"george" wrote in message
news:BZRvd.656324$mD.54017@attbi_s02...
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BV, please understand, you guys called me to task on the issue. I've
provided
the information to back up what I've said. I can provide more, if you
like.
You responded earlier to it, and I responded back with answers. I would
have
thought that since you are raising fish, that you would be more interested
in
learning how they are actually put together, and how the parts all work
together. It certainly makes for a more enlightened pet owner. Hence my
earlier frustration. Having said all of that, it's my turn to ask you to
provide the evidence for your belief that fish experience pain and
suffering,
and exactly how they are able to do it. You expect me to see it your way,
but I
require objective proof, the same kind of proof that you expected of me.
It's
only fair.

You have a valid point with one exception. I am not argueing that fish feel
pain, I am argueing that I do not know if they do or do not. So erroring on
the side of compassion, I feel it is safer to assume they feel pain, and as
such treat them with compassion. So you see I can't provide data to support
my claim, because my claim is I don't know.

As for fish anatomy, I'd love to discuss that...and as you seem
knowledgeable, I'd love to further those discussions. In fact, I am going to
run off now and start some new threads...

BV.