Why did they even broadcast THAT?!!...*mad*...

[Marigold2]

Eating an animal or insect for food is one thing. It has to die to be cooked and eaten. It's how that animal is killed, did it suffer, did it need to suffer?? There is no reason to torture any living thing. To enjoy giving an animal pain is sick, sick, sick.

[RICHARD]

I had to reread the story to get one thing straight.

The idiot went thru with doing all that to the poor animal and didn't even eat it?

I mentioned Andrew Zimmern going to different countries and eating some weird things.....I kinda admire him for following through when he dines. He does take steps to honor the meals, country and people who prepare them.


But going throught the motions just to prove it's done, especially the way it's done, is pretty fricking stupid. Like, why not take it back on a skewer for Bob Costas to twirl like a cheerleader?

People on the set will OOH and AAH, and when the cameras go off, some sound guy will eat it on a dare....Just to say he ate a rat in Beijing.

I am not a fan of eating little mammals, unless I really have to.

But then again, One man's road kill is another man's Filet Mignon.

[Freedom]

I guess I 'sort of' understand. If they don't get the word out that this happens, how can anyone address it and improve the situation? In some ways, similar to th puppy mill horrors, which are only just getting publicized.

And in covering a war, I believe the reporters often witness horrible things, but rarely does it get broadcast, just film clips leading up to . . . and then the aftermath.

It serves to educate the public, which is part of what journalism is about.

Sorry you had to witness it, Isabel!