Controversial ad says eating a fish is like bashing a granny

This is just ridiculous!

I just read "Why we should allow whaling" and I've got to say I am convinced - which I never thought I would be.

Can't say I've seen or heard this advertisement.  What sort of media is it on?

Whatever it is, it's not going to stop me eating fish anyway....

Lin wrote on Jun 13^th, 2012 at 4:01pm:

Controversial ad says eating a fish is like bashing a granny This is just ridiculous! I just read "Why we should allow whaling" and I've got to say I am convinced - which I never thought I would be.

Well what is the convincing argument?

SOB

ANTI-VIOLENCE campaigners have slammed an animal rights advertisement that equates eating fish with the suffering of sexual assault and domestic abuse victims.

The video, made by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, shows a screaming girl watching a man beat her mother, an attacker grabbing an elderly woman's blouse, and a bloodied schoolboy being kicked to the ground. It then shows a fish on a chopping board, opening its mouth, with the words: ''Some screams can't be heard.'' The has been viewed almost 52,000 times on YouTube.

PETA is also urging supporters to tweet celebrity chefs such as Gordon Ramsay and Mario Batali, calling on them to ''put down the knife''.

Sorry Connie I can't post the link as I don't have enough posts yet.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KUwib-rGis

Well, I'm all for preventing cruelty to animals, but I think this is going a bit too far.

I actually feel like having fish tonight for dinner - I have some salmon fillets in the fridge.....

I can't belive I still haven't tried whale. It seem slike it'd taste soooo good.

Frances wrote on Jun 13^th, 2012 at 4:41pm:

Well, I'm all for preventing cruelty to animals, but I think this is going a bit too far. I actually feel like having fish tonight for dinner - I have some salmon fillets in the fridge.....

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Horseradish_prepared.jpg/160px-Horseradish_prepared.jpg

Geez what about al the cows and lambs and chooks? Oh and what about the tofudebeast?

http://beerbecue.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/tofudebeast.jpg

SOB

Lin wrote on Jun 13^th, 2012 at 4:35pm:

The video, made by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals,

Nothing more needs to be said; these people are morons of the highest order.

Sir Spot of Borg wrote on Jun 13^th, 2012 at 4:33pm:

Lin wrote on Jun 13th, 2012 at 4:01pm: Controversial ad says eating a fish is like bashing a granny This is just ridiculous! I just read "Why we should allow whaling" and I've got to say I am convinced - which I never thought I would be. Well what is the convincing argument? SOB

I would have to compare it to "people who live in glass houses". I've lived outback, I've seen kangaroo kills and if you think every shot is clean and quick you are fooling yourself, in most (9 out of 10) cases the roo is "nicked" and a chase ensues. The roo is often skinned while it is still twitching.
We live in a real world not an ideal world, we have developed humane ways to kill our meats that are bred in captivity and we could develop more humane ways for wild beasts too but banning will never advance that.
Next would be "how dare we?" are we going to force feed people in India to eat beef or Jews or Islams to eat pork?

The worst are the people who take their omega 3 fish oil tablets.  Made from billions of the fish at the bottom of the food chain, leaving the fish on the higher rungs with nothing to eat. 

These lame fads have a lot to answer for.

I remember my mother making me take fish oil capsules.  Can't say that she was able to convince me that they were any good for me though.  Sometimes I would throw them out instead of swallowing them.....

... wrote on Jun 13^th, 2012 at 5:13pm:

The worst are the people who take their omega 3 fish oil tablets.  Made from billions of the fish at the bottom of the food chain, leaving the fish on the higher rungs with nothing to eat.  These lame fads have a lot to answer for.

I agree th new red krill oil is a worry.

However it goes beyond that, I mentioned in another thread that I lived in the Gulf of Carpentaria in the 80's. For three months while I was there I joined some family members working on a prawn trawler, one of them had been on the trawlers twenty years before and was revisiting his youth. His comments on the missing species in the nets really hit home. No big swordfish in fact no swordfish at all is the only one I remember but he did mention others.
So it isn't just fads, it's over fishing.
To give credit where it is due Fisheries do have a quota system on the number of trawlers, the size of nets etc. Not sure what the current state of play is as it isn't really part of my life now.

Lin wrote on Jun 14^th, 2012 at 4:56am:

... wrote on Jun 13th, 2012 at 5:13pm: The worst are the people who take their omega 3 fish oil tablets.  Made from billions of the fish at the bottom of the food chain, leaving the fish on the higher rungs with nothing to eat.  These lame fads have a lot to answer for. I agree th new red krill oil is a worry. However it goes beyond that, I mentioned in another thread that I lived in the Gulf of Carpentaria in the 80's. For three months while I was there I joined some family members working on a prawn trawler, one of them had been on the trawlers twenty years before and was revisiting his youth. His comments on the missing species in the nets really hit home. No big swordfish in fact no swordfish at all is the only one I remember but he did mention others. So it isn't just fads, it's over fishing. To give credit where it is due Fisheries do have a quota system on the number of trawlers, the size of nets etc. Not sure what the current state of play is as it isn't really part of my life now.

Yeah back in 1989-90 the govt closed down 5 fishing companies (or made them move to another state) in darwin because the waters were getting fished out. The problem was also that other boats - from another country were fishing there too. I dont know if they have let them back in now.

SOB

Lin wrote on Jun 14^th, 2012 at 4:56am:

... wrote on Jun 13th, 2012 at 5:13pm: The worst are the people who take their omega 3 fish oil tablets.  Made from billions of the fish at the bottom of the food chain, leaving the fish on the higher rungs with nothing to eat.  These lame fads have a lot to answer for. I agree th new red krill oil is a worry.

I think you got it backwards. It is more sustainable to take from the bottom of the food chain rather than the top, for the same quantity. In many fisheries we are being forced down and sideways to the less popular species simply because our favourite species are being pushed to the limit (eg atlantic salmon, coral trout, many shark species, tuna etc).

freediver wrote on Jun 14^th, 2012 at 8:29am:

Lin wrote on Jun 14th, 2012 at 4:56am: ... wrote on Jun 13th, 2012 at 5:13pm: The worst are the people who take their omega 3 fish oil tablets.  Made from billions of the fish at the bottom of the food chain, leaving the fish on the higher rungs with nothing to eat.  These lame fads have a lot to answer for. I agree th new red krill oil is a worry. I think you got it backwards. It is more sustainable to take from the bottom of the food chain rather than the top, for the same quantity. In many fisheries we are being forced down and sideways to the less popular species simply because our favourite species are being pushed to the limit (eg atlantic salmon, coral trout, many shark species, tuna etc).

Heh. You obviously dont know what the red krill oil is.

SOB

We had dinner at a Thai restaurant tonight.  For my entree I had salt and pepper squid, and for my main I had fried snapper with Thai vegetables and herbs and some sort of sauce (can't remember exactly what it was but it tasted good) and cashew nuts.

Who really cares?

Im always amused by these animal rights nutjobs who overlook the real issues in favor of the warm and fuzzy thrill of bashing some carnivore!
Why do they never address world population which at its current rate of increase will just about guarantee that by the end of the century every source of wild protein on the planet will be an unregulated food source. With a conservatively estimated world population of at least 10 billion good luck keeping whales, dolphin and seals off the menu!

Though there is a fool proof solution if you have the stomach for it. We have one near inexhaustible supply of protein on the hoof so to speak! An animal in plague proportions and found growing in every corner of the globe. Our friends in PNG loved it till recently and called it "Long Pig" the rest od us call it Man!

Wouldnt plant protein be cheaper to produce in large quantities?

Then theres this:

http://www.quorn.com/

Some kind of fungi protein grown in  vats . . . .

SOB

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good luck keeping whales, dolphin and seals off the menu!

You left out cats. We already kill them by the thousands, then waste the meat, while sources of protein are being overharvested.


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Wouldnt plant protein be cheaper to produce in large quantities?

Fish grow themselves in large quantities Spot. They do this for free. They even seem to enjoy doing it.

freediver wrote on Oct 8^th, 2012 at 6:39pm:

Quote: good luck keeping whales, dolphin and seals off the menu! You left out cats. We already kill them by the thousands, then waste the meat, while sources of protein are being overharvested. [quote]Wouldnt plant protein be cheaper to produce in large quantities?

Fish grow themselves in large quantities Spot. They do this for free. They even seem to enjoy doing it.[/quote]

They also dont do it fast enough for supertrawlers.

SOB