>>Speaking only for myself, I admit to being somewhat of a hypocrite in this matter. I could not kill a critter myself, but I do eat meat (I draw the line at veal), knowing full well that the animal had to be killed. Out of site, out of mind.
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>>I can happily go to a restaurant and have a steak, but I know that if they led the animal out and slaughterd it at my table, I'd be less inclined. It's probably one of the main reasons why I'm not a lobster eater. I hear how great lobster is, but having to actually choose which one will die leaves me out. By the time I looked at them all in the tank, I'd probably have given them all names and bonded with them.
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>May be you don't eat lobsters because they are not kosher? <g>


Aren't all shellfish by definition not kosher?