"Benign Vanilla" wrote in message
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"george" wrote in message
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I was trying to prove the point that fish aren't human, don't have human
emotions, feelings, and certainly do not have the nervous system to feel
pain
the way we do. But you knew that already, didn't you?

Nobody but YOU has said that fish are akin to humans. You seem to think that
only Humans can suffer pain, and you repeatedly state that assuming fish can
feel pain is some how athropomorphic. So if your dog got hit by a car would
just let it lie there and die? I mean it's not human, it can't possibly be
pain. I suggest you step your dog's tail and tell us if it feels pain. If it
does, does that make it human?

BV.


Wow. I think you need to take a deep breath and calm down. First of all, where
did I say that fish are akin to humans? Where did I say that only humans can
suffer pain? The fact that YOU assume that fish "suffer" as humans do is the
reason why I used the term anthropomorphic. The dog analogy is a non-sequitur
since dogs have vastly more complex nervous systems than fish, and in fact, have
nervous systems that in many ways are comparable to humans. They certainly DO
feel pain the way we do, as anyone who has ever cared for an injured dog can
attest to. I don't know why you persist in this line of reasoning, when my only
point is that a near-death fish is highly unlikely to experience much, if any
pain, and so to suggest that pulling the fish out of water and allowing it to
die is somehow inhumane is simply ludicrous.