What is the psychology of people who eat dog meat? I gradually understand two things about this issue.

1. It is difficult to change values. In the end, human order can only require the regulation of fair behavior.

2. In the battle of values, the final competition is strength. This strength refers to the ability of people who practice this value. The ability to propagate, the ability to execute “faith.”

3. There are many "political correctness" that we sneer at, but they can be used as laws of conduct because those who guard these values ????can both benefit from them and can continue to guard them. And those who oppose it, even if they are numerous and resentful in their hearts, cannot unite in their opposition.

The Dog Meat Festival has just passed, and there are loud calls for the cancellation of the Dog Meat Festival. Many foreign media have accused dog meat festivals (including dog meat eating) of being cruel and bloody, and therefore must be banned. In fact, I have defended the habit of eating dog meat many times on both legal and moral grounds. But what’s interesting is that this time many people’s reasoning is that banning dog meat is the direction of civilization’s evolution. Because killing dogs and eating dog meat is just like Japan's whaling and Denmark's killing of dolphins, which is despised by civilized society.

So, who will define civilization? After I had time today to read Yi Zhongtian's Civilization Will and China's Position, I discovered that many people who claim to be defenders of civilization and condemn the killing of dogs and eating dogs are arbitrating the matter from the standpoint of modern Western civilization. In fact, no matter what civilization it is, the subtext is that people have the right to deal with dogs. The difference lies in how to deal with them.

In Chinese civilization, farming is the main body, but more attention is paid to cattle. Ancient history has protected the private slaughter of cattle. It is also a cultural tradition for the Mongolian people in the north not to eat horse meat. But in modern society, Western civilization is the most powerful. Watching Hollywood, eating fast food, using computers, and talking on mobile phones, we can no longer imagine life without modern Western civilization. Therefore, the meticulous influence in life will inevitably bring about the output of values. The excitement of Christmas and Valentine's Day illustrates the strength of Western civilization. The concept that cats and dogs as companion animals should not be eaten quickly spread after catering to the hearts of the majority of dog fans. It can be regarded as a sign of the strength of Western civilization.

Being influenced by Western culture is not only the strength of Western civilization, but also related to the weakness of one's own culture. People who spread the concept of companion animals today also have the idea that China cannot be civilized and prosperous because it does not care enough about animals.

Of course, when Western culture spreads to China, there will inevitably be certain changes. For example, Marxism has been sinicized. For example, everyone eats apples on Christmas Eve before Christmas. Therefore, spreading the concept of companion animals (that is, treating cats and dogs well and not eating them) involves the Chinese characteristics of retribution, reincarnation, and chivalrous spirit. As for the reincarnation of retribution mentioned here, for example, dog fans

will say that the earthquake in Ya'an is retribution for beating dogs in Ya'an, and they will curse people who eat dog meat. The chivalrous spirit is not a compliment, but one of the five evil spirits that uses force to break the law - the characteristic of chivalrous people is to uphold justice and enforce the law on their own. Therefore, when the concept of companion animals is combined with the promotion of violence with Chinese characteristics (language and actions)

, the characteristic of Chinese civilization-tolerance has been lost. Why is tolerance a characteristic of Chinese civilization? Because Western civilization and Islamic civilization among the three major civilizations are both monotheistic religions, monotheistic religions are exclusive. However, Chinese civilization is pantheistic and can accommodate diverse thoughts. Moreover, Chinese civilization is humanistic and cares about the present. It does not talk about strange forces and confuse gods. It asks about people but not horses. It respects ghosts and gods and stays at a distance. Obviously, having a paranoid love for animals and attacking "heresies" is inconsistent with the characteristics of Chinese civilization.

In addition, reincarnation has always been a concept used by rulers to explain the divine right of kings. Let me tell ordinary people that being a diaosi is destined to be a diaosi in this life, so don’t think about rebelling. Reincarnation is used to explain the rationality of the moment.

So I’m very puzzled that dog fans use the punishment of reincarnation to persuade people not to eat dog meat, because first of all, it cannot explain why eating the meat of other animals will not lead to retribution (in short

Humans commit greater crimes against rats and mosquitoes ), secondly, it cannot explain whether the dog was slaughtered as retribution for the sins of the previous life. The core values ??of Western civilization include freedom, independence, and equality. So how to determine the boundaries of freedom and freedom, that is the law. Therefore, Westerners are more obedient to the law. If they feel that the law does not conform to their wishes, they can go to the streets to demonstrate, express public opinions, and change legislation through legislative means. Rather than the martial arts spirit of self-enforcement. It is not a populist democracy in which more people can demand fewer people. Obviously this is something that dog fans with Chinese characteristics do not possess.

At its root, the will of civilization is to find ways and means to pursue happiness for all mankind. In terms of Chinese characteristics, civilization is the scientific outlook on development, which guides mankind on how to develop harmoniously and sustainably on the earth. As for eating habits, it means that the acquisition of food must not damage the interests of others and must not harm the ecological balance. Human beings make reasonable use of the rights given by nature and follow nature. There is no reproductive isolation between wolves and dogs, so they can be regarded as one species. Because of artificial selection, organisms that are not suitable for survival are selected for human purposes. Generation after generation of reproduction, the pursuit of homozygotes continues to destroy unqualified offspring. In order to obtain a satisfactory appearance, dogs have various congenital diseases, so dogs are the degeneration of wolves. Of course, artificial selection can also be said in two languages. The good way is that genes that are close to humans are selected so that dogs can get along with humans forever. The bad way is that humans continue to obliterate the free nature of dogs (wolves) in order to choose to cater to their own offspring. . Therefore, humans do not care for dogs based on life, but care because dogs can meet their own needs. This kind of love is not great, but cruel.

Finally, I would like to say that dog lovers always like to boast about the closeness of dogs and how many spiritual needs they satisfy. But few people have considered why dogs have the characteristics of relatives. It is because of human cruelty and artificial selection. Since it is a choice, there must be giving up. The reason why dogs have differentiated into so many breeds is because humans continue to retain target genes and eliminate healthy dogs.