
I was making fun of his/her childish reaction to your comment and inconclusive accusation that you are a nasty person because you eat shark fin soup.
No because you have made many nasty remarks in the past in regard to foie gras, so I know you don't care about the suffering of the geese much less these poor sharks.
@felixthecat2, good memory re ducks. i am however certainly against over-fishing and pay attention to the fish i consume.
look on the bright side, mercury poisoning will kill me soon so you won't have to worry about me eating the various critters.
its not his f'n memory, he pulls up your comment history and finds a comment that he can use against you and repeats it 20 times over for no reason.
http://gothamist.com/profile/chortik
nah, he strikes me as a kind of person who has a personal database of offenders of his ideals.
if shark fin harvesting offends you, try bird's nest soup. no, really, look it up.
What offends me is people like you that makes pollutes this society with your perversions.
What offends me is people like you that pollutes this society with your perversions.
What offends me is your goddamn grammar and spelling.
http://www.geosnyc.com/
don't give a damn about what white people think. and i hope the japanese hunt more whale meat and shoot the idiots on that ship.
So I don't get it -- why throw the rest of the shark back? I want to eat that, too.
i don't really get that either.
I was going to ask the same thing.
Pretty sure most of the shark, being cartilage, isn't edible. Also, it's a lot more profitable to fill the ship's hold with, say, 10,000 shark fins, than, say 100 sharks.
Sharks are meaty and delicious, and (non-fin) shark meat is always available at Asian seafood centers. And I doubt they can catch 10,000 at a time.
If I was a Vietnamese or Chinese fisherman and I caught a freakin' shark, I sure as fuck wouldn't cut the fin off and throw the rest back. I'd eat and live pretty good off of it.
The whole thing smells fishy to me.
btw should hindus protest and make out how disgusting americans for their love of beef?
'They say "the biggest hunk—20—are in Chinatown."'
this is a shocker?
Chinatown serves up anything without regard as to if it is endangered or illegal. it's sooooo gross down there and smells like sh*t on a hot day, or any day for that matter.
perhaps they should consider not selling this crap so it'll save endangered animals and also lessen the smell of that area!
i don't think endangered meat smells any different than farmed meat.
Endangered meat just tastes better.
I see you are back again, I will continue sending emails and making calls TO THE MTA on your worker comp fraud. I can't wait till you are finally caught and your free ride on my taxes is ended.
Nobody cares. I am enjoying your taxes but my moving business is going great. I charge clients 30 bucks a hour per man but I pay the actual workers 7 a hour because they are illegals. If they complain I threaten the INS. There is no better feeling than making bank while doing nothing.
So it makes all sense, People who have no compassion for other species don't have compassion at all. Here you are exploiting the Worker Compensation system and Exploiting Illegals. No surprise at all.
it doesn't, but I still say Chinatown is gross!
eh, you have to a little adventurous to expand your palate
yeah, I know but it's somewhat limited by what I like and what I don't eat.
No meat and fried foods.
though goodness knows I miss the deep-fried advantage!
Valeriob is a hanger-on. I'm leaving this site again.
Please don't come back.
Hi Felix, switch user names, you have some answering to do!
I am not Apathy but it is FREAKY HOW VALERIOB FOLLOW me like a pathetic fool. He is my little PAWN. Tragic
i have strange craving for shark fin, might be hitting china town for it.
I hope you choke on it. Go for it.
Disturbing how a post about soup stirs up the xenophobia in the comments section...
It is official, VALERIOB is in love with me. DAMN that is FREAKY
Do you like fish sticks?
FTC2- I'm a vegan too. You don't hear me throwing it in everyone's face and telling them how horrible they are.
You're doing a disservice to people with similar interests/ideals. There are obviously people in this community who have different views- many are valid and expressed MUCH more coherently than yours.
I'm sure I wasn't the only person who clicked on this link expecting to find the now typical banter between you and your nemesis(es).
You should try meditation. It might mellow you out. You can't change everyone...
But in the meantime- how about starting small and cutting out the name-calling?
Did I say here that I am Vegan??? and I can't help it if I have the same animal abuser supporters tailing me as always. I don't give a fuck about Dead himller who frauds the MTA or about Valeriob who tails me like a teenage girl. Those people will never change and so FUCK THEM HARD
Yes, you say it all the time actually. You say it like anyone who isn't vegan is an evil animal abuser.
You said it here here here here and here.
http://twurl.cc/1hqw
http://twurl.cc/1hqx
http://twurl.cc/1hqy
http://twurl.cc/1hqz
http://twurl.cc/1hr1
ever thought about not imposing your views on others? very simple thought. there is no absolutes in the world.
people enjoy different things let people live their life.
It is the people that torture and kill these sharks that are imposing their stupid beliefs and do harm on other species.
Sickening how a story featuring the grim practice of mutilating sharks for soup is used by opportunist commenters to advance their asinine beliefs.
its nature, its eaten or be eaten, dont go against evolution. the shark wouldn't think twice about eating you LOL.
Sharks only kill 10 people a year. Sharks killed by people in 2007: 100,000,000
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PV03epkNh-M
pics or it didn't happen.
there is alot of echo but seems nobody can hear.
how bout those innocent seals or fish those sharks eat all the time!!! omg they kill them for their meat!!!
the sharks are eating but they are not mass slaughtering a specie for soup. If you can't see this difference then you are beyond reach.
96 comments, what a joke and most of them are from Valeriob tailing me like a girl with a major crush.
the immediate solution is boycott restaurants that sell shark fin soup. Legislation would be ideal except Christine Quinn will block it as she blocked all the other bills.
tits or go home
you guys remind me of the anti pot people, because you don't like it don't impose your wills on others.
what does pot have to do with cutting a shark's fin? If you smoke pot then you do it to yourself. and i personally don't think pot is harmful. In this case, they are torturing and slaughtering sharks. Apples and Oranges.
What does pot have to do with cutting a sharks fin?
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/08/wildfire-marijuana-farm-california.php
How many animals were killed in those 75,000 burning acres? Marijuana farmers are the real animal slaughterers, and those that even half-pays attention to the news and still smokes is complicit in this treachery against woodland wildlife.
Good point. Just ignore Felix he has no dignity left.
Copy and paste, submit. Read response. Troll internet for useless links to support idiotic ideas. Copy and paste, submit. Read response. Troll internet for useless links to support idiotic ideas. Curse at responses. Copy and paste. Get kicked out of library for cursing at monitor...
You never have anything good or interesting to say.
Can't believe I agree with the Dead Himmler. It means it time for me to call it a day
no apples to oranges. you are imposing your views on other peoples life style.
its like smoking pot, some folks do it others dont. sharks are a resource just like pot. you think a leaf isn't alive??? hell when you breath in you swallow live microbes!!! some people choose to smoke pot or eat shark fin.
If you think a shark- a specie is the same as pot which doesn't possess a nervous system then perhaps you are smoking too much pot. Perhaps someone can decide to kill you for their own pleasure, what is the difference then?
i think after reading all these responses i have a taste for exotic species thats about to go extinct.
Why don't you invite Ghetto Michael Vick to join you? You try to justify your cruelty with nonsense. A Shark is comparable with a leaf?? that is pure stupidity and why don't you invite Dead Himmler who is sitting his lazy MTA butt on worker comp why I have to support him. Anyhow i actually have to head home now. LOL. Call me whatever but I completed my tasks. Don't miss me too much
Eating shark fin is as american as apple pie.
If you don't eat shark fin, the MTA/terrorists/valeriob will win.
with finite resources and why don't you get your tubes tie such hatred for rest of humanity. there is way too many humans on this world.
(too many hungry humans)
thanks for proving me right about cruelty and ignorance are partners in crime.
Felix, you really need to learn how to spell and use proper grammar if you are going to continue to take the moral high road on everything. I'm no vegan yet shark finning disturbs me, mostly because all species of shark will be extinct in no time. Sharks do not reproduce rapidly like other fish and the human race is taking them for granted based on the fact that they've been around for 100 million years. That said..
(1) I bet you didn't know these things because you are just an offensive blowhard with very little taste for facts.
(2) You're worse than an eco-terrorist. You most likely encourage people to engage in dangerous and destructive behaviors because giving someone like you the satisfaction of having a point is difficult to do. I'd bet a lot of people plan their days around what they can do to spite you.
(3) Noble pricing is great at bodegas, I love it when they don't rip me off.
(4) As a Jew, I really don't want you talking up my people (see #2)
*Valeriob, great reference with the fish sticks*
Get a man to holler at because your points are null. Yes i mistype a lot Big deal.. It happens when you are multi-tasking on the phone or on another screen. I don' give a damn if you are a Jew, And if people plan they days around me then who really are the losers.
I want you and everyone else here to know that I frequently submit your comments (the cleaner ones) to a teacher friend of mine whose students dissect and correct your grammar/spelling.
I am not kidding either. Couldn't make this stuff up if I tried.
if is ironic if my points are irrelevant then why all the responses? I will now ignore you since you are a nag.
ESL courses are available throughout the tri state area. Respond now! Operators are standing by...
How dumb is 'fuck'? Where does it fall on the scale of most intelligent countries?
Please post link to how dumb 'fuck' actually is.
Morrissey - The more you ignore me, the closer i get
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nAMFWDuDEI.
Wow, I though my powers only work on women but it seem work more on men. the more I ignore Whitecastle and Valeriob, the more they post . Gothamist should pay me. Time for my dance.
"The URL contained a malformed video ID."
Kinda of like you when you were a fetus.
LMFAO, you just made my night.
get back to the glory holes assfucker-leave my name out of your self indulgent rants...
YES, got the 2 bites. I RULE BITCHES!!!!
Bite this you fucking turd burglar. I am going to eat some foie gras tonight with my boy Michael Vick. Are you getting engorged in all the right places now? Good. Now go fuck yourself
I told my broker to sell if this thread hits 150.
it will hit 150 easy. with trolls abound it will attract sharks to the blood.
SOLD AT 150. MARKET CLOSED.
I am very confused by the comments.
it was enjoyable to have my trolls drooling but it is quite sad that this important story was shadowed by one particular stalker-Valeriob. I think it is FREAKY and PATHETIC that Valeriob stalks me even when I ignore all his comments. What a loser.
while you were writing this I was busy looking for a restaurant that sells shark fin soup. I found one. It was delicious. Thank you for forcing a 200% increase in shark fin soup sales.
You will always be my biggest fan, considering you've mentioned my name dozens of times in this one post.
i
"Fine, the Jewish people are not the smartest, ok are you happy now???? The point was that the ASIANS are not the smartest and are socially backwards. Forget the Jewish people. I am SORRY THAT I SAID THEY WERE SMART. Damn, why you hate Jewish people?"
1. China = ALL OF ASIA? Thanks for shoring up your claim about not being a racist, with, wait for it, being a racist.
Seriously, how old are you?
Socially backwards relative to idiotic kitten-obsessed internet trolls who thinks poorly thought out racist invective will get people to give a fuck about sharks? Surely you can find another way to get people interested in animal rights without appearing like an utter loon
2. Did I ever say anything deriding Jewish people? I said it was plainly racist to say X group is smarter/better than EVERY OTHER ONE, and yet you just spout off some half-baked nonsense.
Frankly it's best just to give Felix a link to some story about a kitten being eaten alive and then he can comment about it in the vain hope that someone out there might give a shit about his extreme, racist political views
wtf?? it is not racist to say a group of people are smarter. it is racist to say it is based on genetics and not on societal elements. Also I never said China is all of Asia but Chinese are Asians but not all Asians are Chinese. Simple LSAT logic. Anyhow, read the link because you are tiresome now. I already retracted my remark since JCBra is Jewish and Dumb and prove my premise wrong. Can you move on now? Life is calling.
http://www.neoeugenics.net/lev.htm
Paterson wants his race card back. Everything said is now racists. LAME
dis fer u
http://twurl.cc/1i17
trolls trolling trolls trolling trolls who are unaware that they are trolling trolls who think they can't be trolled.
Troll fail
Oh the irony is so delightful.
Do you even work? You are always on this site. If you even have a boss they should fire right now for being lazy and not working enough.
I start work at 6am since London is 5 hours ahead. Today was crazy news day. I didn't make any bogus worker comp claim as you so I have to work everyday.
THAT IS NOT AN EXAMPLE OF IRONY.
BUT the irony! it's delicious! I LOVE THE IRONY nomnomnom
FTC2 is obviously an idiot with good intentions, but a monster force of douchebaggery nonetheless. The diet of a country/society has very little to do with intelligence, race, or the level of sophistication in that society...like someone else said, what do you think Hindus think about the fact that we eat 25 million cattle in the US every year (some numbers, just for you! http://www.aphis.usda.gov/vs/ceah/cei/bi/emergingmarketcondition_files/1beefcat.pdf , top of page 13!)
It's not the fact that sharks are hunted that is bad, it's that they are overfished and much of it is wasted, which has less to do with chinese culture than with the practices of fisherman of any color.
I call the next Noble Price! It's mine!
+18 for valeriob
Your the idiot since you don't understand ignorance and cruelty go hand in hand.
So let me get this straight. I say a couple bad things about Jen Chung's proofreading (which she even admits is not her strongest skill!) and get banned, and yet this Felixthecat2 idiot posts 30+ posts a day of utter nonsense and it's AOK?
Please see link below for your answer.
http://gothamistllc.com/mediakit/specs_rates.php
I dunno man Felix totally linked me to some tinfoil hat racist conspiracy nonsense and now he's the one accusing us of having no life while he just posts endlessly
Better can the Nobble Prise Comiteetee, it am won!
wtf?? it is not racist to say a group of people are smarter. it is racist to say it is based on genetics and not on societal elements. Also I never said China is all of Asia but Chinese are Asians but not all Asians are Chinese. Simple LSAT logic. Anyhow, read the link because you are tiresome now. I already retracted my remark since JCBra is Jewish and Dumb and prove my premise wrong. Can you move on now? Life is calling.
http://www.neoeugenics.net/lev.htm
You wrote this exact thing on (150) here:
http://gothamist.com/2009/08/24/shark_fin_soup.php#comment-2320159
You wrote this exact thing on (150) and (163) here:
http://gothamist.com/2009/08/24/shark_fin_soup.php#comment-2320159
and here:
http://gothamist.com/2009/08/24/shark_fin_soup.php#comment-2320350
Right now in Chinatown, members of the alleged puppy kicking band Surefire are polishing off their bowls of hot, silky shark fin soup. Discuss.
sounds delicious, i'll bring the doggy snacks. I wonder if they like their puppy bbq or fried.
what an incredible reunion of beligerant asholes that find in this soup a perfect excuse for egomanical expression. This sopu makes your ass bigger and your brain smaller, but who cares if allows the beligerant asholes to make a point: ï beligerant ashole wipe my ass with all creatures, for, I can!
smart!
Shark fin soup served with Foie Gras and Baby Seal meat make for an EXCELLENT dish.
I'm so glad I didn't post in this thread. ... oh wait... D'OH!
It would appear to be a very brutal practice. But, how is it any different from dangling a metal hook in the water, getting a fish caught with its mouth on it, and yanking it out of the water, tossing it on a heap, then finally butchering it with a cleaver. And no critic here has ever had a piece of fish fillet?
And easterners and westerners have different, even diametrically opposed, value systems. Westerners treat animals like people. Easterners treat animals like animals. If you can kill and eat one type, why not another? Because it's cute and cuddly?