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Comment author: RomanDavis 15 December 2010 07:24:56PM 1 point [-]

I've always wanted to ask a vegetarian this.

Do you reject eating meat for humanitarian reasons? If so, would you eat oysters? They have no brain. They're still alive, but so is corn.

Comment author: DSimon 17 December 2010 12:25:16AM *  3 points [-]

I describe myself as a vegetarian for humanitarian reasons, and have no ethical problem with eating oysters for exactly the reason you describe.

Though, I guess that means I'm not technically a vegetarian. My policy is to choose my food so as to avoid causing unnecessary suffering to animals. Is there a good word for that?