Is fish a meat?

[FTM]

to me vegetarians who eat fish or eggs are just copping out..why is a fish considered fair game when a cow isnt

I enjoy devouring all forms of living creatures....why should a fish be treated worse than a cow, especialyl when the majority of fish are wild creatures and not bred specifically for food like shee pr cattle


a fish eating vegetarian is destroying the world wild fish stocks, makes them far worse than omniverous old me

 

[Glaucus]

to me vegetarians who eat fish or eggs are just copping out..why is a fish considered fair game when a cow isnt

I enjoy devouring all forms of living creatures....why should a fish be treated worse than a cow

Because there not vegetarians. A vegetarian won't eat any flesh.

 

[ojste]

Fish is fish.
Meat is from mammals

what the hell? what are chickens then?

meat is meat
fish is meat

 

[[DOD]Asprilla]

The only reason fish isn't classed as a meat is to allow rich catholics to get away with eathing it on a Friday.

The church classed loads of things as 'not meat', including beaver (snigger), so that folks could get around the rules.

 

[The Dread Pirate]

"Today's fish is Trout A La Creme. Enjoy your meal."

/doesn't even bother to grab coat & leaves

 

[BenhB]

Fish is fish.
Meat is from mammals

What comes from Chickens?

 

[Felix Da Housecat]

nope definitely a vegetable

Hahahaha that got a lol from me

Nope fish is not a meat, as vegetarian meals can contain fish.

Now get some work done.

 

[Felix Da Housecat]

What comes from Chickens?

Chicken is poultry or how ever you spell it, but it's still a meat.

 

[Carzy]

Nope fish is not a meat, as vegetarian meals can contain fish.

No they can't.

 

[Lysander]

Hahahaha that got a lol from me

Nope fish is not a meat, as vegetarian meals can contain fish.

Wrrrronng. Vegetarians do not eat fish. Fishtarians do.

http://www.vegsoc.org/fish/

By definition, vegetarians do not eat the flesh of animals.

 

[Majago]

What comes from Chickens?

Eggs.

 

[Carzy]

Wrrrronng. Vegetarians do not eat fish. Fishtarians do.

Fishtarian! LOL

The term is Pescetarian.

 

[dustiestrat]

what the hell? what are chickens then?

meat is meat
fish is meat

our feathered friends are classed as poultry
mammals =meat
birds = poultry
fish= fish

 

[Lysander]

Fishtarian! LOL

The term is Pescetarian.

Haha thanks - just saw this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pescetarianism

 

[panthro]

meat (FOOD) Show phonetics
noun
1 the flesh of an animal when it is used for food:
I don't eat meat.
raw meat
red/white meat

http://dictionary.cambridge.org

Its definitely a meat, and any vegetarian that eats fish is kidding themselves.

 

[meghatronic]

Some people on here scare me.

meat is "the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food"

 

[Freefaller]

It bleeds, it has muscle tissue, it lives, breathes, reproduces, it has flesh. So yes, it's meat. I know why they categorise it as "fish" - however it's no different to things being in the "poultry" category, as a whole they are classed in my mind as meat.

 

[meghatronic]

It bleeds, it has muscle tissue, it lives, breathes, reproduces, it has flesh. So yes, it's meat. I know why they categorise it as "fish" - however it's no different to the "poultry" category, as a whole they are classed in my mind as meat.

Your mind is 100% right. "Poultry is the category of domesticated birds kept for meat, eggs, and feathers." Same for fish. And frogs, snails, dogs etc...

 

[davethe11]

interesting discussion

 

[Lysander]

It bleeds, it has muscle tissue, it lives, breathes, reproduces, it has flesh. So yes, it's meat. I know why they categorise it as "fish" - however it's no different to things being in the "poultry" category, as a whole they are classed in my mind as meat.

I've been talking about this with my colleague who swears she is a vegetarian in spite of the fact she eats fish. She is not a vegetarian.

My gf, on the other hand, has never eaten fish or any other kind of meat in her life. So she is a vegetarian.

I think the reason some 'vegetarians' eat fish is a psychological one only. We can relate to animals more since some of them are cute, they make noises, they are larger, they live in similar habitats, they have legs etc.... so they are more 'similar' to us than fish. Fish look - and are - very dissimilar to humans so they are harder to relate to, but they still feel pain and have meat.