Word: butcher
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...that they are at least alive, however miserably, and not being worn as fur coats. Jan Schaafsma Betty's Bay, South Africa Big cats and other wild species are called predators, while man is politely referred to as just a primate. Judging from the meat consumption at our local butcher shop in a suburb of Delhi, I estimate that we humans slaughter more than 1 million chickens a day (a conservative estimate). India is not a rich country and has a large vegetarian population, but we also slaughter a large number of other animals. Yes, it is not only...
...razing as postwar Japan was being rebuilt. You can stroll from the Imperial Hotel over an iron-lattice bridge and through the former gate of Kanazawa Prison to the cathedral of St. Francis Xavier, where couples can still get married. Every building, from old post offices to police posts, butcher shops to banks, is fronted with an English-language plaque explaining its history. Within, dioramas depict life in the Meiji era (1867-1912). Many displays are interactive: a Kabuki troupe performs in the Kureha-za Theater, while an antique Kyoto streetcar runs to sake tastings at the city's former...
...real-life model for Hiroshima Joe. Perhaps Booth's biggest coup is talking his way into Kowloon Walled City, a notorious no-go area of vice, violence and opium dens. Afterward, his guide, a young Triad member named Lau, gestures toward a pig being slaughtered in a nearby butcher shop. "Blood sprayed from its neck," writes Booth. "Lau put his hands on my shoulder in an affable manner and said, 'You talk [about the Walled City], maybe you [end up] like this...
...talking his way into Kowloon Walled City, a notorious no-go area of vice and violence, where he watches old men smoke opium and prostitutes while away the afternoon waiting for business. Afterward, his guide, a young Triad member named Lau, gestures toward a pig in a nearby butcher shop. "A man in a pair of bloodied shorts stepped up to it, grabbed one ear and yanked it back," writes Booth. "The pig squealed, an eerie, unearthly sound. The butcher ran a sharp knife under its neck and slit its throat, stepping smartly backwards. The pig fell on its side...
...decades, horror movies have been R-rated snuff cartoons with severed limbs and buckets of blood. The Freddy and Jason films and the Chainsaw Massacres appeal to the connoisseurs of special-effects gore. Every item is laid out for you to see, like the carcasses in a butcher's window...