In the neighboring country, Korea, there is a culture called "dog-eating".

I heard that the controversy has been rekindled by the South Korean president's order to consider banning this "dog-eating" practice.

I remembered that my mentor once sent me this e-mail.

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I, as a rule, have no comment on this issue.

However, I definitely do not agree with the logic that says, "Whales and dolphins are cute, so we shouldn't eat them".

It is a fact that human beings sacrifice other lives in order to survive. And this is something that cannot be helped.

I don't agree that "which lives are allowed and which are not" should be judged on the basis of "cute" or "not cute."

Well, if you go back about 2000 years in the world, cannibalism was a normal thing (even now, it seems that calibarism still exists).

It's extreme, but after my death, there are times when I wish someone would eat the rest of the meat that I used for the body donation and ask me what I thought of it -- even it is impossible in two ways.

Because "I'll be charged with destruction of a corpse, etc." and because "I'm dead and can't ask for feedback.

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I love both cats and dogs.

My family had both when I was a child.

When my dog died, my father said, "I'm sadder than when my own parents died.

I remember crying so hard at that time that I thought I had shed a lifetime's worth of tears.

However, the fact that I am a cat lover and a dog lover is not the same as the fact that I am a dog eater. I have the good sense to say as much.