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Besides, Sharks Seem To Defend Themselves Pretty Well As It Is
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San Francisco once again faces a clash between culture and the city's natural tendency towards regulating everything, so public officials and environmantalists are pleading with the Chinese community not to take it as an attack on their culture that the city's getting ready to ban shark fin soup. They already have the Jewish community upset that they're trying to ban circumcision, which would effectively make it illegal to have a Jewish baby in the city. I would argue that these laws ARE about religion: Political correctness, environmentalism, and intolerance towards mainstream religions are religions in themselves. On the other hand, if sharks are endangered, maybe they can back off the soup a little.... (San Francisco Chronicle)
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