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Let me generalize then. Eating dog is a current taboo. It is probable one of your ancestors ate some dog. No reason to fib about it.

Crime is a taboo too, but it still happens.

And yes, it happened, as for example..
“Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen's party famously planned to eat their sled dogs, as well as to feed weaker dogs to other dogs, during their expedition to the South Pole. This allowed the party to carry less food, thus lightening the load, and ultimately helped Amundsen to win his race to the South Pole against Robert Scott's expedition, which used ponies.[70] When comparing sled dogs to ponies as draught animals, Amundsen noted:”

As I indicated the left is upset because President Trump said it as a matter of fact.

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