These people do not live in the reality that the rest of us live in. They have created their own, evidently.

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gotta love PETA... this sounds more like an April fools joke.

I don't think even that would stop me from ordering Sea Kitten Sashimi
or a Spicy Sea Kitten roll
or poached Sea Kitten
or blackened Sea Kitten
or Sea Kitten and Chips

yummy.

a rose by any other name...

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There's a big difference between fish and cats. Cats are mammals, and thus evolutionarily much closer to people than fish are. If vegetarianism is based on the idea that we shouldn't eat things that are similar to ourselves (like, say, our neighbors, or chimpanzees), then fish should be more tolerable than cats. Besides, the only reason people don't eat cats is that they don't taste good, being carnivorous predators. Fish are more like "sea chickens" than "sea kittens".

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I'm someone who befriends fish at aquariums. I even got some huge sucker of a fish to shun the rest of the patrons once and huddle in the corner near me. So, they can be lovable.

Now, saying that: They're still darned tasty, and I'm not giving them up.

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Then I bet it's not near their radar that the Korean word for "fish" directly translates as "water meat."

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"It seens necessary to point out, however, that cats are friendlier than fish and that fish (aka "tofu of the sea") are far stupider than cats."

So according to that argument, to measure whether or not we should torture something we should look at its intelligence and 'friendliness' first? How about a mentally handicapped and all around grouchy person? Ok to deprive them of air while sticking hooks in them? Forget that they are capable of suffering despite their low intelligence and all around unpleasantness? Should we treat a smart friendly (actual not fish) kitty well but microwave the dumb one that just sort of minds its own business and doesn't want to play with humans?

Now so I don't come off as the total vegan nut that I am(please dont throw stuff at me), I can understand the disconnect that most of us feel when we see a dead fish vs. seeing a dead cat. It's harder to relate to fish than it is to cats, and fish can't be vocal about their pain like cats. It's easy to assume then that they don't feel anything. However studies have shown that they do infact feel pain and if released into the water after being hooked, can remember the experience and avoid searching for food for a while. As for PETA calling fish sea kittens, I think they're just trying to remind people that fish aren't just inanimate objects. By US law fish aren't considered animals so there are no welfare laws to ensure a more humane slaughter. So we can hook em, beat em, suffocate em, and freeze em.

And in response to a previous comment, for the most part vegetarians aren't vegetarian to avoid eating things that are 'evolutionarily closer to people'. Of course there are several different reasons that one might choose to become vegetarian, but vegetarians typically avoid eating anything with a central nervous system that is capable of suffering. Those who avoid all meats aside from fish are called pescatarians. Perhaps its actually this group of people whose attention PETA is trying to get with this. :)

Ok thats all please dont hurt me *hides*

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Bruce I do agree with you about some of PETA's tactics, often I find that their campaigns will probably do more to offend and turn people off of the animal protection movement than get them on their side. (greyhound slaughter ad comes to mind)

As for your argument about valuing our existence over the existence of other animals - no animal protection organization is claiming that we ought to slaughter humans for meat instead. I think you can value your own existance higher than another animals and yet not kill those animals. But anyway I'm not trying to preach just present what the other side is as its often taken the wrong way maybe due in part to peta's antics.

As for nothing about cats fostering an emotional connection,I can't tell you that isn't true for yourself but it certainly isn't for me and probably other pet owners as well. I'm not surprised that a rescued cat would take to scratching as it's probably frightened/previously abused etc, but can see how enough scratches might make you feel as though they're just a bunch of assholes hehe. As for me, I was scratched by one of my cats when I was 3 but have had other more pleasant experiences since.

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Everybody keeps saying that fish have feelings why not pick up the dead after spawing
and what about Soylent Green remember and not to mention that poor little worm that squrims when you put the hook through it body. peta get a life

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