A Follow-up By the Standard on the Disney Shark-fin Soup Tragedy...

Until attitudes change in Hong Kong, there will be no change in the tradition of serving the awful tasting and ecologically detrimental dish. Disney's disingenuous claim justifying serving it:

Disney spokeswoman Esther Wong said on May 27 that the park is sticking with its decision to serve shark's fin because it is ``part of the local Chinese culture.''

Of course they are going to continue to serve it since status-hungry Hong Kong people want it to be served. Most Hong Kong people that I have spoken to about this are oblivious to the plight of the shark. They just don't want to know about it.

And where did this "tradition" come from? Some brave souls are eschewing the "tradition." As I wrote before, I tried to have it removed from my wedding banquet, but the older folks insisted that it be served, otherwise, they felt like that they were cheating their guests.

Maybe the only thing to raise the consciousness of Hong Kong people to this barbaric habit would be something like an Earth First! kind of response. If anyone is familiar with Earth First!, they stage aggressive high profile media oriented and sometimes dangerous actions. Maybe this is what Disney wants.