I should think it's chauvinistic to discriminate for or against vertebrates. (Reply #3)

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Response to Dial H For Hero (Original post)

Thu Jul 8, 2021, 10:06 AM

3. I should think it's chauvinistic to discriminate for or against vertebrates.

How very thick of us.
We are vertebrates, therefore other invertebrates are better than invertbrates, seems to be the logic here.
To the legislators, stop what you're doing and go to your respective libraries and give this a think.

Compare an Octopus to Ted Cruz, and then get back to me.

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22 replies	Author	Time	Post
UK weighs ban on boiling live lobsters [View all]	Dial H For Hero	Jul 2021	OP
Why do they try desperately to escape the pot then?	Treefrog	Jul 2021	#1
+1	2naSalit	Jul 2021	#2
Presumably because lobsters which try to get away from something which damages them are more likely	Dial H For Hero	Jul 2021	#4
Reflexes don't require the ability to feel pain, or even a brain. nt.	Mariana	Jul 2021	#10
I should think it's chauvinistic to discriminate for or against vertebrates.	CoopersDad	Jul 2021	#3
I love that movie and I approve the proposed changes in GB to include invertebrates for protection.	MoonRiver	Jul 2021	#13
From Google index	Submariner	Jul 2021	#5
Ah yes, Mary Tyler Moore comes to mind.	Croney	Jul 2021	#6
I have no conclusive evidence that other human beings feel pain as I do	sanatanadharma	Jul 2021	#7
All life is sentient? Clams? Fleas? Bacteria? Radishes? Surely you draw the line somewhere.	Dial H For Hero	Jul 2021	#14
I do draw lines and color outside of the margins	sanatanadharma	Jul 2021	#16
Certainly there is a line somewhere but,	Disaffected	Jul 2021	#17
Until very recently -	Ms. Toad	Jul 2021	#15
Yes, another good example of	Disaffected	Jul 2021	#18
Many crustaceans have	sarisataka	Jul 2021	#8
I'm with you on octopuses	wryter2000	Jul 2021	#21
I love lobsters...	NurseJackie	Jul 2021	#9
They are probably better when steamed anyway...	Klaralven	Jul 2021	#19
If lobsters looked like puppies, we wouldn't allow it	Clash City Rocker	Jul 2021	#11
How does one stun mussels or clams?	dhol82	Jul 2021	#12
How would they like for them to be killed?	wryter2000	Jul 2021	#20
So what now? Lethal injection?	48656c6c6f20	Jul 2021	#22

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