euthanize fish?

[Rikko]

I hate that argument.. I can counter with a stupid philosophical argument that can't be argued against: nobody feels pain like I do. Mine really hurts, you guys just make noises and squeal but it's not like mine. "Pain" is the CNS informing the body in unsubtle terms that there is something happening that is threatening the organism. Whether or not it's "ow" for fish or something else, it's still that signal.

BTW, if anybody read that link I posted on page 1, it suggests freezing water for tropical fish and boiling water for coolwater fish (like goldfish and carp). I did the freezing method with a couple of discus that were doing the typical "I'm a stupid discus and wanna take a year to die" thing.. I threw an ice cream bucket of water in the freezer until it had about an inch of ice on the surface, then broke it away and plopped the fish in. He twitched once. Apparently the enormous shock will actually blast their nervous system instantaneously, but that claim is about as strong as fish not feeling pain, or DEAD_BY_DAWN being human.