>>17780167Oh yeah they love beef in Japan. When I was there studying girls would constantly try to get me to eat gyudon which I hear is quite tasty. They thought it was really cute how I would never let them.
However, they also have developed good pork-based and fish-based cuisine which I made full use of. Japanese food doesn't hold a candle to Indian (nothing does) but it was an interesting and tolerable change while I was there.
Obviously the previous customs weren't from Hinduism but from Buddhism. That's because Buddhism was the predominant global ideology in the world during the 7th and 8th centuries when the Yamato state reformed into the nation we now know of as Japan. The national-liberal ideologies which dominated the late 19th century have no room for animal protection, and even in India which was sheltered from these ideological trends by the conservatism and bloody indifference of our British oppressors, some culturally advanced people in cities adopted these regrettable practices.
While it is regrettable that so many people in Japan eat beef, I do not hold the ignorance of the Japanese to be disgusting or seek to turn back time. No state which seeks to thwart global trends can survive. To achieve global protection of cows, it is first necessary to realize this ideal in an advanced and attractive state, which will create global trends as other countries seek to imitate it. If someone from a smelly, poor, and corrupt country like the current India tells people to protect cows, no one in government would listen or care. If we make India a technologically advanced and well-governed country, and devise a universal and reliable way to protect cows within our borders, then culturally advanced people in other countries will realize the error of their ways and follow suit. Based on Japanese history and values, I believe they would be among the first.
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