At some point I'll need to find a way to explain convincingly that eating cows is not any different than eating dogs, and that eating whales is not any different than eating apes. Cultural trends fuzz out the proximity between these species, but where am I wrong in saying this above? (ie. we know that (some) Japanese consider whales to be fish, that (some) Koreans consider dogs to be protein, that (some) Frenchies consider rabbits to be a deliquacy, that (some) Americans will keep pet rabbits but eat more beef than anyone else in the world, and that (some) in all these nations think the pig starring in Babe will look better on a barbecue.)

Eating fish or lizards on the other hand, is a lot harder to amalgamate to eating mammals ... ie. it's easier to go "awwww ain't that cute" when seeing a calf breast-feeding but harder to say the same thing when seeing a lizard dump eggs in the sand somewhere and walk away. Eating birds ... I don't know, it kind of sucks too ... they go tweep tweep, are (mainly) monogamous, care for their little lones ... so that should make them prone to "awwww ain't that cute" syndrome too.

I just don't think I get the whole "I'll eat this mammal but not this one, which is man's friend (or man's cousin)" thing.