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meh, frog legs are OK, not something I'd pine for, but worms are just... disgusting X| (to me at least, you of course can have whatever you consider palatable :))
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It is odd that people will eat Prawns, but shudder at a Woodlouse. They are the same thing.
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ktm TechMan wrote:
Pathetic, and it is said man is the wisest. It should be said man the most dreadful and gruesome beast.
We have to eat and just because, for whatever reason (cultural? Veggie?), you don't eat frogs, does not make eating frogs any more disgusting than any other animal which humans, as top of the food chain, feel the need to eat. Personally I'll eat pretty much anything that is dead; from roadkill rabbit (yummy) to chocolate ants to alligator to ostrich. It's just food: get over yourself.
I am not saying this in the context of eating. Just for the sake of taste, wiping out a species! I don't think a wise man would do that. And no I am not a vegetarian. And I don't think the Tiger (Top of the food chain) would hunt the deers recklessly to extinction.
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I am not saying this in the context of eating. Just for the sake of taste, wiping out a species! I don't think a wise man would do that. And no I am not a vegetarian. And I don't think the Tiger (Top of the food chain) would hunt the deers recklessly to extinction.
ktm TechMan wrote:
And I don't think the Tiger (Top of the food chain) would hunt the deers recklessly to extinction.
They wouldn't. (qv Fox and Rabbits) In fact, it is the fact that we hunt them that keeps many species safe. There would be no Pheasant or Grouse if they weren't farmed as a crop. Ditto, Deer. I personally know a deer farmer, (I love Venison, btw), and he takes great care of his animals, they have a good life before they die for table, and it is a Quick Death, they do not suffer.
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A vegetarian, I guess?
Hey! That dry leaf has feelings, too!
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I might argue that considering that I'm being sued for finding a worm in my salad.
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Pathetic, and it is said man is the wisest. It should be said man the most dreadful and gruesome beast.
ktm TechMan wrote:
It should be said man the most dreadful and gruesome beast.
You've obviously never seen an animal being eaten alive from within. Or watched the "9 japanese hornets against a bee colony" video.
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ktm TechMan wrote:
It should be said man the most dreadful and gruesome beast.
You've obviously never seen an animal being eaten alive from within. Or watched the "9 japanese hornets against a bee colony" video.
It's probably best if I don't get drawn into this argument, as I tend to lose my :cool: so I will try adn make this my first and last statement here, but the difference between Man and the rest of the animal kingdom is that Man has a choice in how he acts - it is that fact that we do these things knowingly and of our own free will that makes us "the most dreadful and gruesome beast"
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It is odd that people will eat Prawns, but shudder at a Woodlouse. They are the same thing.
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Dalek Dave wrote:
Woodlouse
Dave, what's your local dialect name for them? It's weird that they have so many names across the country.
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It's probably best if I don't get drawn into this argument, as I tend to lose my :cool: so I will try adn make this my first and last statement here, but the difference between Man and the rest of the animal kingdom is that Man has a choice in how he acts - it is that fact that we do these things knowingly and of our own free will that makes us "the most dreadful and gruesome beast"
gmPhil wrote:
It's probably best if I don't get drawn into this argument, as I tend to lose my so I will try adn make this my first and last statement here
Arrogant twat.
gmPhil wrote:
Man has a choice in how he acts
And I choose to eat: what do you do? Starve? Or eat your own high-minded and lofty ideals? Filling, are they?
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It's probably best if I don't get drawn into this argument, as I tend to lose my :cool: so I will try adn make this my first and last statement here, but the difference between Man and the rest of the animal kingdom is that Man has a choice in how he acts - it is that fact that we do these things knowingly and of our own free will that makes us "the most dreadful and gruesome beast"
The main problem is the food fascists who try to change what I eat because they don't like it. They moan on about veal and try to get it banned. F*ck 'em, I like veal. I like pate de fois gras, I like braised duckling etc. What I eat is my business. I make a point of ordering Rare Steaks if I know there are vegetarians around, after all, I care for our plant friends and hate to see them abused.
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Nah, and I don't plan to, either, but frog legs are really good.
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ktm TechMan wrote:
Pathetic, and it is said man is the wisest. It should be said man the most dreadful and gruesome beast.
We have to eat and just because, for whatever reason (cultural? Veggie?), you don't eat frogs, does not make eating frogs any more disgusting than any other animal which humans, as top of the food chain, feel the need to eat. Personally I'll eat pretty much anything that is dead; from roadkill rabbit (yummy) to chocolate ants to alligator to ostrich. It's just food: get over yourself.
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Dalek Dave wrote:
Woodlouse
Dave, what's your local dialect name for them? It's weird that they have so many names across the country.
I suppose the local name is Pill Bug, cause they roll into little 'pills'. (Bedfordshire) My Wife (Born and Raised a Kentish Girl), calls them Monkey Pigs(!). (Kent) Her Mum and Dad are Glaswegians, and I know he calls them Chuggy Pigs (!!) (Scotland) I have no answer as to why they are known as so many different things.
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gmPhil wrote:
It's probably best if I don't get drawn into this argument, as I tend to lose my so I will try adn make this my first and last statement here
Arrogant twat.
gmPhil wrote:
Man has a choice in how he acts
And I choose to eat: what do you do? Starve? Or eat your own high-minded and lofty ideals? Filling, are they?
All of which avoids my point. However...
digital man wrote:
Arrogant twat
Whatever. If you say so. Doesn't make what I said wrong.
digital man wrote:
what do you do? Starve?
That is possibly the stupidest statement you've ever made. Surely you can't be so idiotic as to think that not eating animal products means I have to starve.
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digital man wrote:
roadkill rabbit
Instant pizza!
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You kill it, we Grill It!
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All of which avoids my point. However...
digital man wrote:
Arrogant twat
Whatever. If you say so. Doesn't make what I said wrong.
digital man wrote:
what do you do? Starve?
That is possibly the stupidest statement you've ever made. Surely you can't be so idiotic as to think that not eating animal products means I have to starve.
gmPhil wrote:
Doesn't make me wrong.
I believe it actually does.
gmPhil wrote:
Surely you can't be so idiotic as to think that not eating animal products means I to starve.
I can be very idiotic, thank you; no, it just means you've missed the point. Go back and work it out and try again.
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I suppose the local name is Pill Bug, cause they roll into little 'pills'. (Bedfordshire) My Wife (Born and Raised a Kentish Girl), calls them Monkey Pigs(!). (Kent) Her Mum and Dad are Glaswegians, and I know he calls them Chuggy Pigs (!!) (Scotland) I have no answer as to why they are known as so many different things.
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My family calls them Sowpigs but they're also called Grammersows and lots of other things!
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gmPhil wrote:
Doesn't make me wrong.
I believe it actually does.
gmPhil wrote:
Surely you can't be so idiotic as to think that not eating animal products means I to starve.
I can be very idiotic, thank you; no, it just means you've missed the point. Go back and work it out and try again.
I propose moving this discussion (Vegies vs Meat) over to the Soapbox. I'm really interested in reading arguments from both sides, but things could get hot and those don't belong here.
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My family calls them Sowpigs but they're also called Grammersows and lots of other things!
There seems to be a lot swinish influence in the name, and yet they look nothing like a pig, odd aint it!
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ktm TechMan wrote:
It should be said man the most dreadful and gruesome beast.
You've obviously never seen an animal being eaten alive from within. Or watched the "9 japanese hornets against a bee colony" video.
peterchen wrote:
9 japanese hornets against a bee colony
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