On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 3:27 PM, Kiran K Karthikeyan <[email protected]> wrote: > http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/today/tomfeilden/2009/03/a_blow_for_fans_of_boiled_lobs.html > > Remember Ravi making a comment on not being able to eat sentient species. > Don't know if anybody eats boiled-alive lobsters and crabs only because they > thought they don't feel pain, but if they did, this calls for a rethink.
This sounds more like a fig leaf that's been blown away. It was there to give restaurants elbow room when cornered by animal rights activists. I personally find it fascinating and appealing even though I am vegetarian to watch a green slimy looking lobster go into the hot water and emerge a brilliant and healthy looking shade of red. The fact that it was probably extremely painful to the creature doesn't enter my mind at that moment since the aesthetics of the act are so good. Now, if the crab were to squeal and cry, that would change everything. OTOH, if I ate sea food I would be concerned about the fact that the creature feels a lot of pain before death. In some animals trauma releases toxins into the blood stream that is said to make the meal less tasty at the very least. > On a lighter note, recession or not, somebody has money to spend on such > research. I don't necessarily agree that this is light research, it sounds like it overturned a long held belief, and that might lead to new things. Cheeni
