At 2:00 AM -0700 5/3/05, Amlan Saha wrote:
And so? Your point being? I have been to most of the places
mentioned in your links and have tried the local delicacies.
They taste nice (some make for healthier food than most
Indian food anyway) and you should think of trying them too.

But that was not my point. It seemed, at least from your
writings, that you tended to espouse that Hinduism was
superior to other religions and cultures. I just wanted to
tell you that it is not so.  That's all.



*** Well said Amlan.







Amlan.

--- umesh sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
 Here are some websites about how people all over the world
 have been eating insects, dogs and a variety of animals:

 Eating Insects in Thailand
 http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/brunel/A767252

 Insects as Food for Humans

 http://www.si.edu/resource/faq/nmnh/buginfo/inasfood.htm

 For Most People, Eating Bugs Is Only Natural


http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/07/0715_040715_tvinsectfood.html

Taste like chicken: US govt


http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/kids/weirdscience/story5/insecteaters.htm

BBC: Eating Insects and Grubs

 http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/A476859

 Dog etc eating in East Asia

 http://www.admh.org/index1.htm

 Dog Farms:
 http://www.animalsasia.org/index.php?module=3&lg=en

 Dog eating in Hawaii:
 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1348432/posts

 Dog eating by French:
 http://wolf.ok.ac.kr/~annyg/english/e6.htm

 Dog Eating by Swiss:


http://www.europeanvegetarian.org/evu/english/news/news964/dogs.html

Stop Dog eating:


http://www.animalfreedom.org/english/column/dogmeattrade.html

Dog meat festival: http://www.seoulsearching.com/DogMeat.html

 Astronauts may eat insects:

http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/headline_universe/space_insects.html&edu=high

Counter Point: http://www.koreananimals.org/kerr1.htm



 umesh sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
 Amlan-da,

 I am sorry if I hurt your feelings, but when someone
 questions why you do not want cows to be killed - or that
 most Hindus do not want cows to be killed - I gave a frank
 answer. I also mentioned that Hindus have among them -
 Tantriks who eat human flesh ---if you consider that I am
 glorifying cannibalism - well it is your view.

 The fact is that the tribals ( I assume you are from Assam
 - and not a tribal) from various parts of North East -till
 recently atleast -- have been eating dogs and other animals
 -- just like the Chinese. I never said that it is good or
 bad. You made the judgement.

 Umesh
 PS: personally I can eat anything - unless ofcourse you
 tell is me what it is --maybe even dogs and cats and rats!!

 Amlan Saha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
 Why do you always reek of the attitude that your culture or
 what is
 practised in your religion or in the part of India that you
 come from
 is the most superior or the supposedly right way of doing
 things?

 The questions you ask definitely have academic and research
 value but
 you do not at all seem to be genuine in your inquest, at
 least not to
 me.

 Amlan.


On 2 May 2005, at 22:41, umesh sharma wrote:

 > People in North East and other tribal areas might have
 been eating all
 > animals, maybe even tigers and deer, who am I to
 question?

 > I don't care if anyone likes to eat rats or cockroaches -
 I think in
 > South East Asia it is a delicacy.


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