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I don't want provincial or federal governments telling me what they think is moral to eat.

Nor I.



But I don't want people killing animals without reason or necessity. I'd rather you go without shark fin soup than see a shark slaughtered for its fin alone. However, I'm not sure that is what happens. Sharks are fished here in Australia for food. I guess the fins go to China.

from what i read the sharks are caught, the fins cut off and the (still living) shark kicked over the side.....that is not cool and should be verboten........the fact that it is allowed to happen at all is astounding

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Quote from: "Zetsu"TBH there's lots of problem with animal slaughtering around the world, but shark finning is kind of cruel to just cut off the fin and dump it back into the ocean for it to bleed to death or struggle to survive.

In a proper harvest, endangered species are not hunted and the carcass is used. Personally, I could care less if I ever had another serving of it. I agree with you, it is overrated. However, the idea of lefty city councils dictating what adults may eat is far worse IMHO.

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In a proper harvest, endangered species are not hunted and the carcass is used. Personally, I could care less if I ever had another serving of it. I agree with you, it is overrated. However, the idea of lefty city councils dictating what adults may eat is far worse IMHO.

It's true there's more important things to deal with, but just saying they could still improve their hunting methods with sharks, I'm sure there could be some use for the rest of the body.

Sharks are harvested for more than just their fins.



Supplements / alternative medicine

(Shark cartilage & liver oil)

Shark Cartilage pills

Shark Cartilage powder

Energy drinks & supplements

Shark liver oil pills

Manta gill rakers

Cosmetics

Squalene/Squalane (Shark Liver Oil)

Lotions, Deodorants

 Sunscreen

 Medicinal creams

 Vaccines Lip balms, lipstick Face cream Cosmetics

Steaks / fillets (shark & ray) Shark Meat

Fish & Chips

Thresher, Mako Steaks

Rock salmon

White fish fillets

Skin/Leather (also known as Shagreen)

Wallets, Purses

Shoes

Furniture

Other Leather Products

Shark Souvenirs (Teeth, Jaws, Skin)

Jewelry (if it isn't a fossil, don't buy it.)

Pet products Food Chews Supplements

Imitation crab, lobster, shrimp Surimi often includes shark

Quote from: "TheVancouverGuy"What about people who hunt bears. It's not like anyone eat bear meat. They just want their skin and paws and dump the rest.

Quote from: "TheVancouverGuy" Broccoli leaves are edible and very healthy, just like broccoli itself.

Quote from: "Shen Li"Levant sure nails the lefty councils across Canada that are jumping on the anti-shark fin bandwagon.

QuoteLast Friday , Justice James Spence of the Ontario Superior Court struck down Toronto's Chinese head tax as illegal.

 

Of course, Toronto didn't call it a Chinese head tax. They called it a ban on shark fin soup, a delicacy eaten pretty much only by Chinese people. So, same thing.

 

Banning shark fin soup is the latest rage amongst left-wing city councillors across Canada.

 When a city decides to ban shark fin soup, it's a good bet it's trying to distract from its failures on things it's supposed to be working on.

 

Take Calgary, where city hall just voted to increase city taxes by 5.5%. Banning shark fin soup is a cheap stunt to distract attention from the financial incompetence of a city council that can't balance the books in Canada's richest city.



This sort of self-righteousness by minor-league politicians isn't new.

 

In the 1980s, declaring a town a "nuclear-weapons free zone" was all the rage.

Shark fins are the modern version, but instead of scapegoating those evil Americans, it targets Chinese-Canadians, especially new immigrants who still keep their traditional culinary customs.

 

Toronto's disgraceful version of the law sets out fines as high as $100,000 for people caught selling shark fins — or even just possessing them. So the restaurant would be put out of business.

 

Many cultures have unusual food, but only the Chinese have been targeted through this bigoted law.

 

Jews have their kosher slaughter and Muslims have their halal. Like all slaughters, they're not pretty to watch.

 

But no city council in Canada would dare take on those two politically protected ethnic groups.

 

You don't have to get that exotic, of course. Some of the same people backing the shark fin bans are behind PETA, the animal rights extremist group that not only wants to ban meat, fur and leather, but even milk and eggs.

 

Shark fins are their precedent, from which they'll ratchet up other bans. Do you really want to let showboating politicians consider whether you can eat veal parmigiana?

 

Horse meat is a delicacy in Quebec. Rabbit and deer meat is very chic. And, of course, some cultures eat dog.

 

Why are those exotic foods OK, but only a Chinese cuisine is banned — with a fine designed to destroy a family's life savings?

 

It's not because sharks are endangered. They're not. It's not because finning a shark — the practice of cutting off a shark's fin while it's alive — is cruel.

 

Canada has a modern shark harvesting industry, monitored by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans to ensure conservation.

 

By comparison, we boil lobsters alive in the classiest restaurants in Canada. But that's not even the point.

 

These busybody laws don't discriminate between shark fins harvested humanely and those cut off the fish alive. It's all banned.

 

Sorry, that's not about being humane. That's about being punitive.

 

Justice Spence threw out Toronto's law, pointing out that it just wasn't Toronto's city business, it wasn't based on any scientific evidence and the justification — Toronto's health and safety — was a laugh.

 

Those are all good reasons, and his ruling should be a template for other anti-racism activists across Canada to follow.

 

The Chinese were picked because traditionally they don't make a political fuss. But anyone else who wants the freedom to choose what they eat or drink ought to stand with them. Your food is next — and your leather and fur too.

http://www.torontosun.com/2012/12/03/food-for-thought-judges-shark-fin-ruling-a-template-for-other-anti-racism-activists-to-follow

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