I almost quit because of that, ya know. Then you would have been sorry.

Anybody see The Freshman? That was funny.

I think there are nonarbitrary ways to parse the animal kingdom. Intverbebrates such as shrimp, lobsters, clams, octopus, for instance, don’t have cerebral cortex and other neural structures which many people believe support awarenss, conscious pain etc.. I frankly have no idea if a shrimp feels pain. But if I thought they didn’t, and I was a vegetarian, I’d consider becoming a vege-invertebratarian.

Plus, chickens are funny lookin’, so they are OK to eat.

Manatees are stupid and slow, obviously God created them to be captured and eaten by carnivores and omnivores.

Dogs are too trusting, so should be eaten.

Bonobo chimps are competing with us in certain cognitive tasks, so we should eat them so they don’t overtake us in evolution.

Human infants are helpless little things, with tasty livers that haven’t been ruined by decades of alcohol abuse. Clearly if we weren’t supposed to eat them they would be able to run away from us.

Endangered animals are tasty partlyl because of the thrill of breaking the law during consumption. I had an American Eagle omelette a few years ago that was delicious. Now that they are off the endangered species list the allure is gone.

I have also made a Jurassic Park burger, bringing species back into existence just so I could eat them. Very tasty. The longer it takes to prepare a dish the better they taste.

@Kate: “SOYLENT GREEN IS PEOPLE!!!!!” (The movie was far worse than the book.)

@Annie: I’ll bet you couldn’t do it. I’ll bet I couldn’t do it. Besides, that’s way too little fur to help anyway.

If it came to food however, I could definitely do it.

@Samuraipawn: LOL. Need to start eating more tuna.

@Tacticus: Not enough meat on ‘em.

@Wahrheit: No kidding? That’s fun stuff to know! Now I’m wondering why would the dolphin males kill their young like that. The rape part seems to be not uncommon in the world.

I’d love to try whale, but I’ve heard the meat really isn’t all that wonderful.

Oops, I guess I’m anthropomorphizing, too.

I like my dolphin steak medium rare with a side of whale, BTW.