Originally Posted by
Maltah
I am not morally outraged at all but you seem to be. I'm not making any moral judgments on anyone who does or does not eat meat, other than myself. The fact that human suffering and starvation exists is a different moral argument. If it is assumed that suffering is bad and we should end all suffering, then the logical conclusion is that eating meat is unethical. AND I DO IT! Do you eat meat? If so, what moral or ethical argument can you make, for yourself? Are you starving, desperate, or malnourished?
Just because they have a reason to round up dogs and eat them because it's cheap and easy, doesn't make it ethical any more than the US eating cows and pigs is ethical, nor does it address the larger issues. It's the symptom of a problem, not the solution.
"The basis of morality is, on my view, a concern for the well-being of concious creatures. To the extent that any creature can suffer, or be made happy, or be deprived of happiness…we have an ethical interest, and ethical concerns can come into play." - Sam Harris
There are a significant amount of cultures, including Native Americans, that used them for both. Eating their dogs was as common a practice as using them for guarding camps and hunting. The relationship you're painting is a modern ideal that is still unique to the US and a few other western cultures.