Comments on: What about the fishies? http://thinkingreed.wordpress.com/2006/06/14/what-about-the-fishies/ "Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed" - Blaise Pascal Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:52:45 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Lee http://thinkingreed.wordpress.com/2006/06/14/what-about-the-fishies/#comment-4565 Lee Thu, 15 Jun 2006 18:37:52 +0000 http://thinkingreed.wordpress.com/2006/06/14/what-about-the-fishies/#comment-4565 Right. That's definitely not an unbaised site. And I am always a bit wary of PETA because I know they're against the use of animals in principle, so I worry that they might be exaggerating the facts that bolster their case.<br/><br/>Of course, a lot of the stuff <i>against</i> these positions that you see is funded by the meat industry!<br/><br/>Anyway, fwiw, here's a link to the BBC report on the study that purported to show that fish feel pain:<br/><br/>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2983045.stm Right. That’s definitely not an unbaised site. And I am always a bit wary of PETA because I know they’re against the use of animals in principle, so I worry that they might be exaggerating the facts that bolster their case.

Of course, a lot of the stuff against these positions that you see is funded by the meat industry!

Anyway, fwiw, here’s a link to the BBC report on the study that purported to show that fish feel pain:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2983045.stm

]]> By: Joshie http://thinkingreed.wordpress.com/2006/06/14/what-about-the-fishies/#comment-4564 Joshie Thu, 15 Jun 2006 18:20:04 +0000 http://thinkingreed.wordpress.com/2006/06/14/what-about-the-fishies/#comment-4564 That site is actually a PETA site, if you look carefully in the upper right-hand corner, and is a part of their new program to turn the tide of public opion against the consuption of fish, like they so sucessfully turned public opinion against the consumption of beef, pork and poultry. That site is actually a PETA site, if you look carefully in the upper right-hand corner, and is a part of their new program to turn the tide of public opion against the consuption of fish, like they so sucessfully turned public opinion against the consumption of beef, pork and poultry.

]]> By: Eric Lee http://thinkingreed.wordpress.com/2006/06/14/what-about-the-fishies/#comment-4563 Eric Lee Thu, 15 Jun 2006 16:56:35 +0000 http://thinkingreed.wordpress.com/2006/06/14/what-about-the-fishies/#comment-4563 But...but...what about the scientific song... you know, the one carefully researched by Nirvana... about fish and their feelings...and things being okay....<br/><br/><br/>... ;) But…but…what about the scientific song… you know, the one carefully researched by Nirvana… about fish and their feelings…and things being okay….

… ;)

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