I confess to falling under this hypocritical category.

I don't like the taste or texture of meat and the calories are hurrendous in meat. I eat a lot of grilled and steamed fish xx

I was just wondering if there was an ethical reason, in some peoples minds why fish are to be treated differently to land-based animals.

I likes me meat! :D

My best friend doesn't eat meat because she thinks it's wrong, I did once ask her and her response was fish aren't killed they die on their own when you take them out of the water. Umm yeah I laughed at her too, but I love her x

I just read something about raising good cholesterol and one of the things it suggests is eating salmon twice a week. All I could think is 1) what happened to the mercury warnings 2) how on earth could I afford that? But I do like salmon patties like my mom makes them.

I saw this on a bummer sticker........

"Vegetarian ...........Old Indian Word For "Bad Hunter" :-)

I eat both fish and chicken. However, I don't do it for ethical reasons anymore. It has just become a habit. I started out not eating any meat, but that wasn't healthy for me, so I started eating fish because as a rule, fish are treated much more ethically than mammals and birds bred to be eaten. There are exceptions on both sides though, of course.

Salad is murder.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUcR-_uqcmk

I love that link lessthangolden. I posted it to my facebook page for my vegetarian son and daughter to watch.

The only answer I have is this. Fish has a lot of Omega 3 oils in it which is very healthy for our innards. A steak takes over 24 hours to digest. However, red meat is needed at least once a month because it contains vitamin B-12. A very important vitamin that our bodies need. I eat red meat twice a year because I crave it. I am no expert on the subject, I just know that most vegetarians think that eating red meat is wrong. We all have different opinions on the subject and that's okay.

I tried to chat respectfullly with some peeps on the vegetarian board here re support for an animal rights organisation... I do eat meat, but am very much into animals being treated and killed humanely (Yes, I agree, what's the diff between a cow and a fish??). I'd normally suggest you post on that board for more info, BUT STRONGLY ADVISE AGAINST IT because, although the vegetarians there fully support compassion and animal rights... they have NO hesitation whatsoever in skinning you alive and hanging you up by your balls if you are a meat eater. Just sayin'.

fish have less of a personality than cows and aren't something you can pet and look into the soulful eyes of

the more charming, the harder it is to eat - that's why a lot of hard-core carnivores think it's horrible to eat venison

That's a good question. I wonder that too sometimes because if it's about ethical killing there are animals that are killed in an ethical way.
As for me I love meat so i don't really know the reasoning behind it.

Not a vegetarian, but, yes, do prefer fish over red meat and even chicken, because fish is easier to digest, plus contains the Omega 3 oils another mentioned.

In short, fish makes me feel pretty damn good! Meat does not.

Fish is easier to chew, swallow, and passes right through my stomach into the intestines, where the goodies are absorbed right into the bloodstream.

Red meat is tough to chew, gets caught in the esophagus, churns in the stomach, and sits in the colon like a gut bomb for hours before it is, thankfully, finally expelled in the form of really hard, painful feces. It causes diverticulitis in the colon, not good as far as it forms polyps, and just sticks everywhere it lays.

Plus, if one is big on the spiritual aspect of eating animals, I feel smooth and slippery when eating fish, whereas eating cow makes me feel slow, lumbering and lethargic, as if the beast's spirit hangs out in me for hours.

Ain't big on cow.