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I was careful to not use words related to pain, because whenever you mention that people are quick to claim that fish don't feel pain. Probably because so many
by reificator 8y ago
I was careful to not use words related to pain, because whenever you mention that people are quick to claim that fish don't feel pain. Probably because so many people catch & release.
I still have yet to see a study on the topic, so maybe they're right. But I doubt it to be honest.
- taneq 8y agoYeah, I've heard those arguments before and I find them pretty specious. We humans are always super quick to claim that it's ok to do <thing that inflicts pain> on <thing that we want to do it to> because <some reason that thing doesn't actually feel pain anyway>. It's been applied to fish, human infants, black people, and all manner of other creatures that someone wants to inflict something nasty upon.
- imglorp 8y agoRight. I don't think it's about the fish in particular, but that we're training ourselves--practicing even--to be uncompassionate to all things, human or not. We're supposed to be the better species here.