{"id":7223,"date":"2010-09-02T22:35:15","date_gmt":"2010-09-02T14:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/?p=7223"},"modified":"2010-09-02T22:36:54","modified_gmt":"2010-09-02T14:36:54","slug":"dissuading-against-shark-fin-consumption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/2010\/09\/dissuading-against-shark-fin-consumption\/","title":{"rendered":"Dissuading Against Shark-fin Consumption"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7224\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/12.jpg?resize=137%2C132\" alt=\"\" width=\"137\" height=\"132\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/12.jpg?w=229&amp;ssl=1 229w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/12.jpg?resize=96%2C92&amp;ssl=1 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 137px) 100vw, 137px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There was a discussion with friends from Vegetarian Society over coverage of boycotting shark-fin soup for wedding dinners in the news&#8230; about whether it involves etiquette in rejecting invitations that include the dish and speaking against the dish during such dinners. Here is my reply:<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s all very simple, methinks\u2026 We just need to sincerely look in the eyes of the shark-fin orderers and eaters, and in the most heartfelt but gentle manner, describe the suffering the sharks go through, as it is, and let them decide if shark-fin is still palatable. Nothing to worry about etiquette \u00a0:-] <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">If we express our empathy for the sharks sincerely, it\u2019s more moving and transformational than anything else<\/span>\u2026 other than personal witness of the suffering. Perhaps the couple can even give say a few words on this during the wedding. Best effects if the cam zooms in on them slightly teary-eyed!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related Article:<\/strong><br \/>\nCelebrate with Kindness<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/2010\/03\/celebrate-with-kindness\">https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/2010\/03\/celebrate-with-kindness<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There was a discussion with friends from Vegetarian Society over coverage of boycotting shark-fin soup for wedding dinners in the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[74],"tags":[411,158],"class_list":["post-7223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-veganism","tag-empathy","tag-sincerity","wpcat-74-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7223"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7223\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}