The world has gone to complete shit, you haven’t worked in months and your family has been without food for days now. You have no idea what to do and how you are going to feed your children. As you are pondering over what to do you see a stray cat go by in the street. The Chinese do it so why can’t you? You dart for the door to hunt down your next meal. Most people in our culture think that this would be inhuman but really it’s just survival in this case. They (the cats) would eat you if they were starving. In Chinese culture it’s not even a matter of life or death when they eat cats and dogs. They do this for the simple reason that meats in their country are not easy to come by. Also they believe that cats have this Qi (pronounced Chi) that will bring them good fortune, and good health. This is part of their culture (it’s inhuman to us in America). Since we feel that this is inhuman the Chinese government (trying to conform) is now trying to pass a law stating that they can no longer serve cat in restaurants. Chinese culture is different than ours in a lot of ways but if we were starving and so were our children I think we would eat cats like they do. In the situation that your life depends on it than this meal (the cat) would be bringing you great Qi at the time of consumption!
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