"Two common ethical objections to the consumption of animals is that they feel pain (and that causing pain is wrong), and that their cultivation is environmenta

"Two common ethical objections to the consumption of animals is that they feel pain (and that causing pain is wrong), and that their cultivation is environmentally harmful. On both of these, oysters are significantly closer to plants than animals." ---Wikipedia Other discussion: http://ideas.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/08/why-shouldnt-vegans-eat-oysters/ http://ideas.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/08/why-shouldnt-vegan...