<vernon.north@oyama.ca> wrote in message
news:MPG.1a144b17ec1b68989817@shawnews.vc.shawcable.net...
> In article <bodp54$l8u$1@bgsv5648.tk.mesh.ad.jp>,
> cpasuneadresse@spam.com says...
> > Well either you consider it's Japan's problem, in that case, you have to
> > admit that's absolutely not the business of Canadian (?) dolphinophiles
> > (Should they not worry about the ESB and slaughter of lobsters ?)
> >
> If you mean BSE, there are more recorded cases of BSE among Japanese
> cattle (at least 8) than Canadian (only 1).
>
> As for lobsters vs. dophins, it's a tough choice. I like lobster better.
> ;-)
>
> Seriously, though, the slaughtering of "animals" (including fish and
> crustaceans) seems harder to justify the more "intelligent" the animals
> are.  Do crustaceans and fish feel emotions?  Are they terrified at the
> prospect of being killed?  Do their "families" miss them?  What about
> cows?  Sheep?  Dolphins?  Apes?  I don't think anyone knows the answers
> yet.
>
> At this point, I'd have to say that as long as the animals are not
> endangered, are slaughtered humanely, and the meat is safe for human
> consumption, I can't bitch whether it's dogs, dolphins or cows.
>
> Verno

It comes down to your definition of endagered though. The definition is
usually bullshit and costs the economy. Who gives a shit about the brown
freckled owl with two spots on his butt. They can all die. In fact, if no
one had ever told anyone they existed, no one would have known and it
wouldn't have mattered. Millions of species have bit the dust in billions of
years and the world is still turning.