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...that left 800,000 people dead in 100 days. Rich in authentic cultural and environmental detail, the book's authority is established within a few pages, putting you in a world never seen before in the medium. A harrowing tale about a madman, Deogratias, who imagines himself a dog, the story moves back and forth in time before and after the massacre, revealing the horrifying source of Deogratias' lunacy. Expertly drawn in a clear, European-style that uses thick lines and striking colors, the graphics alone would set the book apart. That it also tells a powerfully humane story...
With the appearance of dog-friendly legislation, however, this cultural phenomenon has overstepped its place. Typically, dietary regulation is justified either for public health concerns or on account of the would-be-meal’s danger of extinction. As to the former, it is true that animals higher up the food chain are more hazardous to eat—since they tend to ingest and accumulate more chemicals—but dog meat is no more dangerous than shellfish and hardly merits its own special ban. And as for the latter, as any Parisian will tell you, the world?...
This is just the problem. Bans on dog meat tell the public not that dog meat is unsafe, but that dog-eaters are—beyond being distasteful to the mainstream—so morally degrading to society as to be worthy of explicit legislation prohibiting their unsavory habits. Worse, such laws discriminate—in effect if not intent—against ethnic groups that traditionally eat dog meat—namely, some East and Southeast Asian cultures. Dog is considered a delicacy in many Asian countries; unfortunately for new immigrants to the Land of the Free, here...
...event, organized by the student-run Harvard Concert Commission (HCC) in conjunction with College administrators, contrasted with past unsuccessful HCC efforts, including pushes to bring rap artists Snoop Dog and Wyclef Jean to campus. Both of those efforts resulted in “fiascos,” according to HCC Director Tyler O’Brien...
...Undergraduate Council (UC) could not raise the funds to provide the level of security that the Boston Police Department mandated for the Snoop Dog event. And the HCC’s ticket sales for the Wycelf concert were so low that the event was cancelled...