Cthulhu won't forget this.... ever.

When I lived in Korea, I did this very thing. When in Rome....

Still, I fail to see how this is "ethically questionable". What does eating a form of sushi have to do with ethics? This is perfectly normal and accepted cuisine in Asia. Are you saying that because you don't understand or accept this that you are somehow on moral high ground over many Asians? Pretty egotistical.

Upvote for the memories.

Snuff!!

"What does eating a form of sushi have to do with ethics?"

people have a problem with eating things that are still alive. as for the moral high ground, i envy they asian philosophies of food (which is basically "eat anything that doesn't kill you"), but i don't think i could ever overcome my cultural upbringing (which is "pretend food wasn't a living thing").

Agreed, I can't stop myself cringing while I watch this.

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*asia

It's a popular tourist course. Regular Koreans don't consider this 'typical', for obvious reasons. Though there are those who really enjoy this for some reason.

Similar to rocky mountain oysters or marshmellow yam (things you scoop with spoon shouldn't taste like pure sugar). Don't eat it everyday, and disgusting.

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>> ^Hive13:
When I lived in Korea, I did this very thing. When in Rome....
Still, I fail to see how this is "ethically questionable". What does eating a form of sushi have to do with ethics? This is perfectly normal and accepted cuisine in Asia. Are you saying that because you don't understand or accept this that you are somehow on moral high ground over many Asians? Pretty egotistical.
Upvote for the memories.


Some people DO find eating living things ethically questionable. Whether you like it or not, they do. And some of those people don't look down on other people eating living things, they don't ask you to stop, and they certainly don't cast an entire nation off because of it.

Are you saying that i cannot find this ethically questionable just because you don't understand or accept my view, or that you are somehow on a moral highground over me? Pretty egotistical.

Sorry to do that, but you could see it coming i'm sure. I don't envy the philosphy of asian cuisine, and i don't think i have had my horizons restricted by western values. If i had to eat and kill and cook to survive, i would, and i would ensure minimum stress to all parties involved whilst doing so, because that's the sort of person that i am.

Having a different opinion does not a racist make.

i think we have a tendency to personify other living things. evidence of this might be the use of the word 'baby' in the title (technical name is 'larvae'). i would argue that this is not alive in the same sense that we are. its experience of something that we might label as 'pain' is incompatible. this argument is actually about language. i'm thinking of Wittgenstien when he wrote "If a lion could speak, we could not understand him."

>> ^dannym3141:

Sorry to do that, but you could see it coming i'm sure. I don't envy the philosphy of asian cuisine, and i don't think i have had my horizons restricted by western values. If i had to eat and kill and cook to survive, i would, and i would ensure minimum stress to all parties involved whilst doing so, because that's the sort of person that i am.
Having a different opinion does not a racist make.



1. Terrorists ethically question Americans because our values are different from theirs.

2. dannym3141 ethically question Asians because their culture is different from ours.

3. You think like a terrorist.

4. ???

5. PROFIT!!!

I don't have a problem with the idea of eating it alive.. but the dipping it in sauce first seems cruel.

You had me at "Eating a live baby"

>> ^legacy0100:
>> ^dannym3141:
Sorry to do that, but you could see it coming i'm sure. I don't envy the philosphy of asian cuisine, and i don't think i have had my horizons restricted by western values. If i had to eat and kill and cook to survive, i would, and i would ensure minimum stress to all parties involved whilst doing so, because that's the sort of person that i am.
Having a different opinion does not a racist make.


1. Terrorists ethically question Americans because our values are different from theirs.
2. dannym3141 ethically question Asians because their culture is different from ours.
3. You think like a terrorist.
4. ???
5. PROFIT!!!


Ahahahahaaaa! However. Not only terrorists ethically question americans for their values. So do child molesters!

Oh shiiiiiiiii-

I don't understand how people can be at ease eating a living animal, is empathy for living organisms that feel pain and incidentally have brains somehow a bad thing?

Cruelty for pleasure is a special kind of terrible.

Comment hidden because you are ignoring dag.(show it anyway)

Yeah, I wouldn't do this for ethical reasons. Octopi are supposedly the smartest non-vertebrates in the world, and this is a horrible death - though admittedly nothing worse than what they would face at the bottom of the ocean. Compassion for other species is a very mammalian perversion.

My motto is if you're gonna eat it, then eat it. Don't play with it first. This just seems unnecessarily cruel to me because it drags out the animal's demise.

It's one thing to be trapped on a tropical island and eat a live animal because you're starving and don't have access to fire. It's another to eat a live animal while sitting comfortably in a restaurant in one of the most technologically advanced countries in the world. Causing unnecessary extra pain to a creature you're going to eat just because you can doesn't seem very ethical to me.

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>> ^Hive13:
When I lived in Korea, I did this very thing. When in Rome....
Still, I fail to see how this is "ethically questionable". What does eating a form of sushi have to do with ethics? This is perfectly normal and accepted cuisine in Asia. Are you saying that because you don't understand or accept this that you are somehow on moral high ground over many Asians? Pretty egotistical.
Upvote for the memories.


When in Rome...

...feed Christians to the lions in the Colosseum?

Sorry, but I despise this sort of wooly minded "each to their own" thinking. It's the ultimate cop out. Tradition and cultural norms are no excuse for barbarism.

You would think if you chop it up then it would be better, but no. You get a whole bunch of squirmy active little tentacles running about on your plate. The suckers on the tentacles are still very much active, and if you don't be careful, it gets stuck on your throat.

I remember eating this once when I was a very small kid. My family was on a vacation and this was the 'fun local thing' to try out (notice that having this dish treated as a tourist experience even to native Koreans).

My dad recommended me this. First time I almost choked to death because the suckers clung to the back of my throat.

Second time I got smart and tried to kill it off by putting it in the hot soup dish that came. Dad told me not to play around with my food, and that I should chew it thorougly to kill the nerves off.

Never liked it, was the last time I ever ate that stuff. I like my food dead.

prairie oysters taste like chicken. true story.