One grossness doesn't justify another. Any 10-year-old can tell you how weird and gross sex is. But you're still allowed to say, "Honey, I'll pass on the scat play, thanks."
That's especially true when the grossness is concealed from you via PR and corporate BS. Dog meat is probably not different nutritionally from hamburger. Heck, it could be better. But if McDonald's "fortified" their hamburgers with 5% Lassie, people would still be rightfully pissed.
I agree that people have a right to know what is going into their food, and that the way this has sort of hidden (in a half-assed way) from the public is wrong.
But I disagree that that's why people are upset about it. If McDonald's had a note on their ads that said "made of 5% dog meat", people would be just as angry.
Actually, euthanized animals from shelters are often rendered down to turn into gelatin and other basic chemical components that then find their way into cosmetics and food products. This is, of course, a good thing by any measure other than "ick" factor (the alternative is raising and killing more animals, after all) so I do not long for the outrage that will eventually come when people find out they've probably eaten dog gelatin.
I disagree. If McDonald's announced that they would be adding dog next month, there would be outrage. If it were to come out that they had been doing it for the last year but had tried to pass it off as a vitamin supplement, people would be burning shit down. Both "I ate what?" and "My trust has been betrayed!" are powerful motivators.
Well we'll never know probably, but my guess would be that McDonald's would issue a statement apologizing and promising never to do it again, and people would get distracted by whatever inconsequential celebrity gossip caught their fancy within a week.
That's especially true when the grossness is concealed from you via PR and corporate BS. Dog meat is probably not different nutritionally from hamburger. Heck, it could be better. But if McDonald's "fortified" their hamburgers with 5% Lassie, people would still be rightfully pissed.