Comments on: Getting wildlife off the menu http://www.theworld.org/2009/11/10/getting-wildlife-off-the-menu/ Global Perspectives for an American Audience Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:58:41 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Allen Hoang http://www.theworld.org/2009/11/10/getting-wildlife-off-the-menu/comment-page-1/#comment-3812 Allen Hoang Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:31:19 +0000 http://www.theworld.org/?p=19189#comment-3812 The Vietnamese who are eating exotic wildlife are rich and spoiled. They simply are showing off their wealth. Exotic foods are expensive and reserved for the very highest echelon of society. Since they can afford it, they must be part of that echelon. Their action is systematic of Vietnamese society, that is people like to showoff their wealth to their neighbors. To discourage eating exotic wildlife, just label this as low class and uneducated. Vietnamese people are very sensitive to being labeled uneducated and low class. The Vietnamese who are eating exotic wildlife are rich and spoiled. They simply are showing off their wealth. Exotic foods are expensive and reserved for the very highest echelon of society. Since they can afford it, they must be part of that echelon. Their action is systematic of Vietnamese society, that is people like to showoff their wealth to their neighbors.

To discourage eating exotic wildlife, just label this as low class and uneducated. Vietnamese people are very sensitive to being labeled uneducated and low class.

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