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Benjamin Franklin became a vegetarian at the age of 16 but gave it up when he was on a boat and someone was frying fish and it smelled delicious. When the fish
by shawndumas 11y ago
Benjamin Franklin became a vegetarian at the age of 16 but gave it up when he was on a boat and someone was frying fish and it smelled delicious. When the fish was cut open Franklin could see smaller fish inside:
"…when the Fish were opened, I saw smaller Fish taken out of their Stomachs: Then thought I, if you eat one another, I don’t see why we mayn’t eat you. So I din’d upon Cod very heartily and continu’d to eat with other People...”
- shasta 11y agoThe way I heard it, old Ben saw the little fishes inside the stomach of the big fish and decided it should be OK to kill and eat the fisherman.
- SilasX 11y agoAnd so when intelligent aliens come to the earth, they can use similar justifications to eat us. (Or more realistically, enslave or take our stuff.)