The main issue with Kobe beef is that... well... it is all marketing. I live in Japan and I import meat from Australia, I know the industry well. The cultural difference between here and Australia in regards to agriculture is mind blowing. In Japan, tradition is king. If you do not do what your region/your family tells you, then the price of your cow will plummet, I've been to the cattle auctions here and they really are an interesting artifact.
As per the wiki article, the Tajima cow is the only cow considered for this meat, what it fails to mention is that the Tajima is just an Angus, and indeed an Angus that is brought up in conditions I do not agree with. They are brought up in a very small area, not allowed to exercise so as to get that delicious marbling. After visiting these farms I feel much better about how my cows are brought up in Australia, with one cow having an average of 2 acres as opposed to 20 square feet.
Anyway, rant aside Kobe beef just isn't all that good in comparison to the other meats available in Japan as they're all the same damned breed being brought up exactly the same, Japanese tradition just dictates that it's more expensive and 'better'.
Y'know I had to read through your post twice to be sure, and yes I'm sure that I am quite offended.
Are you saying that because a person organizes a wild party now and then that they can't be family people with full time jobs/careers? True, I'll concede that I'm single and have no children and I understand how that it would be very difficult to organize a party under those circumstances, however I find your line of reasoning highly dubious that just because I like to organize a party in my own home where I have 50-100 people over for a good ol' night on a weekend that I'm a broke bum without a job. And the people who voted you up to +5 Insightful, blows my mind.
From the age of 26-28 I organized some fantastic parties that will never be forgotten and made many excellent friendships that persist to this day, I'd party until the morning, wake up and clean the house, cook breakfast for whomever stayed the evening and hell sometimes I even went to the gym if I had the time. If you Party responsibly, you can Party Hard, not piss off your neighbours, follow the laws of the land and get to know your neighbours so that if they do have a problem with the noise they are not afraid to approach you and ask you nicely to tone it down a bit, of which everyone at my parties were more than happy to do.
Then again, I lived in Australia at the time where we were not afraid of our own shadows.
"Make sure that you're SAM folks are either cooperating
(Emphasis mine)
Seriously if they're (their/there?) lawyers and they can make basic grammatical mistakes like that, then I'd be wary of taking their legal advice.
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The issue is that there IS no environment
I hadn't read User Friendly in years and completely forgot about it. Goodbye work week.
As per the wiki article, the Tajima cow is the only cow considered for this meat, what it fails to mention is that the Tajima is just an Angus, and indeed an Angus that is brought up in conditions I do not agree with. They are brought up in a very small area, not allowed to exercise so as to get that delicious marbling. After visiting these farms I feel much better about how my cows are brought up in Australia, with one cow having an average of 2 acres as opposed to 20 square feet.
Anyway, rant aside Kobe beef just isn't all that good in comparison to the other meats available in Japan as they're all the same damned breed being brought up exactly the same, Japanese tradition just dictates that it's more expensive and 'better'.
Are you saying that because a person organizes a wild party now and then that they can't be family people with full time jobs/careers? True, I'll concede that I'm single and have no children and I understand how that it would be very difficult to organize a party under those circumstances, however I find your line of reasoning highly dubious that just because I like to organize a party in my own home where I have 50-100 people over for a good ol' night on a weekend that I'm a broke bum without a job. And the people who voted you up to +5 Insightful, blows my mind.
From the age of 26-28 I organized some fantastic parties that will never be forgotten and made many excellent friendships that persist to this day, I'd party until the morning, wake up and clean the house, cook breakfast for whomever stayed the evening and hell sometimes I even went to the gym if I had the time. If you Party responsibly, you can Party Hard, not piss off your neighbours, follow the laws of the land and get to know your neighbours so that if they do have a problem with the noise they are not afraid to approach you and ask you nicely to tone it down a bit, of which everyone at my parties were more than happy to do.
Then again, I lived in Australia at the time where we were not afraid of our own shadows.
No, because remember, it's only Copyright Infringement if you upload the data. By only downloading your data via your pooTorrent, you should be fine.
(Emphasis mine) Seriously if they're (their/there?) lawyers and they can make basic grammatical mistakes like that, then I'd be wary of taking their legal advice.