[jackal]

seriously stop eating shark fin soup!!!

i've been a fan of sharks since i was young and have refused to try shark fin soup b/c of what the sharks go through. shark are fished by boats towing long lines, fishing line as long as 60 miles and can be dragged for hundreds of miles just to have their fins cut and then tossed back into the water to die. these lines also catch a hell of a lot of other stuff all of which dies for no reason. imagin laying 60 miles of bear traps through a forest catching 50 bears 50 dear and 100 other creatures. that would never be allowed, so why is long lining?


-17 countires have banned shark finning, canada is NOT one of them. canadian waters are home to as many as 18 different species of shark.
-did you know shark fin is tastless and used for texture only and then flavoured with pork or chicken stock?
-the mith is that eating shark fin will keep you healty and bring you luck because "sharks don't get sick", but sharks are known to die of cancer and are more toxic now then ever before b/c of the large amounts of mercury and other toxins we are dumping into the ocean.
-shark fin soup has grown in popularity ten fold in the last 20 years b/c more and more people are taking sharks for granted and shark fin soup has become a staple at asian weddings.
-did you know they cut all the fins off a shark and then toss them back into the water where they survive hours and sometimes days...
-and this isn't some bs peta crap. i'm no vegetarian but seriously no one is doing anything about the declining shark population. it's not like a cow ehere there are millions being bread every year for the purpose of having a burger or a steak.

if you have 1 hour 20 mins whatch this movie. it's called sharkwater its about sharks, their declining numbers, and the finning of sharks. you can dl the torrent here:

http://www.mininova.org/tor/2118005

[Presto]

Shark fin soup fuckin' rocks. I agree, though... Stop eating shark fin soup! More for me!!!

[RFlush]

Go work for Peta, bitch.

[El Bastardo]

He has a point. Shark Finning is pretty wasteful.

[LemonH2O]

-the mith is that eating shark fin will keep you healty

spell check?

This has been brought up so many times. You can impose bans, laws, but at the end of the day, it's part of a long standing culture delicacy and no one will stop until there aren't any sharks left to harvest from. Human nature.

[slammer111]

Repost, but here goes.. :)

Honger girl finds out restaurant is out of Shark Fin soup.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Im7W1AnDmgA

[urrh]

http://www.hot-screensaver.com/wp-myimages/shark-fin-soup.jpg
all this time i didn't know this is what shark fin soup looked like, i just ate it...
all i have to say is meh. i don't even like this stuff

[Culture_Vulture]

lol
i like shark fin soup
nom nom nom

[murd0c]

just watch shark water no matter how much you love to eat it if you have any feeling or compassion at all you mind will be changed for good!!

[Burvs]

Imma go try me some shark fin soup...sounds good...maybe we should start eating more shark burgers so we don't waste the corpses.

[ilvtofu]

I've had shark fin soup on countless occasions and yes it is the most wasteful/offensive food out there. The remaining 99% of the shark is completely wasted. It doesn't really add much flavour either.

I know i sound hypocritical cause I do have it quite often, but only because whoever I'm going to dinner with orders it.

[Burvs]

Whats so great about sharks...ever seen jaws...they'll fuck ya up...human fetus is far more "offensive".....

i'd eat the steam cells....just putting it out there

[Dan_Guy]

I m not going to go out of my way and stop people. But if they started using more of the shark and made it illegal to over fish I'd be like: "Cool" :thumbsup:

[jackal]

I m not going to go out of my way and stop people. But if they started using more of the shark and made it illegal to over fish I'd be like: "Cool" :thumbsup:

if it was properly regulated like crab fishing, with quotas and strick penalties, then go for it but the way it's done right now is pretty damn bad.

i mean i posted this knowing this was revscene. but i'm sure there will be a few interested people who will dl and watch the vid. i mean it's damn entertaining, it's not one of those youtube vids of those slaughter houses draining the blood from cows. this vid is about sharks and has a part about the mass killing going on.

[Stevie P]

Don't tell me what to do, you're not my real father!

[jackal]

Don't tell me what to do, you're not my real father!

can you be sure???

[InvisibleSoul]

Delete.

[impactX]

The killing of sharks is part of the reason why the giant octopus are taking over the water as their natural predators (the sharks) are gone.

Having said that, I just had a bowl of shark fin soup a couple days ago.

[RFlush]

Isn't posting a torrent bannable on RS anyways? If you cared so much about the sharks, why didn't you purchase the DVD LOL.

If you don't want me to eat shark fin, why don't you pay me not to eat it? Then we both win.

[skyxx]

Same along with Abalone and many other seafoods :)

[monkeywrench]

Yeah I had sum sharp fin soop last 2 weddings ago

[rslater]

Whats so great about sharks...ever seen jaws...they'll fuck ya up...human fetus is far more "offensive".....

i'd eat the steam cells....just putting it out there

You sir are an uneducated idiot. Seriously, instead of me ranting on how stupid you are, just watch the film the OP recommended. Biased or not, you can learn a little and maybe you won't spew out information about sharks that is completely false.

[skyxx]

After you watch that film. Go for a drive near Singapore. :D You'll see mountains of Shark bones

[you]

i love shark fin soup

[BrendanS]

i love shark fin soup...so good
nom nom nom nom...
http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m33/brendansiu/Others/nom.jpg

[dna82]

you'd have better luck if you just changed the angle of your arguement from 'save the sharks' to 'you're paying for shark cartilage that has absolutely no taste.'

[tool001]

saw a documentry on this.. killing sharks is big in south america.. gonna fuck up the sea balance. increase jelly fish population. .which in turn will kill other fish...

anything and everything in excess is not good for enviornment...

[blkgsr]

sharks aren't the only thing the asians are fucking over huge

- whales
- tuna
- dolphins
- bears (caged for useless fucking bile)
- dogs

what the fuck is wrong with you people???

china (mainly) is a huge part in the destruction of our planet

- biggest polluting nation
- consumes HUGE amounts of the resources the world produces
- WAY WAY WAY too many people



ps: bring on the "fuck you white boy" comments etc...my reply? go the fuck home

[WHEYsted]

You sound gay. Plus taking away sharks fin soup from the Chinese is like taking away cheeseburgers from Americans, you just cant do it.

[WHEYsted]

sharks aren't the only thing the asians are fucking over huge

- whales
- tuna
- dolphins
- bears (caged for useless fucking bile)
- dogs

what the fuck is wrong with you people???

china (mainly) is a huge part in the destruction of our planet

- biggest polluting nation
- consumes HUGE amounts of the resources the world produces
- WAY WAY WAY too many people

Your a fucking racist. Go to hell fuckface. When the hell did dolphins and whales come into the equation? You've been jacking off to too much animal planet. I want to meet you in real life so I can fuck you up. son.

[impactX]

sharks aren't the only thing the asians are fucking over huge

- whales
- tuna
- dolphins
- bears (caged for useless fucking bile)
- dogs

what the fuck is wrong with you people???

china (mainly) is a huge part in the destruction of our planet

- biggest polluting nation
- consumes HUGE amounts of the resources the world produces
- WAY WAY WAY too many people



ps: bring on the "fuck you white boy" comments etc...my reply? go the fuck home

Yes, I believe you have never bought anything that's made in China! :rolleyes:

[twitchyzero]

china (mainly) is a huge part in the destruction of our planet

- consumes HUGE amounts of the resources the world produces






You think China consumes most of world's resources?

LULZ. The day you get over 800 million Chinese using resources like us North Americans you'll be crying for real.

[dna82]

sharks aren't the only thing the asians are fucking over huge

- whales
- tuna
- dolphins
- bears (caged for useless fucking bile)
- dogs

what the fuck is wrong with you people???

china (mainly) is a huge part in the destruction of our planet

- biggest polluting nation
- consumes HUGE amounts of the resources the world produces
- WAY WAY WAY too many people



ps: bring on the "fuck you white boy" comments etc...my reply? go the fuck home

fuck you white boy

[CRS]

sharks aren't the only thing the asians are fucking over huge

- whales
- tuna
- dolphins
- bears (caged for useless fucking bile)
- dogs

what the fuck is wrong with you people???

china (mainly) is a huge part in the destruction of our planet

- biggest polluting nation
- consumes HUGE amounts of the resources the world produces
- WAY WAY WAY too many people



ps: bring on the "fuck you white boy" comments etc...my reply? go the fuck home

Unless you're an aboriginal person or of aboriginal descend, I think you should "go the fuck home" too. We're all immigrants here and we can hardly criticize China for what it is at the moment.

China is hardly at the same technological/industrial level that first world countries are. By comparing countries like the US/Canada to China is like comparing the modern man to cave men in terms of evolution. Give them some time, China is developing at a HUGE rate (and so is India) and soon enough, you will be able to make that comparison but not just yet. Besides, Canada and the US are huge polluters as well. The US consumes a HUGE portion of the world's resources. And as for having "way way way way too many people", India has the same issue.

[ilvtofu]

Your a fucking racist. Go to hell fuckface. When the hell did dolphins and whales come into the equation? You've been jacking off to too much animal planet. I want to meet you in real life so I can fuck you up. son.

I believe the japanese are mistreating whales and dolphins,
I guess they are asian too.

BUT... This guy is real smart, dissing asians on RS...

[Nightwalker]

Never had it before. If it's so good though:

1. Use the whole shark, make more awesome foods!
2. Shark farm! I WANNA BE A SHARK COWBOY!

[ienhz]

the imitation shit at the night market is good enough.

in most cases, i wouldn't care. but seriously, shark fin is a huge waste and i really do hope people will stop ordering it... unless people start farming their own sharks or start making shark burgers or something to make use of the rest of the carcass.

[twitchyzero]

have any of you acutally tried shark meat?

it's stiff as hell..very bland

[Ikkaku]

:lol

you're telling RS to stop consuming shark fin, yet 99.9999999% of the people here aren't the ones ordering, rather it's their parents. Perhaps you should go to the markets and protest.

[ajax]

shark steaks? would they taste good?

[iEatClams]

Anyone watched Sharkwater before? Really good documentary on sharks and how shark fin soup is fucking up the ecosystem.

http://www.dakbonsa.com/gnuboard4/data/cheditor/0805/sharkwater_ver2_subcom3.jpg


Honestly, after watching this documentary I have stopped eating shark fin soup. But my parents are too traditional so they still eat it, but only at partys where they have to show face so they eat it so they won't disrespect the host. But otherwise, my parents don't eat it anymore because I've educated them.

[Senna4ever]

sharks aren't the only thing the asians are fucking over huge

- whales
- tuna
- dolphins
- bears (caged for useless fucking bile)
- dogs

what the fuck is wrong with you people???
That's just Western prejudice. There's nothing wrong with eating other animals besides beef, pork, chicken, turkey, etc..what's the diff?

- Whale meat is delicious, and at least the Japanese utilize the whole animal.
- Tuna is being overfished in general, not just by the Japanese. The Italians and other Mediterranean countries are taking so much tuna from the Mediterranean Sea that the Mediterranean Bluefin may be extinct in a few years.
- Not sure why you mentioned dolphins...they're not endangered in any way. Not sure why people eat dolphin either, as I have tried it. It's really gamey...much worse than venison.
- bears may be mistreated, but is it any different than the chickens in egg farms or baby cows raised for veal?
- Dogs are a dime a dozen and apparently good. It's just again Western prejudice and ignorance. Just because an animal is cute, you can't kill it and eat it? Granted, I love dogs and I don't think I can eat one myself, I won't judge someone that does. I wouldn't mind trying dog just for the hell of it though.

Funny you don't mention the over harvesting of salmon in Alaska, Canada & Kamchatka, like it's only Asians that are causing problems...

[choda]

Where can you get some at 1am ? All this talk has got me freaking hungry!

[RFlush]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucMLFO6TsFM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAF8r294ILQ

[TylerTL]

respect the sharks! don't eat them!

[billboa]

fuck you white boy
y is it socially exceptible to say this?

now if i said fuck you chink.....

now all of a sudden IM the racist lol

wat a fucking joke.

[silk]

sharks aren't the only thing the asians are fucking over huge

- whales
- tuna
- dolphins
- bears (caged for useless fucking bile)
- dogs

what the fuck is wrong with you people???

china (mainly) is a huge part in the destruction of our planet

- biggest polluting nation
- consumes HUGE amounts of the resources the world produces
- WAY WAY WAY too many people



ps: bring on the "fuck you white boy" comments etc...my reply? go the fuck home

fuck you white boy, go sleep with your grandma and stop complaining

[SkinnyPupp]

To the people who claim to like shark fin soup (rather than thinking they like it, based on what their parents told them about how healthy it is for you), I could give you the exact same broth, but using vermicelli instead of shark fins and you probably wouldn't notice the difference :lol

[SlySi]

To the people who claim to like shark fin soup (rather than thinking they like it, based on what their parents told them about how healthy it is for you), I could give you the exact same broth, but using vermicelli instead of shark fins and you probably wouldn't notice the difference :lol


Exactly... Shark fin soup is a joke..
Take out the shark fin, and most people wouldnt even notice the taste in the soup.
Everybody just likes the flavour of the soup.
Shark fin tastes like chicken.

[hotjoint]

shark fin soup is over rated

[misteranswer]

- bears may be mistreated, but is it any different than the chickens in egg farms or baby cows raised for veal?


The difference is there's a tube stuck inside a live bear and it's extracted almost like how you extract maple syrup.

[haymura]

If you fall in an ocean surrounded by sharks, do you really think one of them is gonna say "stop eating humans! i am a big fan and refuse to eat them"? They'll just om nom nom nom you like pantywaste.
ever heard of humans limb soup? i havent... but im sure they have.

[wouwou]

To the people who claim to like shark fin soup (rather than thinking they like it, based on what their parents told them about how healthy it is for you), I could give you the exact same broth, but using vermicelli instead of shark fins and you probably wouldn't notice the difference :lol

really?

I would like to have one in the fridge, then reheat it for 10 minutes :haha:

[Ferra]

To the people who claim to like shark fin soup (rather than thinking they like it, based on what their parents told them about how healthy it is for you), I could give you the exact same broth, but using vermicelli instead of shark fins and you probably wouldn't notice the difference :lol
There are 2 types of shark fin soup...ones where you are pretty much just eating the broth/soup with a few strain of shark fins...you can change the fins to vermicelli or even take it out entirely and ppl wouldn't notice...
The other types is where you are actually eating the shark fin like a bowl of noodle....there is a big difference in texture and ppl can definitely tell if you are not using real shark fin. Soup they use in this is a lot thinner too. And of course it costs a lot more.

Not a fan of shark-fin, but then how it it really different from everything else we slaughter and eat?
- Chicken get their beaks cut off live
- Pigs raise in overcrowded facilities, being breed for the sole purpose to be slaughtered and never seeing daylight in their entire life.
- Lobster and seafood suffer weeks of hell during transportation before they are then boiled alive.
- Fishes are skinned and gutted alive (try imagine someone doing that to you)
- We waste thousands acre of lands and energy to raise small quantity of meat - lands and energy that could've been used to feed 10x more people by growing basic crops.

[wouwou]

sharks aren't the only thing the asians are fucking over huge

- whales
- tuna
- dolphins
- bears (caged for useless fucking bile)
- dogs

what the fuck is wrong with you people???

china (mainly) is a huge part in the destruction of our planet

- biggest polluting nation
- consumes HUGE amounts of the resources the world produces
- WAY WAY WAY too many people



ps: bring on the "fuck you white boy" comments etc...my reply? go the fuck homeI can hear the veals and seals partying :haha:

[SkinnyPupp]

There are 2 types of shark fin soup...ones where you are pretty much just eating the broth/soup with a few strain of shark fins...you can change the fins to vermicelli or even take it out entirely and ppl wouldn't notice...
The other types is where you are actually eating the shark fin like a bowl of noodle....there is a big difference in texture and ppl can definitely tell if you are not using real shark fin. Soup they use in this is a lot thinner too. And of course it costs a lot more.

Not a fan of shark-fin, but then how it it really different from everything else we slaughter and eat?
- Chicken get their beaks cut off live
- Pigs raise in overcrowded facilities, being breed for the sole purpose to be slaughtered and never seeing daylight in their entire life.
- Lobster and seafood suffer weeks of hell during transportation before they are then boiled alive.
- Fishes are skinned and gutted alive (try imagine someone doing that to you)
- We waste thousands acre of lands and energy to raise small quantity of meat - lands and energy that could've been used to feed 10x more people by growing basic crops.
Everyone one of those examples sure sounds a fuck of a lot better than having a shark's fins cut off, and thrown back into the ocean to rot alive, and needlessly killing thousands of other animals.

I'm the furthest thing you'll from from a PETA fuck face, but sometimes people (usually Asians for some reason) go too far when it comes to atrocious treatment of animals.

[Ferra]

Everyone one of those examples sure sounds a fuck of a lot better than having a shark's fins cut off, and thrown back into the ocean to rot alive, and needlessly killing thousands of other animals.

I'm the furthest thing you'll from from a PETA fuck face, but sometimes people (usually Asians for some reason) go too far when it comes to atrocious treatment of animals.
I sure would rather have my foot cut off and left to rot and die in a day from the loss of blood, instead of being trap in a stinky shithole for a few weeks and then be thrown into a pot of boiling water, or being skinned and gutted alive...

to each of their own i guess...

[BlackZRoadster]

y is it socially exceptible to say this?

now if i said fuck you chink.....

now all of a sudden IM the racist lol

wat a fucking joke.


exceptible?

even a chink can spell better then you

wat a fucking joke

[asahai69]

so let me get this straight. asians (chinese, japansese, korean etc etc.) are taking the fins of an endangered species just for the fins. which have no taste or anything. just for texture? LOL. wow thats fucked up!

[BlackZRoadster]

^ i believe there are health benefits, just dont have time to google it up.

What i find even more cruel, is the type of sharks fin soup, where each person gets a bowl, and it has the whole fin intact in each bowl. Its the size of your hand , so they probably killed 1 young shark per bowl.

Whereas normally a huge sharks fin can be used to make many many big bowls for parties.

[tool001]

Anyone watched Sharkwater before? Really good documentary on sharks and how shark fin soup is fucking up the ecosystem.

http://www.dakbonsa.com/gnuboard4/data/cheditor/0805/sharkwater_ver2_subcom3.jpg


Honestly, after watching this documentary I have stopped eating shark fin soup. But my parents are too traditional so they still eat it, but only at partys where they have to show face so they eat it so they won't disrespect the host. But otherwise, my parents don't eat it anymore because I've educated them.

yeh,,, i think it'd do good if they translate it into CHINESE. and show it to people here in canada.


666th post..

[Sodium]

Or....maybe we can think of something more ridiculous and call it a delicacy....

Like.....rabbit palm in soup....
or....deep fried pigeon wing of freedom....

=D

[q0192837465]

I dunno if I'm wierd, but I like fake shark fin soup better than real shark fin soup. I suspect it's the MSG overload.

[slammer111]

^ i believe there are health benefits, just dont have time to google it up.

What i find even more cruel, is the type of sharks fin soup, where each person gets a bowl, and it has the whole fin intact in each bowl. Its the size of your hand , so they probably killed 1 young shark per bowl.

Whereas normally a huge sharks fin can be used to make many many big bowls for parties.Yeah, this is brutal.

You know what's also bad? Wings nights. Assuming the best case scenario (each chicken gives you 2 wings and 2 drumsticks), when you stuff your face and eat 32, that's still 8 chickens PER PERSON.

One of the main reasons why I'm a big fan of beef. Way less death per pound of food. :thumbsup:

And yeah, most people can't actually taste the shark fin itself. You couple probably replace half of it with gelatin and not know the difference. And yes, it's crazy cruel. (I'm Asian too)

[BlackZRoadster]

^ lol wing nights, i did think about that too, but i guess there's an abundance of chicken and easy to breed like no tomorrow

[bengy]

Yeah, this is brutal.

You know what's also bad? Wings nights. Assuming the best case scenario (each chicken gives you 2 wings and 2 drumsticks), when you stuff your face and eat 32, that's still 8 chickens PER PERSON.



Yeah but it's not like they toss the rest of the chicken away.

[wouwou]

Yeah but it's not like they toss the rest of the chicken away.

yeah, but I am pretty sure without the wings the chickens will DIE like the sharks

[misteranswer]

I sure would rather have my foot cut off and left to rot and die in a day from the loss of blood, instead of being trap in a stinky shithole for a few weeks and then be thrown into a pot of boiling water, or being skinned and gutted alive...

to each of their own i guess...

I prefer to be force fed for 2 weeks and then slaughtered

[bengy]

yeah, but I am pretty sure without the wings the chickens will DIE like the sharks

LOL wut? They don't cut the chicken's wings off and let them die, letting the rest of the carcass rot. Wtf is wrong with you people?

Comparing chicken, pork, cattle, etc, all which are grown by humans for food, with sharks, which are wild predators and an important part of the eco system, is pretty fucking stupid!

[wouwou]

LOL wut? They don't cut the chicken's wings off and let them die, letting the rest of the carcass rot. Wtf is wrong with you people?

Comparing chicken, pork, cattle, etc, all which are grown by humans for food, with sharks, which are wild predators and an important part of the eco system, is pretty fucking stupid!

I am sure the veals and seals are partying somewhere too

[RFlush]

I am sure the veals and seals are partying somewhere too

They are!

http://www.sysexrecords.com/oldsite/teeshirthell/StopClubbingBabySeals.gif

[silk]

X-Men : The shark hunter






http://www.dakbonsa.com/gnuboard4/data/cheditor/0805/sharkwater_ver2_subcom3.jpg

[twitchyzero]

LOL wut? They don't cut the chicken's wings off and let them die, letting the rest of the carcass rot. Wtf is wrong with you people?

Comparing chicken, pork, cattle, etc, all which are grown by humans for food, with sharks, which are wild predators and an important part of the eco system, is pretty fucking stupid!

i guess we shouldnt be cutting any trees either cause that's affecting the ecosystem.

[Ferra]

Anyone watched Sharkwater before? Really good documentary on sharks and how shark fin soup is fucking up the ecosystem.

http://www.dakbonsa.com/gnuboard4/data/cheditor/0805/sharkwater_ver2_subcom3.jpg


Honestly, after watching this documentary I have stopped eating shark fin soup. But my parents are too traditional so they still eat it, but only at partys where they have to show face so they eat it so they won't disrespect the host. But otherwise, my parents don't eat it anymore because I've educated them.
saw the first 10mins of it...but wtf? it seems to be telling people sharks are not dangerous at all....well, I am sure sharks are not as dangerous or scary as the media and movies portray, but it is still a fucking dangerous animal because you never know when they will suddenly snap and take a chunk off you.

Reminds me of this discovery show:
some veteran shark enthusiast trying to show how sharks never take interest in human, then suddenly a shark took a bite on him and he almost lost his leg and life. All on camera.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGk83ovkzeI

Anyway, the show seems more like a make-up sensational movies more than an accurate documentary.

[bengy]

i guess we shouldnt be cutting any trees either cause that's affecting the ecosystem.

Wood is a necessity. Is shark fin soup a necessity you stupid fuck?

[Sodium]

I think it has to do with the fact that it's expensive and is a huge ego boost kinda thing....it is also really hard to cook and takes a long time just to make 1 dish....

Why do you think people always take their clients out for shark fin soup or what have you?? Because it's the most expensive on the meul....It's all about having 'face'.....=\

[Vansterdam]

this thread reminded me how i have been meaning to try the shark fin soup at sun sui wah, unless you guys got any other suggestions for it around here :)

[wouwou]

this thread reminded me how i have been meaning to try the shark fin soup at sun sui wah, unless you guys got any other suggestions for it around here :)

Neptune seafood by Arckory(?) and No. 3 road

better there.

[ilvtofu]

Anyone watched Sharkwater before? Really good documentary on sharks and how shark fin soup is fucking up the ecosystem.

http://www.dakbonsa.com/gnuboard4/data/cheditor/0805/sharkwater_ver2_subcom3.jpg


Honestly, after watching this documentary I have stopped eating shark fin soup. But my parents are too traditional so they still eat it, but only at partys where they have to show face so they eat it so they won't disrespect the host. But otherwise, my parents don't eat it anymore because I've educated them.

Read the first post, that was what started the discussion, although I doubt neone who posted including myself bothered...

[!LittleDragon]

I'm on the fence, I'll never buy it but I'll have it if it's offered. Aren't we all a part of nature and the ecosystem? If a species can't adapt to a new environment or a new predator, don't they go extinct? It's the way it's been before humans and it's the way it'll be long after we're gone.

[rslater]

Seriously how do you guys compare the slaughter of chickens and cows to sharks? Chickens and cows are being bred for slaughtering. They have a minimal environmental impact compared to the slaughtering of sharks. The argument made by the documentary and by those advising people to stop eating shark fin soup is not the fact that sharks are being killed much like cows and chickens, but rather its disastrous environmental impact that it's having on our ecosystem.

Every time we eat chickens and cows were localizing the slaughtering and the breeding of them. Sharks are taken over a vast territory to which is affecting the ecosystem in far greater lengths. Just stop arguing that their is no difference between sharks and cows, because their clearly is.

And while sharks are slaughtered for one fin on their backs, almost the whole body's of cows and chickens are being used to feed millions of people. I do agree that cows/chickens use alot more grain and water, decreasing its beneifit to feed the world, but the killing of sharks have little to no beneifit for society.

[asahai69]

I'm on the fence, I'll never buy it but I'll have it if it's offered. Aren't we all a part of nature and the ecosystem? If a species can't adapt to a new environment or a new predator, don't they go extinct? It's the way it's been before humans and it's the way it'll be long after we're gone.

the thing with sharks and bears is that they never had a predator since they have existed. they have always been top dog. and im also sure that in the food chain. no animal just takes one part of another animal in mass quantities and then tosses the rest away. humans will be the end of the earth so nothing will go on after we're extinct lol.

[twitchyzero]

Wood is a necessity. Is shark fin soup a necessity you stupid fuck?

Okay you shouldnt be driving then, cause that's not a necessity either.

Want to get cremated when you die? Nope cant do that too..it's gonna affect our ecosystem.

I dont see what the big deal is.

The average Chinese doesnt eat that much shark fin soup anyways.

Unless you're rich you'd be only eating that a few times a year.

It's a high end delicacy..people cant afford to eat that shit daily.

Yes a shark fin is only a small part of the shark's body and leaving it to rot is a waste..but it's a delicacy no one's gonna give that up.

[Mugen EvOlutioN]

who cares, keep eating keep fucking

[Blue92]

Yet another RS thread that scares me... are people really so incapable of legitimate debate? Of course this post will get ignored, as most posts that aren't completely over the top normally do, but I can't help but feel upset with people in general and their lack of willingness to listen to other points of view with an open mind.

Obviously, the Chinese are not going to give up one of their "delicacies" over night, nor should we really expect them too. As has been pointed out, albeit rather crudely, most peoples would take offense to other groups telling them what they can and cannot eat. However, with that said, the "nom nom nomer's" should realize that perhaps there are large environmental impacts from these practices and maybe there are better ways of going about putting shark fin soup on the table (ie. regulated fishing practices, shark farms, etc.)

I believe the OP may have struck a cord when TELLING other members not to eat shark products, perhaps he/she would have been better off simply stating the facts. But, this is RS, and everyone has to make a splash... =P

[dna82]

y is it socially exceptible to say this?

now if i said fuck you chink.....

now all of a sudden IM the racist lol

wat a fucking joke.

ask and thee shall recieve

racist!


'for those with an IQ above 70 and actually understand the joke, please ignore this'

[iEatClams]

There are 2 types of shark fin soup...ones where you are pretty much just eating the broth/soup with a few strain of shark fins...you can change the fins to vermicelli or even take it out entirely and ppl wouldn't notice...
The other types is where you are actually eating the shark fin like a bowl of noodle....there is a big difference in texture and ppl can definitely tell if you are not using real shark fin. Soup they use in this is a lot thinner too. And of course it costs a lot more.

Not a fan of shark-fin, but then how it it really different from everything else we slaughter and eat?
- Chicken get their beaks cut off live
- Pigs raise in overcrowded facilities, being breed for the sole purpose to be slaughtered and never seeing daylight in their entire life.
- Lobster and seafood suffer weeks of hell during transportation before they are then boiled alive.
- Fishes are skinned and gutted alive (try imagine someone doing that to you)
- We waste thousands acre of lands and energy to raise small quantity of meat - lands and energy that could've been used to feed 10x more people by growing basic crops.

You forgot chickens are cut upside down and then hanged on a conveyor belt and bleed to death and cows being raised in small areas where they can't even manuever more than 3 feet. There's way worst shiet that we do.

But the thing with sharks is that they are at the top of the food chain, and every hour, it's estimated that 10,000 sharks are killed just for their fin and the shark population has decreased by 80% or something. It's a huge problem because they are the top of the ocean food chain and keep all the other species in balance and its fucking up the ocean ecosystem which costs over the long run.

[iEatClams]

^ edit, it could costs us money over the long run if it affects fish supplies and algae or planket - which affects CO2.

[Vege]

The biggest issue is that the current hunting of sharks is unsustainable. You can't compare this to domesticated or farmed species because we have already figured out how to breed and keep those populations going. Will we ever run out of chickens? No. will we ever run out of sharks the way we are going? Yes. Sharks reproduce maybe once or twice in a year. Some even less. Just do the math and you can see where shark populations are headed.

For those who think losing sharks to extinction is not a big deal, think of cutting out a top predator from the food chain. Every species below it will be affected. Sharks have been around 200 million years and to be wiped out by humans who have been around ~250000 years is just sad.

[svelt]

See Holocene extinction event for proponents of "natural cycle of evolution" and thinking that the ecosystem will adapt itself. Sure it will, if we allow it, and if you don't care about the environment or global sustainability that's fine, you're amongst many. But part of the rationale of this is that sharks serve as an important apex predator in the ocean that moderates populations of other species and plankton consumption; the extinction of sharks would have far reaching consequences for ocean interactions. It's less about PETA (which I couldn't care less for) and more about not pillaging, slaughtering and dominating every resource we come across as we've done for thousands of years.

I don't get why people even like shark fin soup. It's another one of those shitty luxury goods from Asia that has limited health benefits (can hurt your sperm due to mercury and PCB contents. And no, it can't cure cancer), tastes rather plain (you only think it tastes good because it costs money and it's rare to eat it. It's essentially salty water with tougher vermicelli), is very expensive (isn't it like $20 for a bowl?) and people order it to display wealth and as a status symbol without paying heed to what they're taking from the world. Fuck shark fin soup.

[CRS]

This thread reminds me of.......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHmvkRoEowc&feature=related

[blkgsr]

ha i knew i would get some of you idiots excited....man most of you are ignorant beyond belief


Seriously how do you guys compare the slaughter of chickens and cows to sharks? Chickens and cows are being bred for slaughtering. They have a minimal environmental impact compared to the slaughtering of sharks. The argument made by the documentary and by those advising people to stop eating shark fin soup is not the fact that sharks are being killed much like cows and chickens, but rather its disastrous environmental impact that it's having on our ecosystem.

Every time we eat chickens and cows were localizing the slaughtering and the breeding of them. Sharks are taken over a vast territory to which is affecting the ecosystem in far greater lengths. Just stop arguing that their is no difference between sharks and cows, because their clearly is.

And while sharks are slaughtered for one fin on their backs, almost the whole body's of cows and chickens are being used to feed millions of people. I do agree that cows/chickens use alot more grain and water, decreasing its beneifit to feed the world, but the killing of sharks have little to no beneifit for society.


thank you for having a brain


there is a HUGE difference between trying to compare eating sharks and eating chickens/pigs/cows

now if you have a problem with the way those animals are breed and slaughtered then enjoy your carrots

[ilvtofu]

Reminds me of this


http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2572/3735909836_162304c3e0.jpg?v=0

[XxFcukxX]

AHAHAAAHAHAHA ^

[Mercy]

Some of the reply's just boggle my mind but everyone has their opinion and should stick with it. Anyway you cant compare tree's being cut down to sharks being wasted, baby tree's get replanted where the big tree was so the cycle continues, when a shark is killed you cant replant it... can you?