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Amerigo Vespucci (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 12:21 AM Original message |
Salon: Pigs might rank with apes, dolphins in terms of self-awareness and advanced intelligence |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 12:23 AM Response to Original message |
1. Maybe it's time we stop eating them, then. |
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zonkers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 12:26 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Agree. Donning flamesuit. |
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salvorhardin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 12:26 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Intelligence doesn't equate to sentience |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 12:30 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. So you support eating Republicans, then? |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 04:26 PM Response to Reply #7 |
36. Heavens, no. Too fatty. |
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Big Blue Marble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 12:32 AM Response to Reply #3 |
10. You can do whatever you can justify. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 12:32 AM Response to Reply #3 |
11. You're right. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 12:49 AM Response to Reply #3 |
18. I eat meat, so there |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 02:06 PM Response to Reply #18 |
38. To the vegi-curious, I used to suggest not eating mammals. |
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BeHereNow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 12:27 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. I stopped eating all of our four legged and winged friends when I was 12. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 12:42 AM Response to Reply #1 |
15. No, they're still much tastier than apes or dolphins. |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 03:39 AM Response to Reply #15 |
67. So you've eaten ape and dolphin, have you? |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 12:43 AM Response to Reply #1 |
16. +1. nt |
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TheMadMonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 12:55 AM Response to Reply #1 |
20. When you pry my x-mas crackling from my cold dead hands. nt |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 03:28 AM Response to Reply #1 |
26. Maybe it's time they stop tasting so good. |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 03:13 PM Response to Reply #26 |
53. Damn straight. |
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Hawkowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 01:26 AM Response to Reply #26 |
64. Pork tastes like people |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 03:03 AM Response to Reply #64 |
65. I read somewhere that in Africa human meat is called "long-pork" |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 01:13 PM Response to Reply #65 |
72. That was in the islands of the South Pacific. (nt) |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 03:49 PM Response to Reply #1 |
30. I agree. Eating a pig is like eating a German Shepherd or something. |
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BoneDaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 02:40 PM Response to Reply #30 |
43. Let me make you a pork loin |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 03:20 PM Response to Reply #43 |
57. But the German Shepherd loin might taste better. |
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BoneDaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 12:32 AM Response to Reply #57 |
60. ok |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 01:05 PM Response to Reply #60 |
68. Your preference for pig over dog is a cultural one. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 10:10 AM Response to Reply #68 |
74. Deleted sub-thread |
TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 03:53 PM Response to Reply #1 |
31. Already did. Not being able to digest pig too well was the start |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 04:25 PM Response to Reply #1 |
35. I wont eat them, they deserve their lives |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 02:56 PM Response to Reply #35 |
47. I don't think innocent or guilty applies to animals |
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Unvanguard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 02:23 PM Response to Reply #1 |
40. Quite so. n/t |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 01:13 AM Response to Reply #1 |
62. When they pry my bottle of BBQ sauce out of my cold, dead hands! |
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Regret My New Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 01:11 PM Response to Reply #1 |
71. No way! Their delicious brains will be even more delicious now. |
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Big Blue Marble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 12:28 AM Response to Original message |
5. This is why I stopped eating them nearly thirty years ago. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 12:33 AM Response to Reply #5 |
12. +many |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 03:16 PM Response to Reply #5 |
55. I was about 15 and saw a truckful of cattle go by. |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 12:29 AM Response to Original message |
6. That's no surprise to anyone who has ever raised them |
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Bigmack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 12:40 AM Response to Reply #6 |
61. I had a sow... |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 12:30 AM Response to Original message |
8. endowed w/ intelligence, but not cuteness, |
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Amerigo Vespucci (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 12:40 AM Response to Reply #8 |
14. Aw, they have their own kind of cuteness. |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 12:51 AM Response to Reply #14 |
19. I stand corrected |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 12:31 AM Response to Original message |
9. It's funny to watch kittens with a mirror |
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BeHereNow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 12:35 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Agree! On all counts. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 12:43 AM Response to Original message |
17. Arnold Ziffel would agree. |
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Double T (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 01:02 AM Response to Original message |
21. 'Pigs Prove to Be Smart, if Not Vain'. |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 01:11 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. are sure that's not |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 01:04 AM Response to Original message |
22. Oh, great. I've been eating Land Dolphin. n/t |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 02:26 PM Response to Reply #22 |
41. Amusing (to me) and off-topic: |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 01:06 AM Response to Original message |
23. Well at least when people call me a pig here I can say "Yeah, I am smart and taste good, wanna bite? |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 03:01 AM Response to Original message |
25. Well, great -- what will we compare Repugs to now ? nt |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 04:02 AM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Canned spinach? |
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Kurska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 03:55 AM Response to Original message |
27. Same reason it is disgusting to eat Octopus n/y |
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BoneDaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 02:39 PM Response to Reply #27 |
42. It's disgusting to eat octopus? |
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NoGOPZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 02:58 PM Response to Reply #42 |
48. I don't think I'd consider Scungilli octupus. They're snails, not squid. nt |
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BoneDaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 03:06 PM Response to Reply #48 |
51. but this is really good |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
29. k |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
32. James Cromwell gets it. |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 12:31 AM Response to Reply #32 |
59. But will he eat sheep? n/t |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 01:14 PM Response to Reply #59 |
73. Not after working on Babe. |
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nemo137 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
33. We'll just have to change our rationale for eating them. |
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Amaya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
34. Bacon |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-12-09 04:33 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. And here they come, right on schedule. (nt) |
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BoneDaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 02:49 PM Response to Reply #37 |
46. That's because one thing people don't like |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 03:10 PM Response to Reply #46 |
52. You don't see me posting slaughterhouse pics in the Food forum. |
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BoneDaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 12:29 AM Response to Reply #52 |
58. So because you do not go to the extreme POV |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 01:10 PM Response to Reply #58 |
69. Well, yes. |
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BoneDaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 10:12 AM Response to Reply #69 |
75. Well I think you can chalk that off to |
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kctim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
39. They may be smarter than other animals |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 03:01 PM Response to Reply #39 |
49. Animal Planet did a story on -- |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 03:17 PM Response to Reply #49 |
56. Neat story, thanks for the link. (nt) |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
44. But they are tops in taste |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 03:13 PM Response to Reply #44 |
54. Couldn't find a different bacon picture to link? |
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Gabi Hayes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 05:42 PM Response to Reply #54 |
78. how bout this? |
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BoneDaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
45. I knew this back when "Babe" first came out |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
50. The research indicated doesn't actually say anything along those lines. |
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Sultana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 01:17 AM Response to Original message |
63. Smart and Tasty |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 01:11 PM Response to Reply #63 |
70. Just like baby humans! |
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Madrone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 03:35 AM Response to Original message |
66. It is why... |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
76. But they definitely taste better than barbequed ape or dolphin! |
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TCJ70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
77. Then we should kill them... |
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