The Gentleman Makes a Point

My Life

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.

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21 thoughts on “The Gentleman Makes a Point”

  2. 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.

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  4. 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?”

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  5. 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.

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  10. 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?

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  11. 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.

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  15. 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.

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  17. 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    The jungle is a bit outdated now, but the story just gets worse.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.

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  19. 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?”

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