Is it wrong to eat animals that are clever?

[DrRingDing]

All this moralising over eating animals as they're not human is rooted in religion and the idea we're special.

We are not special. Not in any righteous god-like way anyhoo.

 

[pengaleng]

octopus sashimi tho... top notch, tentacles are the best bit.

 

[pengaleng]

All this moralising over eating animals as they're not human is rooted in religion and the idea we're special.

We are not special. Not in any righteous god-like way anyhoo.

yeah as if any other species has an 'oooooh cant eat you, you're a bit clever' moment when they are hungry. fucks sake.

 

[mauvais]

Clever animals wouldn't let themselves get eaten

Yeah, but really clever animals would take a Guardian writer's family hostage and force them to pen favourable op-eds.

 

[pengaleng]

I think it's entirely justified and don't have a problem with it at all.

man like bees is a CHAMPION.

 

[DotCommunist]

We are not special. Not in any righteous god-like way anyhoo.

I remember well that time ocelots beat us to the moon landing

 

[pengaleng]

I made the mistake of reading some of this thread.

fuck you, hippies.

go and live in the fucking sea if you love octopus so much.

 

[pengaleng]

talking of meats tho, have found an attractively priced a-la-carte menu exotic meat restaurant if anyone fancies it?

 

[Coolfonz]

I have eaten dog. A little restaurant near Bromley by Bow Wow.

Actually I have eaten dog.

 

[mauvais]

I remember well that time ocelots beat us to the moon landing

If anyone faked their moon landing, it was the ocelots.

And anyway, dogs were first in orbit, but look at them now. Bankrupt and barely got a working space programme at all.

 

[BigMoaner]

I am not convinced by arguments saying because the octupus is bright and thoughtful, that he isn't also tasty.

 

[BigMoaner]

if they are getting scarce, should be stopped. if plentiful - genocide.

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

I think I probably wouldn't eat an ape. That's starting to get a little close to home.


I'm more concerned about their living conditions than their intelligence though.


Perhaps if the only way to save the gorilla was to establish gorilla burgers as the next big thing i might well indulge in some ape appitizers

 

[DotCommunist]

If anyone faked their moon landing, it was the ocelots.

And anyway, dogs were first in orbit, but look at them now. Bankrupt and barely got a working space programme at all.

this posits octupii (podes?) colonising spaaace which is always a nice idea. Even if you think baxters a bit poor as i do its worth your time

 

[DrRingDing]

I remember well that time ocelots beat us to the moon landing

Landing on the moon was hardly god like, apart from it being driven partly by the fear of communism.

 

[DrRingDing]

I would eat human, although a lot of you wilk be getting a tough and stringy now.

 

[ddraig]

cue "but horse and rabbit are tasty too!"

 

[DrRingDing]

cue "but horse and rabbit are tasty too!"

Dogs are tasty too YOU RACIST

 

[ddraig]

that too!

 

[chilango]

Is it wrong to keep clever animals as pets?

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

whats wrong with rabbit or horse?

 

[BigMoaner]

i'd eat a cat to be honest.

 

[BigMoaner]

Is it wrong to keep clever animals as pets?

depends if they are smug with it.

 

[chilango]

whats wrong with rabbit or horse?

They're harder to buy in the shops.

 

[chilango]

...there was a specialist horse butchers in my local market in Milan.

 

[BigMoaner]

...there was a specialist horse butchers in my local market in Milan.

was he your neigh..bour?

 

[chilango]

depends if they are smug with it.

Put 'em in a novelty coat that'll wipe the grin off their smug animal faces.

 

[BigMoaner]

this cunt's just got a first from Imperial College in applied mathematics

 

[maomao]

Early humans were faced with survival difficulties and meat became a small part of the diet. Killing also became integral to social hierarchies.

We are now evolving beyond this stage...hunting is no longer necessary for survival and the next step is to move beyond killing and violence in our social interactions

Evolving? What breeding advantages does vegetarianism confer?

Vegetarians who experience disgust at the sight, smell or taste of meat aren't experiencing a morally superior or more developed sense of disgust than meat eaters at all. Diet is a defining part of our cultural identities along with how we speak and what we wear and the 'disgust' at meat is no different from someone who turns up their nose at the smell of curry next door or men walking around wearing skirts.

I'm mostly vegetarian for economic and health reasons but most meats are crammed full of flavour and very very tasty.

 

[LDC]

talking of meats tho, have found an attractively priced a-la-carte menu exotic meat restaurant if anyone fancies it?

I've eaten Zebra and Giraffe, does it have better than that on the menu?