The Big Beef

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/20/washington/20trade.html?th=&adxnnl=1&emc=th&adxnnlx=1215577509-x8QNjuo6BHBtZdDEu7mKoA

I find it interesting how thousands of people in South Korea can protest over the matter of beef. Imagining that millions of people die from mad cow disease. I can definitely see the S. Koreans' point of view, however. Americans don't realize how toxic this meat appears to them. But this is just another issue added on to the list of anti-American sentiment. South Korea is the world's third largest importer of American beef. At least...before five years ago. Is the US really going to make a small issue in result of losing such a big business? I must say that President Lee took the deal with the US not regarding the public's opinion. But I suppose the US should just let the South Korean's have their less than 30 month old beef; its not much safer.

Then again, the issue at hand is the product of beef, in the eyes of the U.S.
But if you step into South Korea; the issue is the mad cow disease.
I decided to look a little bit more about the disease to look at South Korea's point of view. It has been reported that Mad Cow is airborne, can be caught through cosmetics and diapers, and that Koreans are 3x more likely to catch it than Westerners.

Does this change your point of view?