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Aug
2
2006
THE GENTLEMAN MAKES A POINT
Me: Yikes. Did you know that they discovered that some monkeys speak in sentences?
Bryan: Really?
M: Yes. And dolphins use names.
B: Wow.
M: I’m thinking again that we probably shouldn’t be eating animals, though they are delicious.
B: Why not?
M: Because we don’t have to. We have other means of survival. And they have personalities. And they mourn. And they can talk in sentences.
B: Yeah, but they eat each other.
M: Yeah, but we’re smarter than them.
B: Doesn’t sound like it.
Tofu is yummy~!
I just came across your site tonight from a link on Dooce.
Congrats on your pregnancy.
Think about starting a separate blog for your baby ASAP. I wish I had started my baby’s blog much earlier than I did, but waited til she was almost 9 months old. And of course it is one of the 23 million things I feel guilty for as a mom. Trust me. Start it now.
My mind and my mouth wage a serious battle every time I eat the bacon. So cruel! So yummy! So cruel! So yummmmmyyyyyyy!
Prairie dogs have advanced language as well; I remember reading about a study that concluded this was so. The set of prairie dogs in teh study apparently had a word/phrase for “the man in the yellow hat”, which totally made me think, “Really? Did he bring Curious George along, too?”
Do you know apparently some fish perform good deeds in order to improve their reputation?
Makes all those vegetarians who still eat fish seem a little silly.
It’s truly a battle to be waged elseware, but there are no vegetarians who eat fish.
Babies don’t speak in complete sentences. . . . Mmm!!! Delicious.
Heh, I had thoughts of going vegetarian early in my pregnancy. Oh how things change.
Animals, fun to pet, better to chew.
Animals eat other animals. But animals do a lot of things we don’t do. Might as well eat our young, right? Fight to the death? Anyone?
If you really want to stop eating them, just read “The Jungle” by Upton Sinclair.
On second thought, don’t. It will gross you out too much.
I was a vegetarian for three years after reading that book. One day I drove by a Burger King and smelled the grilling… it was ALL. OVER.
I wish I knew the names of dolphins.
I was vegetarian for seven years, then I decided just not to eat monkeys or dolphins.
chickens don’t feel.
This totally ruins the plans I had for this weekend to make my that Lemur Pasta Salad recipe I found in Martha Stewart’s “Living” for our book club meeting.
I don’t think I could ever go vegetarian. I love steak too much!
About vegetarianism- compassion is never a bad thing. Dont let your taste buds get in the way of logic!
The jungle is a bit outdated now, but the story just gets worse. Try
“Fast Food Nation”. Its really well written (after the first boring chapter or two) and it brings a fascinating human rights aspect to avoiding meat.
And i really like your blog, congrats on the kiddy.
Excellent point. And now I’m feeling a little icky for not being a vegetarian.
i wish i could remember what famous humorist was purported to have said: “if god didn’t intend for us to eat other animals, why did he go and make them out of tasty meat?”
That was Homer Simpson.
What if we learn all the tasty animals are named Bob? Will that change how we feel towards human Bobs?