Reply #35: They lack any sort of nutrition [View All]

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and would probably digest very poorly.

Any person who can digest meat could digest Corgi as easily as pork or beef.

And yes, the distinction is incredibly arbitrary. A pig can be a fabulous companion animal, smarter than a dog and just as clean, but we choose to eat them and not Fido. In much of Asia people don't make the same distinctions we do, so it's clearly an arbitrary cultural distinction.

Meat's meat.

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I just found that back in the old days New Englanders used to candy and eat pine needles. I'm not sure if that supports your side of the argument or mine, but it is interesting. Pine needles also have vitamin C and can be made into a tea to prevent scurvy.