When a bunch of nuts like PETA get together just about anything is possible.
Calling themselves " the people for ethical treatment of animals " they are now demanding that we no longer refer to the creatures that swim in the sea as fish - and that hence forth they be called " Sea Kittens ".
Their rationale is that the word " fish " not only refers to the denizens of the deep, but it also refers to what they describe as a barbarous practice - namely baiting a hook and embedding it in that creatures mouth.
Basically, the PETA people seem to be consist of vegetarians who object to the use of animals in any way - for any reason. They abuse people who use fur for warmth or fashion. They are against most farming practices, including keeping hens in other than free range conditions - and they would prefer sheep to suffer an agonising death from fly strike in preference to the temporary pain of "muleising".
The day can't be far off when they will object to the harvesting of wheat and corn on the basis that these poor plants must suffer agony when the machinery chops their heads off in the field.
It seems that if " Sea Kittens " are to be protected from the barbarity of fishing - and join the legion of animals that can not be used to feed or clothe us there is a better than even chance that many on this planet will die of famine.
Few would disagree with the wish that all animals, fish and birds be treated humanely and not made to suffer unnecessarily. It is just the stupidity of their fundamentalist outlook - which is similar to the religious outlook of many - that takes an impossible stance that would deny the citizens of this world the right to the nourishment that sustains life.
Many support this insane credo - because it has become a fashionable fad without being subject to intelligent questioning !
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