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is it cruelty to animals to drop a live lobster into a boiling pot of water?

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i don't eat lobster but i couldn't do it
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I suppose any method used to kill a living thing for the purpose of eating it could be classified as cruel, whether by humans or other creatures.
By that reckoning we鈥檙e [b]all[/b] complicit in murder, whether we consume fish or fowl, farm animals, or even by gathering and chopping up vegetables or fruit for salads. 馃ズ
Part of the circle of life.
JimboSaturn51-55, M
@bijouxbroussard Yep, vegetarians kill plants to eat. We eat living things since we can't photosynthesize.
basilfawlty8931-35, M
@bijouxbroussard @JimboSaturn plants aren't sentient though, they don't have central nervous systems. There is no demonstrable evidence that plants think and feel. A pig does though and has the intelligence of a toddler.
@basilfawlty89 Thus we qualify which lives it鈥檚 okay to end. It鈥檚 an excuse. I know, there are animals I will not eat because I鈥檝e spent time with them where they were someone鈥檚 pet. It鈥檚 why I don鈥檛 eat lamb or pork anymore.

I鈥檝e never eaten rabbits, because I once had one who would come when I called her. I鈥檝e spoken with people in whose cultures it鈥檚 okay to eat dog or horse meat, which horrifies me. Cows and chickens, even fish, have a certain amount of intelligence.

We鈥檙e going to just have to accept that when it comes to food, [b]most[/b] of us are hypocrites. 馃ズ