Save The Fish

Jahfin · Post by **Jahfin** » July 13, 2005 3:12 pm

Letter to the editor from today's Asheville, NC Mountain Express:

Why are fish always the last ones to be eliminated from a diet when
one becomes a "vegetarian"? Perhaps it is easier to justify taking
their lives because they are unable to vocalize pain that "we" can
hear.

They are not cute and cuddly, so we separate them and label them as
beings that do not feel pain. Of course, they are 100 per cent
capable of feeling pain. How would they survive otherwise? Fish
actually have the same fully developed nervous systems as all
vertebrates. They do have personalities, and they are actually
quite sensitive.

I used to enjoy jogging around local lakes, but now I find it
difficult due to the large numbers of individuals that are fishing.
I often wonder how one can encourage their child to use such
violence. Fish belong in the water. Imagine the fear and pain that
the little fish feel when being torn from their natural
environment. How would it feel to be suffocated in the air and to
have a sharp hook stuck in your mouth on top of that? What a slow,
horrifying and violent death. There are endless other activities to
enjoy with your children. Teach them to respect life and their
environment.

Please don't think that eaing fish is healthy. Fish flesh stores
large amounts of toxic contaminants such as mercury, lead and
arsenic to name a few. These chemicals are stored in the body fat
of humans and can remain there for decades.

There are not any justifiable reasons to put the flesh of fish in
your body or your child's body.

Fishing hurts. It hurts the innocent fish, our precious
environment, and it will hurt you as well. Make a compassionate and
intelligent decision -- say no to fishing and eating fish.

- Jodi Mann

Asheville

chibears · Post by **chibears** » July 13, 2005 3:17 pm

Who here wants to take a fishing trip?

UAHparrothead · Post by **UAHparrothead** » July 13, 2005 3:18 pm

chibears wrote:Who here wants to take a fishing trip?

I'll get my cane pole and some nightcrawlers

chibears · Post by **chibears** » July 13, 2005 3:20 pm

UAHparrothead wrote:
chibears wrote:Who here wants to take a fishing trip?
I'll get my cane pole and some nightcrawlers

Cane pole????

I thought we would tie some sharp rocks to the end of some sticks and just spear at the fish. Fish don't feel spears, right?

ParrotheadGator · Post by **ParrotheadGator** » July 13, 2005 3:24 pm

do fish feel pain when sharks teeth or other fish chomp away at them? Part of the food chain, who cares how they feel

LIPH · Post by **LIPH** » July 13, 2005 3:24 pm

I don't like fish, I'd rather have pie. Or maybe cheese.

Cubbie Bear · Post by **Cubbie Bear** » July 13, 2005 3:25 pm

M80's work good too, if you have any left after blowing up little girls Teddy Bears

chibears · Post by **chibears** » July 13, 2005 3:26 pm

Cubbie Bear wrote:M80's work good too, if you have any left after blowing up little girls Teddy Bears

Ilph · Post by **Ilph** » July 13, 2005 3:38 pm

Cubbie Bear wrote:M80's work good too, if you have any left after blowing up little girls Teddy Bears

Pansy. Real men use dynamite. For fishing and Teddy Ruxpin.

Tiki Bar · Post by **Tiki Bar** » July 13, 2005 3:45 pm

Better be careful, or you guys will be sleeping with the fishes!

Trying to show fish the same compassion that was shown for hunted cats. Only, I eat fish... I don't eat cats.

Cubbie Bear · Post by **Cubbie Bear** » July 13, 2005 3:47 pm

What, no chinese buffet in the far north 'burbs

Brown Eyed Girl · Post by **Brown Eyed Girl** » July 13, 2005 3:49 pm

I wonder if Jodi Mann is ScubaGal's real name?

Ilph · Post by **Ilph** » July 13, 2005 3:50 pm

Cubbie Bear wrote:What, no chinese buffet in the far north 'burbs

Damn you beat me to it by 3 minutes!

chibears · Post by **chibears** » July 13, 2005 3:51 pm

-hmmmmmmmmm

Cat fried rice

Tiki Bar · Post by **Tiki Bar** » July 13, 2005 3:51 pm

Brown Eyed Girl wrote:I wonder if Jodi Mann is ScubaGal's real name?

Ya got me!! (I need a different word for SPEW - too many other connotations)

pac7days · Post by **pac7days** » July 13, 2005 3:52 pm

Fishing is GREAT!

Brown Eyed Girl · Post by **Brown Eyed Girl** » July 13, 2005 3:53 pm

Tiki Bar wrote:
Brown Eyed Girl wrote:I wonder if Jodi Mann is ScubaGal's real name?
Ya got me!! (I need a different word for SPEW - too many other connotations)

Got Shrimp?

Finsupinfla · Post by **Finsupinfla** » July 13, 2005 3:53 pm

chibears wrote:-hmmmmmmmmm

Cat fried rice

Taste like chicken. Yummy!

Tiki Bar · Post by **Tiki Bar** » July 13, 2005 3:55 pm

Cubbie Bear wrote:What, no chinese buffet in the far north 'burbs

:hands covering ears... er, eyes:

lalalalalalalalalalalalalalala

chibears · Post by **chibears** » July 13, 2005 3:56 pm

Tiki Bar wrote:
Cubbie Bear wrote:What, no chinese buffet in the far north 'burbs
:hands covering ears... er, eyes:

lalalalalalalalalalalalalalala

Did someone say earmuffs?