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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 07:31 PM Original message |
Whole Foods Bans Sale of Live Lobsters (and Crabs as Inhumane) |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 07:34 PM Response to Original message |
1. Good for them. Way to take a stand. |
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GrumpyGreg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 08:45 PM Response to Reply #1 |
18. In other words they will kill out of sight---where do they |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 09:36 PM Response to Reply #18 |
29. It's better |
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Skink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 11:59 PM Response to Reply #18 |
46. The cow tanks just took up to much space. |
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VegasWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 09:45 AM Response to Reply #46 |
75. ROFL!!!! nt |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 06:27 AM Response to Reply #18 |
56. There's a difference between treating livestock humanely |
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Jawja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-17-06 09:19 AM Response to Reply #56 |
157. Price may be hair raising, |
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BrownOak (391 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 08:13 AM Response to Reply #56 |
197. Try the organic rabbit, it's hare raising n/t |
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nerddem (366 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 07:37 AM Response to Reply #18 |
59. don't forget |
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tinfoilinfor2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 09:40 AM Response to Reply #59 |
72. Sooo, I can only eat rocks? |
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CHICKEN CAPITOL USA (174 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 09:55 PM Response to Reply #72 |
146. no--- just use rocks for brains- |
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olddad56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 01:00 PM Response to Reply #72 |
209. sticks are good ruffage. So is twine. |
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AlienGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 12:37 PM Response to Reply #59 |
95. That must make you really popular...nt |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 06:52 PM Response to Reply #59 |
135. Well, it's rude to point it out, but their argument is flawed. |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 08:45 PM Response to Reply #135 |
142. It's very possible to eat without taking a life |
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NuttyFluffers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-17-06 03:09 AM Response to Reply #142 |
151. usually fructarians, but reserved for the most elite among them |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-17-06 07:50 AM Response to Reply #151 |
156. Very interesting |
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NuttyFluffers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 12:29 AM Response to Reply #156 |
180. ;) all religions preach peace and say they only fight in self-defense |
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INDIA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-17-06 11:40 AM Response to Reply #142 |
163. I don't understand. |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-17-06 01:00 PM Response to Reply #163 |
164. Sure |
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INDIA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-17-06 04:03 PM Response to Reply #164 |
174. Definitely! |
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ConsAreLiars (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 10:12 PM Response to Reply #135 |
147. The issue was cruelty, it was not about eating meat.or killing potatoes. |
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LeahD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 03:43 AM Response to Reply #135 |
187. I don't think the argument is "don't kill animals for food, " |
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ChickMagic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 08:52 AM Response to Reply #59 |
208. I've done the same thing |
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heliarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 03:24 AM Response to Reply #18 |
186. It was Brecht who said... |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 11:38 PM Response to Reply #1 |
39. Huh? |
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pokercat999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 05:31 AM Response to Reply #39 |
55. Now I'm confused....are you saying you don't see the |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 08:10 AM Response to Reply #55 |
61. Yes |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 11:03 AM Response to Reply #61 |
78. You do understand that plants don't have brains, right? |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 12:46 PM Response to Reply #78 |
100. I think the fixation on brains is missing the point |
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Zodiak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 08:03 AM Response to Reply #100 |
194. pain requires type C nerve fibers |
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Misunderestimator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 09:44 AM Response to Reply #39 |
74. It's about the suffering they must endure while living. |
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Scairp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 07:34 PM Response to Original message |
2. Well, I don't want them to suffer either |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 09:58 PM Response to Reply #2 |
32. Me too, it's so hypocritical |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 07:15 AM Response to Reply #32 |
57. Having worked in the natural foods industry... |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 12:05 PM Response to Reply #57 |
85. The lobsters have no money n/t |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 12:11 PM Response to Reply #85 |
87. Yes, but they're are a lot of wealthy customers that... |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 12:35 PM Response to Reply #87 |
94. Yeah |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 12:39 PM Response to Reply #94 |
98. I'm not sure where you inferred that... |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 12:49 PM Response to Reply #98 |
103. Okeedoke |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 12:52 PM Response to Reply #103 |
104. Gee...maybe the lobsters were the source of my insomnia. |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 05:37 PM Response to Reply #57 |
126. LOL |
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smirkymonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 06:57 PM Response to Reply #126 |
136. I happen to shop there, because I like it and I actually find it to |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 07:59 PM Response to Reply #136 |
138. I shop there too, but the hoity customers around here are something. |
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NuttyFluffers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-17-06 03:20 AM Response to Reply #138 |
152. i like that attitude, so much of life is "performance art" |
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Exultant Democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-17-06 01:42 PM Response to Reply #152 |
165. Perhaps two too many to put in one sentence? |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 09:19 PM Response to Reply #126 |
144. Heh...I was a manager at a smaller, more upscale natural foods store |
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Skip Intro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
3. BRAVO!!!! |
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Owsley (285 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 08:02 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Unfortunately... |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 08:13 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. I do shop there, but exclusively--- would increase my food buget |
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smirkymonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 06:58 PM Response to Reply #8 |
137. That's why it is also known as "Whole Paycheck" |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 08:41 PM Response to Reply #7 |
17. We spend less there than at Harris Teeter or Giant |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
4. Well, they say you can put a lobster in the freezer, and it'll just kind |
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Book Lover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 08:29 PM Response to Reply #4 |
16. My father bends them over and rubs the spot above the tail |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 08:53 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Isn't that the "G" spot? Nothing like an orgasm to get ya to a boil! |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 09:06 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. 60 years? I'd bet he knows what he's doing. |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 09:07 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Only way to know for sure how it feels to be boiled alive |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 09:14 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. And to be a lobster while you're being boiled. |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 11:27 PM Response to Reply #26 |
149. I remember crying the first time I boiled clams in New England. |
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Zodiak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 08:05 AM Response to Reply #24 |
196. and be a lobster n/t |
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Book Lover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 09:35 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. He certainly does, but |
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bling bling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 03:23 AM Response to Reply #16 |
49. I used to do that as a kid. |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 10:57 AM Response to Reply #16 |
77. my dad does that too |
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Zodiak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 08:05 AM Response to Reply #16 |
195. It is a crock |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 09:52 PM Response to Reply #4 |
31. Yeah, but |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 08:23 AM Response to Reply #4 |
64. Dead Uncooked Lobster Is No Good |
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smtpgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 03:34 PM Response to Reply #64 |
118. I was looking for your kind of post. |
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madaboutharry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
5. Good for them |
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KurtNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 12:13 PM Response to Reply #5 |
88. Giant cockroaches of the sea floor |
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VegasWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 12:46 PM Response to Reply #5 |
101. Why, protein is protein regardless of its environmental niche. And this |
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bunkerbuster1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
6. I guess I still think of 'em as big bugs. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 05:30 AM Response to Reply #6 |
54. They ARE "big bugs"! Seriously----huge sea bugs. |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 08:16 PM Response to Original message |
9. Actually, they weren't selling worth a damn. |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 11:28 AM Response to Reply #9 |
82. I had the same reaction. This is a business decision framed as |
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Exultant Democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-17-06 02:30 PM Response to Reply #82 |
167. Wouldn't the fact that they tried lobster condos prove |
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foo_bar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-17-06 03:07 PM Response to Reply #167 |
170. not if they expected increased sales for the effort |
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Exultant Democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-17-06 03:23 PM Response to Reply #170 |
172. What I really think is that it is a whole lot of free publicity |
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foo_bar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-17-06 03:57 PM Response to Reply #172 |
173. that or "I wonder where the nearest Red Lobster is" |
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Exultant Democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-17-06 05:21 PM Response to Reply #173 |
177. lol |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 10:31 PM Response to Reply #173 |
207. The Whole Foods crowd is not the Red Lobster crowd. |
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Brazenly Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 08:17 PM Response to Original message |
10. I love Whole Foods! It's the most wonderful store EVER! |
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DemGa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 08:17 PM Response to Original message |
11. This is wonderful n/t |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 08:19 PM Response to Original message |
12. Wonderful news!!! kudos to Whole Foods |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
13. Three cheers to Whole Foods |
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kiraboo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
14. I'm not sure I really care very much about the treatment of lobsters. |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 09:09 PM Response to Reply #14 |
25. They have a central nervous system |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 10:00 PM Response to Reply #25 |
33. Dying hurts, no shit |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 10:02 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. I don't eat meat |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 11:40 PM Response to Reply #34 |
40. Plants feel pain too (nt) |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 04:35 AM Response to Reply #40 |
51. A plant does not have a nervous system, |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 08:15 AM Response to Reply #51 |
62. What a marvelously convenient definition of "pain" |
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Abathar (56 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 01:24 PM Response to Reply #62 |
109. I'll give that excuse |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 10:38 AM Response to Reply #40 |
76. Not without a central nervous system they don't. |
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dave123williams (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 11:38 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. Not really - there's a biological system in place that put you in shock |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 11:43 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. Either way |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 08:49 AM Response to Reply #42 |
67. But we don't. |
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dave123williams (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 11:13 AM Response to Reply #67 |
80. Agreed, but Lobster are still delicious. Especially with butter. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 12:04 PM Response to Reply #67 |
84. The planet depends on those animals for survival |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 03:23 PM Response to Reply #84 |
117. It is our responsibility, like it or not, to preserve the planet. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 05:45 PM Response to Reply #117 |
128. Because going to its logical conclusion |
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Zodiak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 08:14 AM Response to Reply #25 |
198. that is not true |
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yewberry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 01:24 PM Response to Reply #198 |
201. Do you really mean teleology? |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 09:45 PM Response to Reply #14 |
30. Well, then look it up. |
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Thtwudbeme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
15. I'll be really impressed when they give their emplayees the same |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 08:56 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. Check out this web site about their employees' attempts to unionize. |
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Omaha Steve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 08:09 PM Response to Reply #21 |
140. Thanks for the union post |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 09:17 AM Response to Reply #15 |
71. Read my post #70. I'm right there with you. nt |
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Fierce (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 11:17 AM Response to Reply #15 |
81. You beat me to it. |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 08:55 PM Response to Original message |
20. Well, the Babble sez they're an abomination... |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
22. Oh, well - fresh crab and lobster are WAAAYYYYY beyond my means |
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Kittycat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 10:54 PM Response to Reply #22 |
35. I can't afford their steaks - $22/lb. |
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faithnotgreed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
27. finally |
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alittlelark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 11:04 PM Response to Original message |
36. My Nana used to put them in a bucket w/white wine and |
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Buns_of_Fire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 05:06 AM Response to Reply #36 |
189. Not only were they tasty -- they were DRUNK! |
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dave123williams (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 11:37 PM Response to Original message |
37. I don't understand; they're Lobsters... |
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nerddem (366 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 07:48 AM Response to Reply #37 |
60. it's like jim gaffigan's joke about eating meat |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 11:42 PM Response to Original message |
41. I wish they'd stock more organic stuff, and label more clearly |
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Jersey Devil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 11:44 PM Response to Original message |
43. "Inhumane"? Shouldn't that be "incrustacean"? |
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salvorhardin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 11:52 PM Response to Original message |
44. I'm hard pressed to see how |
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KurtNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 12:21 PM Response to Reply #44 |
89. Pain is pain |
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salvorhardin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 12:39 PM Response to Reply #89 |
97. Pure 100% unadulterated BS |
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Maine-ah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-17-06 10:19 AM Response to Reply #97 |
158. I'm with you. What a load of BS. |
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lynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-17-06 02:46 PM Response to Reply #97 |
168. You are 100% correct - |
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Zodiak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 08:19 AM Response to Reply #97 |
199. I agree |
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CHICKEN CAPITOL USA (174 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-17-06 03:22 AM Response to Reply #89 |
153. Thank you for this post- -I'd bet some who read it get pissed because |
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NaturalHigh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 11:55 PM Response to Original message |
45. It's about time. |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 11:59 PM Response to Original message |
47. jeezus what a bunch of dumb know-nothings |
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bling bling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 03:36 AM Response to Reply #47 |
50. Yes. And if you think about it in the big picture, |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 04:38 AM Response to Reply #50 |
52. A mouse is not eaten alive by the snake. |
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bling bling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 04:46 AM Response to Reply #52 |
53. People who own snakes are a mystery to me. |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 07:22 AM Response to Reply #53 |
58. A boa constrictor would never try to eat you alive. |
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bling bling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 12:31 PM Response to Reply #58 |
91. Are you serious? |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 12:35 PM Response to Reply #91 |
93. I had it on my old cell phone and the phone was stolen. |
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bling bling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 04:17 PM Response to Reply #93 |
119. It sounds like you have a cool cat. |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 09:17 PM Response to Reply #119 |
143. Actually, she's only laid back with small animals. |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 08:17 AM Response to Reply #47 |
63. That's an understatement... |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 09:08 AM Response to Reply #63 |
69. Coming from a crabbing family -- it will kill you |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-17-06 11:27 AM Response to Reply #69 |
162. frozen food won't kill you, you'll just wish it had |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 07:52 AM Response to Reply #162 |
192. I meant if you cook a dead lobster or crab then eat it |
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Lilith Velkor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 08:25 AM Response to Reply #47 |
65. I could say the same about chicken |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-17-06 02:51 PM Response to Reply #65 |
169. the problem w. chickens is the effort |
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Hardrada (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 12:09 AM Response to Original message |
48. Don't people boil clams too? |
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ItNerd4life (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 01:14 PM Response to Reply #48 |
210. lol, yes. But it's only inhumane if the animal or plant can move |
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Love Bug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 08:28 AM Response to Original message |
66. "Whole Foods: We Only Sell Dead Meat!" |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 08:50 AM Response to Original message |
68. Good for Whole Foods. If you live near one, be sure to support it. |
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RaRa (705 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 01:33 PM Response to Reply #68 |
110. NO WAY. They played a large role in getting the organic label watered down |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 03:23 PM Response to Reply #110 |
116. Stay away from Horizon. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
70. Frankly, I don't believe this has anything to do with animal rights... |
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thatsrightimirish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 05:42 PM Response to Reply #70 |
127. Agree |
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ConsAreLiars (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 10:25 PM Response to Reply #70 |
148. How did you learn this? |
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Misunderestimator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
73. Good. We do almost all our shopping there. |
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stop the bleeding (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
79. Good for the Lobsters, and WF is better than most stores out |
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humbled_opinion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
83. Never Liked |
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Maine-ah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 02:54 PM Response to Reply #83 |
113. BS. |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 05:47 PM Response to Reply #113 |
129. I've never heard one scream, whether it be from steam or otherwise |
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MaineDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 05:50 PM Response to Reply #129 |
130. My husband's family has always called them bugs |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
86. good news |
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Kailassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
90. I once boiled 3 live lobsters. I will never forget their screams. |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 12:46 PM Response to Reply #90 |
99. I don't know how you manage to keep killing them. |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-17-06 10:35 AM Response to Reply #99 |
159. Me either. |
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Maine-ah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-17-06 10:55 AM Response to Reply #90 |
161. what you are hearing is not the lobster screaming, but |
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patcox2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
92. This thread is why democrats lose. Worrying about lobsters. |
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patcox2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 12:38 PM Response to Reply #92 |
96. Recipe for lobster scrambled eggs: |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 12:47 PM Response to Reply #96 |
102. Now if we could do that to humans who feel like doing it to lobsters. |
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patcox2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 01:17 PM Response to Reply #102 |
107. Lobsters don't scream when they are killed; its hot gasses. |
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Maine-ah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 03:02 PM Response to Reply #107 |
115. yep, exactly |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 01:45 AM Response to Reply #102 |
184. I don't think the big tent can accommodate your desire to cook people |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 01:28 PM Response to Reply #184 |
211. LOL! |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 12:57 PM Response to Reply #96 |
106. Oh man..... |
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DeaconBlues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 05:21 PM Response to Reply #92 |
122. Ummm....I haven't seen anything about lobsters on the Democratic platform |
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MaineDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 05:24 PM Response to Reply #122 |
123. The Maine Democrats have a Lobster Bake in July |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-17-06 03:01 AM Response to Reply #92 |
150. So left wingers aren't allowed to think about anything other than platform |
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thatsrightimirish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
105. WHATEVER! |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 04:43 PM Response to Reply #105 |
121. But they have a 100% "Buying Equality" rating from the HRC |
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thatsrightimirish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 05:36 PM Response to Reply #121 |
125. please read this |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 07:49 AM Response to Reply #125 |
191. I'm already aware of this |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
108. they die faster if you steam them .... |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 05:55 PM Response to Reply #108 |
131. I believe this is correct. |
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MaineDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
111. Wonder if they sell veal? n/t |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 04:29 PM Response to Reply #111 |
120. There's nothing wrong with eating veal if it's free-range |
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NuttyFluffers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-17-06 03:42 AM Response to Reply #120 |
155. wasn't veal originally aborted cow fetus? |
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CHICKEN CAPITOL USA (174 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 04:24 AM Response to Reply #155 |
188. I think tied up and "tortured in the dark" veal is supposed to be tender |
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patcox2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
112. To prepare softshell crabs you cut their face off with scissors; |
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President Kerry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 06:03 PM Response to Reply #112 |
132. are you overcompensating for something? n/t |
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AlienGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 06:08 PM Response to Reply #112 |
134. Being "hard" is soooo cool, it's the new in thing! |
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CHICKEN CAPITOL USA (174 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 09:52 PM Response to Reply #134 |
145. that is SOOOOOOOOOO funny!! |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-17-06 10:41 AM Response to Reply #112 |
160. Was that necessary? |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 01:41 AM Response to Reply #112 |
183. I never liked softshell crabs, they have running guts that gross me out |
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pezdespencer (58 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
114. Hungry |
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Megahurtz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
124. Well it IS inhumane! n/t |
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Minstrel Boy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
133. "No more pain where you are now, boy...." |
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CHICKEN CAPITOL USA (174 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 08:07 PM Response to Original message |
139. YES !YES !YES !YES !YES !YES !YES !YES !YES !YES !YES !YES !YES !YES ! |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 05:45 AM Response to Reply #139 |
190. Are you saying eating meat is bad? |
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MasonJar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
141. Good for them. |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-17-06 03:24 AM Response to Original message |
154. (sigh) I stopped eating meat, now you pecker heads want I should stop |
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Dutch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-17-06 01:56 PM Response to Reply #154 |
166. I'm gald you're not gonna read this thread again |
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gula (619 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-17-06 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
171. What's their stand on tens of thousands of Iraqis? nt |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-17-06 05:09 PM Response to Reply #171 |
176. I presume they aren't selling them from tanks to be boiled alive either |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 07:53 AM Response to Reply #176 |
193. Your header made me laugh n/t |
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Blasphemer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-17-06 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
175. Big whoop.... they still took part in reducing organic standards |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-17-06 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
178. IT IS INHUMANE - IT IS SICKENING |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 01:54 PM Response to Reply #178 |
203. But do you eat other animals? |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 09:29 PM Response to Reply #203 |
206. honestly, no |
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SmokingJacket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-17-06 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
179. I eat meat, but I recently read "Consider the Lobster" by |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 12:40 AM Response to Reply #179 |
181. david foster wallace |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 03:15 AM Response to Reply #181 |
185. by the way here's a linky to the article |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 01:38 AM Response to Original message |
182. I would never have bought that at whole foods anyway, too expensive |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 09:06 AM Response to Original message |
200. what hypocritical morans... |
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yewberry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 01:40 PM Response to Reply #200 |
202. They're not making that argument. |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 02:39 PM Response to Reply #202 |
204. in other words |
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yewberry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 02:53 PM Response to Reply #204 |
205. That's speculation. |
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