Context was the idea of a government banning certain popular foods

    • bluGill
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      Having ate horse in the past - when it was legal I can assure you that the ban is entirely a perfect example of needless regulation. I never had it , but friends of mine said the best ‘buffalo wings’ they ever had was from a resteraunt that was shutdown for serving dog - they were catching local pets which is a good regulation, but the lack of legal ability to get dog is needless.

      • @Warl0k3@lemmy.world
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        Americans are weird about dogs - a dog farm would be burned to the ground (with the farmers in it) if ever someone tried to set one up here. Any other social issue sure, it’ll be american pseudofascist insanity, but man don’t mess with the puppies. We care way more about them than other humans.

        • KT-TOT
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          But dog breeders are fine and good.

          Frame it from the perspective of the american liberal. Dog breeders are good because I get a pretty puppy. Dog farms are bad because it’s what savages eat, dogs are pets.

          • @Warl0k3@lemmy.world
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            There’s been a huge cultural shift against dog breeding as a whole, including sweeping legislation to curtail puppy mills, ensure the genetic health of breeds and to enact animal welfare laws with specific aim to ensure breeders take care of the dogs. All of these are lead by both liberal and conservative groups - thats the “weird about dogs” I was referring to, It’s basically the only truly bipartisan issue we’ve got left in this shithole.

            Kinda feel like your drive to feel superior to liberals has distanced you from the reality of what’s actually happening.

            • KT-TOT
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              12 days ago

              Not something I was familiar with but ok, that’s good?

              Feel free to swap it with casual neglect of pets then? That’s something I see from all sorts of people in my area.

      • @milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee
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        England too, and I think many cultures world over, actually.

        But in the UK we had a scandal some years ago because retailers sold ‘beef’ that was actually part horse. So it was misleading customers into eating a meat they’d find objectionable.

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          Yeah, with the horse meat in the lasagne and other stuff. We had that in Germany, too. But really the issue was more about faulty labeling than the fact that it contained horse meat.

    • @Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
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      Oddly enough, so is horse dick!

      Now, anyways.

      It wasn’t always the case. It took a porn star dying after porn makers in the 2000s forced a horse to rape a woman (yes, I typed that right), and film it. The practice had been going on since the 70s, but now a woman died. So lawmakers got together and said “Ya know what? No more sleeping with horses. I don’t think anyone will argue that proposed law, and I can use it on the campaign trail next election!”

      And so it was. No more horse fucking porn.

      And I guess the meat is also illegal. I’m sure there’s a story there too.