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CoopersDad

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

Reply to Dial H For Hero (Original post)

Thu Jul 8, 2021, 10:06 AM

Jul 2021

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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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