Live sushi

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

Originally Posted by RuGlu6

If we would really be so good to our fish we would Not keep it in the glass box to begin with.

When we buy anything that is worm blooded from LFS we are just as same,

When we buy a dog and cut its ears off or a tail (because it looks better that way), we are just as same, How about removing cat's claws? how would that feel.
lets face it, we the people, we don't realize what we do, and most of it is for profit or entertainment.

C'mon...seriously?

Your going to really compare buying anything warm (I think you meant 'warm') blooded from a LFS (not sure how many warm blooded animals are found in a LFS mind you) to eating a fish live piece by piece?

I don't understand why you visit a fish keeping forum if you have these views?

On another note, I have seen another video where they fry a whole fish live, at a very high heat but only for a few seconds each side until it sears. Then pour some sauce on it and serve it still live. The people at the table start ripping it apart and eating it as the things eyes are moving around and it wiggles. You just hear little giggles each time the poor fish moves Everyone pauses for a moment until it stops and then start ripping it apart again.

Won't get into the dolphin videos from Japan (most disturbing to me) but I will say its all very sad.

[Myka]

Originally Posted by GreenSpottedPuffer

Won't get into the dolphin videos from Japan (most disturbing to me) but I will say its all very sad.

Yes, I got sick after I watched one of those videos. Same with some of the videos of skinning little critters alive for their fur.

[RuGlu6]

Originally Posted by GreenSpottedPuffer

C'mon...seriously?

Your going to really compare buying anything warm (I think you meant 'warm') blooded from a LFS (not sure how many warm blooded animals are found in a LFS mind you) to eating a fish live piece by piece?

I don't understand why you visit a fish keeping forum if you have these views?

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With all due respect,
If i have blood or any circulatory system , regardless of how much evolved i am no different from human in regards to torture and feelings.

Having said all that i am just as guilty !
Because i keep fish in a glass box and I eat sushi.
What i am trying to say is that we have to evolve and change our ways.

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

Originally Posted by RuGlu6

With all due respect,
If i have blood or any circulatory system , regardless of how much evolved i am no different from human in regards to torture and feelings.

Having said all that i am just as guilty !
Because i keep fish in a glass box and I eat sushi.
What i am trying to say is that we have to evolve and change our ways.

Well that's not a bad way to look at things I guess...better than much of the world these days that have absolutely no regard for animal OR human life I disagree about evolution having nothing to do with feelings but agree, no animal deserves to be tortured.

It's a cultural difference. I was in China a few years ago with my father and saw rabbits being killed by smashing their heads on the pavement in front of little kids playing on the street in a market, the kids don't even look twice. Coming from Canada myself, I had a very hard time visiting many parts of Asia. The commercial, tourist cities were great but some of the smaller towns and villages I just couldn't deal with watching how animals were treated. My father has lived in Asia for a few years now and has said its the one main reason he wants to come back to Canada asap.

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It is disgusting to see them treat animals this way. If we are going to use an animal for food we need to give it a quick and humane death.

On the one hand it seems some other cultures don't place the same value on animals' lives as we do.

On the other hand the way animals are treated in factory farms and slaughterhouses in North America is pretty sick too. The animals' suffering is hidden from us because all we see if a slab of steak in a package at Safeway. It makes me want to become a vegetarian sometimes.