PETA Fish Campaign

[Shaun]

remember to eat a fish this weekend and piss off a member of PETA

[PAPA G]

yeah, invite some fish for supper.

think i'll go make a tuna sammich

[Indy7373]

Hmm, I don't like fish, but maybe I should start trying them.

[myarmor]

Not a bad idea.
I needed some supper plans for this weekend...

[Big Dog]

Well, Thursday at work we're all going out for our monthly Birthday Luncheon.
Going to a local Italian place. They do have a pretty good Seafood Scampi that I've had before. Maybe after work, I'll hit the local Mullet house.

PETA: Fish are smart, sensitive
Empathy Project: "Just as intelligent" as cats or dogs, fish shouldn't be eaten, the group says
By David Crary
The Associated Press

NEW YORK - Touting tofu chowder and vegetarian sushi as alternatives, animal-rights activists have launched a campaign arguing that fish - contrary to stereotype - are intelligent, sensitive animals no more deserving of being eaten than a dog or cat.
Called the Fish Empathy Project, the campaign reflects a strategy shift by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals as it challenges a diet component widely viewed as nutritious and uncontroversial.
''No one would ever put a hook through a dog's or cat's mouth,'' said Bruce Friedrich, PETA's director of vegan outreach. ''Once people start to understand that fish, although they come in different packaging, are just as intelligent, they'll stop eating them.''
The campaign is in its infancy and will face broad skepticism. Major groups such as the American Heart Association recommend fish as part of a healthy diet; some academics say it is wrong to portray the intelligence and pain sensitivity of fish as comparable to mammals.
''Fish are very complex organisms that do all sorts of fascinating things,'' said University of Wyoming neuroscientist James Rose. ''But to suggest they know what's happening to them and worry about it, that's just not the case.''
PETA challenges claims by Rose and others that fish caught by anglers do not feel pain. It also decries the high levels of toxins in many fish and the pollution discharged by many fish farms.
The Empathy Project is a departure in two respects - attempting to depict the standard practices of commercial fishing as cruel and seeking to convince consumers there are ethical reasons for not eating fish.
''Fish are so misunderstood because they're so far removed from our daily lives,'' said Karin Robertson, project manager and daughter of an Indiana fisheries biologist. ''They're such inter- esting, fascinating individuals, yet they're so incredibly abused.''
The project was inspired by several recent scientific studies - widely reported in Britain but little-noticed in the United States - detailing facets of fish intelligence. Oxford University researcher Theresa Burt de Perera, for example, reported blind Mexican cave fish are able to interpret water pressure changes to construct mental maps of their surroundings. Chris Glass of the Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences in Massachusetts led another study, showing how North Sea haddock developed abilities to avoid trawlers' nets.

[Stopper]

I've got at least 10 pounds of crappie filets in the freeze. Gonna have to fry some up and find a PETA person to piss on.

[Stopper]

I mean pizz off....sorry

[Doglips]

Can we fish for peta people? I seen some of then I'd rather go naked than wear fur women in cages PETA has....would not mind catching one of them...just have to teach her to cook stake

[Big Dog]

Just need to deprogram her. Starve her for a couple weeks, then hand her a big juicy medium-rare thick-burger. End of PETA stupidity. Get some good red-meat protein into their brains, and maybe they can be saved.

[Rave]

Yup,those fools claim fish live complicated lives,therefor we should not eat them,uuuuummmmmm,tastes just like grouper.

[Shaun]

That salmon steak on the foreman grill is really smelling good tonight

[Oxford]

Went to Long John Silver's Sunday evening for fish. MmmmMmmmGood! :nod:

I'm not a Catholic but if my memory's working correctly (for a change), aren't they encouraged to eat fish on Friday's? Dang...what would they do? ...And what about the Japanese? What'd they eat? And the coons? What'd they eat? And the grizzles and polar bears? They'd have to eat sight see'ers for meat.

And there's Captain D's and other businesses who would be caused to fold. Our economy needs fish eaten to keep all of their employee's busy. Then there's the need to thin out weak minded fish who bite on any worm dangling in front of them. We need to keep thinning out the dumb fish who don't have any more sense than that.

Yes, there's plenty of reason to say, "Honey, Is that the smell of fish you're cooking? Hope it's not beef for dinner!"

[jerry]

PETA
People Eating Tasty Animals
(or fish)

[steel_warrior1]

I got a t-shirt that says that PETA people for the eating of tasty animals
and one the back reads- Vegetarian- ancient tribal word for village idiot that doesnt know how to hunt, fish, or ride. Whole school thought that one was funny. No pussies in beef country.

[jerry]

poor fishies

[jerry]

Originally Posted by steel_warrior1

I got a t-shirt that says that PETA people for the eating of tasty animals
and one the back reads- Vegetarian- ancient tribal word for village idiot that doesnt know how to hunt, fish, or ride. Whole school thought that one was funny. No pussies in beef country.

:right:

[Shaun]

Jerry you should send those to PETA and tell them how they tasted

[Oxford]

Interesting pictures. Does that mean you like to fish?

[Thrawn]

animal-rights activists have launched a campaign arguing that fish - contrary to stereotype - are intelligent, sensitive animals no more deserving of being eaten than a dog or cat.

I'll remeber that when I get some catfish in my belly. :nod:
Like Ted Nugent says, "The cuter the critter, the sweeter the meat" although fish ain't very cute. (especially catfish, good thing they taste good)