it's okay to eat fish

[heartofgold]

cos they don't have any feelings.

aibu?

Nemo does

Yup. They panic and feel pain

How do you know? How do you know the level of feelings compared to a cow?
I’m a meat eater, but I think it’s inconsistent to decide it’s ok to eat fish but not land animals.

Well, I eat meat so I may not be the best person to ask! But personally I don't see much difference between eating meat and eating fish.

fish feel pain
fish learn
fish have family / school relationships

fish taste good

accept that you are eating dead animals and choose to purchase well

Scientific evidence indicates that fish do feel pain, also other emotions like anxiety
There's Even good evidence for pain in non-vertebrates like crustaceans

www.crustaceancompassion.org.uk

I think it’s inconsistent to decide it’s ok to eat fish but not land animals

the animals i've trapped have all become my pets.

Ha, I knew straight away!

I suspect you know you yabu and this is a reverse. Either you're vegetarian or not. You can't put more value on one life than another it's very hypocritical. As are vegetarians that waltz around in leather shoes. I eat meat but I understand true vegetarianism, not this half arsed approach

I think it’s fine unless there’s something in the way, op.

Ha me too love it

I suspect the OP is referring to the song by Nirvana.

I have caught fish to eat - they were in pain as killed them.

As were the chickens I killed to eat.

I like to eat meat
but understand what I am doing

I think it’s fine unless there’s something in the way, op

:D

i figured offloading my earworm onto the collective mumsnet consciousness might rid me of it :o

You need to live off grass and drippings from the ceiling OP

i literally cannot walk under a bridge without this song invading my brain :o

YABU to waste eveyone’s downtime. Also I don’t know this song as Nirvana were never my thing, what with liking tunes and actual talent.

Something in the way, OP? 😉