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dolo amber (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-18-06 01:28 PM Original message |
Why do some vegetarians (and carnivores for that matter) say fish |
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johnnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-18-06 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
1. Because |
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dolo amber (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-18-06 01:30 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Thanks! That was very helpful! |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-18-06 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
3. Because those assholes aren't really vegetarians and the carnivores |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-18-06 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
4. Health food "vegetarians" and the catholic fish on friday thing, mostly |
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dolo amber (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-18-06 01:34 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. This makes sense |
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NewWaveChick1981 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-18-06 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
5. I've thought the same thing. |
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anarch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-18-06 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
6. that has always utterly baffled me |
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dolo amber (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-18-06 01:37 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Fish aren't all that bright from what I can tell |
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Chan790 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-18-06 01:46 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Better still was the girl I dated |
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Fleshdancer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-18-06 01:59 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. HAHA!!!! Bacon: The world's best vegetable. |
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Chan790 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-18-06 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
9. My take, militant as it may be. |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-18-06 02:01 PM Response to Reply #9 |
18. Isn't that "polletariat"? |
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calico1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-18-06 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
11. Many people will refer to as "meat" |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-18-06 02:03 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. That's the best explanation so far. |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-18-06 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
12. yes i know some folks like this -- and i've been told the answer! |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-18-06 01:59 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. She's still not a vegetarian and she shouldn't call herself one. |
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GoneOffShore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-18-06 02:13 PM Response to Reply #12 |
22. Shrimp & lobsters |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-18-06 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
13. I am a vegetarian and I do not eat anything with hair, fur or feathers. |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-18-06 02:00 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Yeah, you really shouldn't be calling yourself a vegetarian then. |
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Ravenseye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-18-06 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
14. Mammals are Meat....the rest don't count |
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Coventina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-18-06 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
20. This is a very old disconnect, going back to at least the Middle Ages |
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schmuls (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-18-06 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
21. I gind it weird too; have never understood it |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-18-06 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
23. Too much obsession with labels. |
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tjwmason (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-18-06 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
24. Fish were thought to be vegetables for a while |
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