[ethagnawl]

One of the experiences which led to me becoming a vegetarian was ordering a whole lobster and being forced to pick it apart bit by bit. It's easy to forget/dismiss that the "stuff" inside your lobster roll was ever a living, breathing, thinking being. However, when you're handed the whole animal, told to crack it open and stuff it into your mouth, it's a very different story.

[toomanybeersies]

On the other hand, I have gutted and butchered whole animals before, and still happily eat meat.

Good on you for sticking to your morals though. I don't mind vegetarians or vegans or whatever, but the one group that really annoys me is people who eat meat, but get upset seeing animals get butchered.

[simonh]

My grandfather was a slaughterman for a while and a really good butcher. When he talked about the animals going to be killed he said he could tell many of them at the end probably knew what was going to happen to them. It clearly did bother him a bit and he did feel sorry for the animals but said it was quick and humane overall. In everyday life he hated to see animals mistreated or suffering. There’s no hypocrisy in showing some emotion, especially when it’s something you’ve not experienced before.

[Fricken]

Lobsters have about 100,000 neurons in their whole bodies. Less than half as many as an ant or fruit fly.

[alt2501]

Perhaps you forgot about the significance of life?

[Fricken]

No. But the humane slaughter of lobsters is fairly low on my list of priorities for that sort of thing.