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posted by martyb on Saturday April 11 2020, @12:14AM   Printer-friendly
from the Fido-Lives! dept.

China reclassifies dogs as pets instead of livestock

China's Ministry of Agriculture issued new guidelines Wednesday that reclassify dogs as pets instead of livestock, part of the country's response to the coronavirus pandemic.

"As far as dogs are concerned, along with the progress of human civilization and the public concern and love for animal protection, dogs have been 'specialized' to become companion animals ... and they will not be regulated as livestock in China," the notice said.

The coronavirus is believed to have originated in horseshoe bats, which may have passed the disease to other wildlife species for sale in the markets of Wuhan, where the virus was first detected.

Following the outbreak, China banned the breeding, trading and consumption of wildlife.

Also at Reuters.


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  • (Score: 0, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 11 2020, @01:29AM (8 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 11 2020, @01:29AM (#980982)

    Why do we have to change our language use?

    Right! Why should you have to stop calling queer men faggots?!

    You look and sound like an idiot if you don't use contemporary language but in fact, unless you're advocating violence, you don't have to change! Keep calling black people negros - especially to our faces.

    Everyone is a racist, or a closet racist, according to the authoritarian left.

    Right, there you go, showing that you don't have to avoid sounding like a drooling driveler. But you willfully choose to! So that is useful for the rest of the world to know about you. Can't wait to not hire you! I love booting candidates in the first few minutes, then I have unexpected unstructured work time and can work on interesting projects.

    Have you considered wearing sartorial (that means clothing) fashions of the 19th century as well?

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  • (Score: 1) by Arik on Saturday April 11 2020, @02:56AM (7 children)

    by Arik (4543) on Saturday April 11 2020, @02:56AM (#981005) Journal
    "Right! Why should you have to stop calling queer men faggots?!"

    Why indeed? You're acting like it's a "bad word." Please grow up, and join the 21st century.

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    If laughter is the best medicine, who are the best doctors?
    • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 11 2020, @06:02AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 11 2020, @06:02AM (#981032)

      When I hear, "Trump virus", I am reminded of the God-emperor's own personal Vietnam, which bone spurs kept him out of, but he had to worry constantly about contracting AIDS from all the hookers and Beauty Contestants and Fashion Model from Eastern Europe that he was constantly fucking. It was such a rough time for him. He could have died, like tens of thousands Americans are today under his leadership, or lack thereof.

    • (Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 11 2020, @07:45AM (5 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 11 2020, @07:45AM (#981054)

      ...waitaminute. Do you know what the term "fighting words" means?

      Actually, I don't care. Fuck off. Go back to slashdot or daily stormer or whatever cesspool, and stop shitting on soylent.

      • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Arik on Saturday April 11 2020, @08:33AM (4 children)

        by Arik (4543) on Saturday April 11 2020, @08:33AM (#981072) Journal
        What are you on about? You've lost the plot.

        "Fighting words" is the common law doctrine that insults can start a fight.

        My point is that the words involved here are not insults.

        You don't insult a person by confirming their own self-identification, but by doing the opposite. You demonstrate the technique here, by ludicrously associating me with neo-nazism, simply for daring to contradict your ignorance.

        If I really were a nazi, that would not be an insult to me, and if you really thought I was a nazi, you probably would have been smart enough to find a different insult. You seem to have (correctly) calculated that you can be offensive to me by calling me that, precisely because that's obviously something that's repugnant to me.

        Now apply the same logic to "faggot." If you think that's an insult, that just proves you're not a faggot.

        And with that, you've actually been insulted. Have a good day.
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        If laughter is the best medicine, who are the best doctors?
        • (Score: 0, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 11 2020, @09:30PM (1 child)

          by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 11 2020, @09:30PM (#981294)

          How tf did you get modded up?

          Where did GP call you a nazi!?

          My point is that the words involved here are not insults.

          Actually, "faggot" is an insult (it means the person is to be used as kindling, ie. burnt to death) and fighting words (because you're saying they deserve to die because of their sexual orientation).

          Now apply the same logic to "faggot." If you think that's an insult, that just proves you're not a faggot.

          I can't speak for other lentils, but when my last boyfriend called me "hey fag" it was in the same way african americans might say "hey n". And I can assure you, if we hadn't been dating and someone without his cute sing-song voice said that on the street, there'd be either an apology or a fight.

          You're a piece of shit troll.

          • (Score: 3, Interesting) by Arik on Saturday April 11 2020, @10:29PM

            by Arik (4543) on Saturday April 11 2020, @10:29PM (#981322) Journal
            "How tf did you get modded up?"

            How would I know?

            "Where did GP call you a nazi!?"

            Here: "Go back to slashdot or daily stormer[...]"

            "Actually, "faggot" is an insult (it means the person is to be used as kindling, ie. burnt to death) and fighting words (because you're saying they deserve to die because of their sexual orientation)."

            Factually incorrect, and a truly sad misinterpretation.

            The word, in application to people (and young men in particular) actually has quite a different origin. In the boarding school system, the lower classmen were designated 'faggots' and each was assigned to an upper classman who was designated their 'fag-master.' This was a system of hazing and abuse, designed to break down the little faggots and forcibly mould them into what society wanted them to be. The metaphor at work, in other words, was not one of burning faggots, but one of making chipboard.

            By my time, it had evolved from 'lower classmen' specifically, to anyone that the herd rejects, and by extension from there to be the opposite for 'breeder.'

            So you could say that it's an insult if you're a breeder, but even that isn't really true. Most breeders wouldn't be insulted by it, anymore than I would be insulted if you called me a breeder. "Well, no, but did you have a point?" Not insulted, just puzzled, what are you on about?

            Only someone who is not only a breeder, but a breeder with a VERY shaky self-image who leans VERY heavily on being a breeder in order to feel worthwhile themselves, to the point of a serious personality defect, would really think it's an insult to be called not-a-breeder.

            As to the rest, you sound to me like you suffer from some serious self-hatred. Obviously you're hiding behind AC so I don't know anything about you, but that's definitely the impression you're giving with these posts. If someone calls you faggot in the street you ball your fists up and look for a fight? That's sad. I look up expecting to see an old friend.

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            If laughter is the best medicine, who are the best doctors?
        • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 12 2020, @04:01AM (1 child)

          by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 12 2020, @04:01AM (#981420)

          STOP WITH THE TT TEXT OPTION IN ORDER FOR YOUR POSTS TO STAND OUT MORE. IT FUCKING SUCKS.

          • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 13 2020, @07:08AM

            by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 13 2020, @07:08AM (#981867)

            Use VT100 theme.