Animals are my friends

I have been so busy with the move that I didn't even notice, but I have been a vegetarian for over two months now! I have cheated a bit, and I am still on the fence... fish is the sticking point for me. I have yet to figure out why fish seem to be okay to eat by many vegetarians. Perhaps it only applies to the healthy vegetarians (that is, those who take their vegetarianism from a health perspective) and not to moral vegetarians.

Nevertheless, as a moral vegetarian (65% moral / 35% health) I am still not sure about what to do with fish. A part of me says that it is probably okay, but another rejects that because of the fairly obvious hypocracy of that position. And then another part says that, while it may be wrong (in my view) to eat fish, it is okay to do it every now and then. This isn't a religion, after all. Maybe the occasional slip up is necessary to keep me from being too self-righteous. And if I have to slip, what healthier way than with the occasional sushi roll?

What's wrong with what we eat

I love Ted!

Right to monkey life

Spain has drafted a surprising new law: apes have rights to life and freedom. It may well be true that this will lead to silliness and hypocrisy (why not extend this right to pigs and cattle?), but it is a fantastic and fascinating step.

This may be a landmark event, something that children will study 100 years from now in their history textbooks: the first ever legislation granting rights to animals other than humans.

Bravo Spain!