Yes, it hurts to be a trout

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Hi All, Some of us practicing CR feel animals feeling pain is a distinction

from plants, as do vegetarians who do not eat fish. The below has a bearing

on this idea.

Cheers, Al.

http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2003/04/30/fish_pain030430

Yes, it hurts to be a trout

Last Updated Wed, 30 Apr 2003 15:22:40

Alan Pater, Ph.D.; Faculty of Medicine; Memorial University; St. 's, NL

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[Guest guest]

> Hi All, Some of us practicing CR feel animals feeling pain is a distinction

> from plants, as do vegetarians who do not eat fish.

Actually, it's perfectly possible for a vegetarian to believe plants feel pain

similarly to animals. It would still make sense to be vegetarian because any

animal that is consumed must have first consumed many more plants to

tranfer the same amount of energy to a person that a person could get more

efficiently by eating plants directly.

Of course, most vegetarians probably do not think about the pain of plants

either way, even if they do value the lives of plants.

I mention this because one of the most annoying retorts people have when

someone mentions being vegetarian is, " Well, don't you care about the

plants? " Anyone who truly does, of course, would eat them directly and thus

minimize overall plant consumption.

- Annie