Jail for eating a live goldfish? - Page 23

On April 24 2012 15:51 Terrafros wrote:
Hurting an animal for the sake of entertainment is just disgusting. I won't lose a night of sleep if this guy does end up serving jailtime. I'm not calling for it, but I won't find it much of an issue if it happens regardless.

On April 24 2012 16:10 Ravenimus wrote:
This is so very sensationalist.

If it was a bear eating a live goldfish, or a cat eating a live goldfish, I am very certain that it wouldn't recieve jail time or a $20,000 fine; they don't even have opposable thumbs so how could they write a cheque! Where is the equality there RSPCA/ PETA?!?!?You sold out your own species for the betterment of the other one, the one that would gladly eat you in the same position.

The equal yet seperate rhetoric they spew sounds a little bit like a certain era in US history.

On April 24 2012 10:31 Chairman Ray wrote:
A lot of replies have compared eating a goldfish to eating live octopus or eating live scorpions and spiders. I'd like to point out a clear distinction on why a goldfish is not allowed to be eaten this way.

The animal cruelty law that the man is charged for is focused on the animal group of vertebrates, which are creatures with spines. A creature's ability to feel the pain stimulus rests in the spinal column. The evolutionary purpose of it is to give certain creatures a faster reaction time to immediate danger, since there is less neural distance between your spine and your nerves. Creatures without spines are not able to feel the same pain stimulus, instead they have different mechanics of stimulus. These different mechanics of stimulus, as far as scientists can tell, do not cause any suffering to the creature. For example, when you eat a live octopus, the octopus knows it's being eaten, but it does not suffer from physical pain, nor does it have the mental capacity for emotional suffering either, so legally we are allowed to eat an octopus alive. A goldfish does have a spine, and therefore is able to suffer from the pain of being eaten, so that's why there's a law in place against animal cruelty for vertebrates.

Just make it clear, I do not support the charges laid against this man for eating a goldish, I just needed to clarify that there is a clear distinction between eating a goldfish, and eating other things alive.

On April 24 2012 17:24 Noruxas wrote:
I heard fish have a memory of about 3 seconds. I'm sure he forgot he got eaten.....wait......

On April 24 2012 16:12 r.Evo wrote:


FYP. That's what it boils down to imo.

On April 23 2012 18:24 SolHeiM wrote:
Where do you draw the line when it comes to eating things alive?

On April 26 2012 18:30 Plague1503 wrote:

Personally, a developed frontal lobe.

On April 26 2012 18:30 Plague1503 wrote:

Personally, a developed frontal lobe.

On April 26 2012 18:33 Thylacine wrote:


What exactly do you mean?

On April 26 2012 17:30 Vorenius wrote:

How the fuck do you eat anything without hurting it? :s

Do you think your steak or your bacon was grown in a lab? Do you think sushi and lobster grows on trees? Animals suffer far worse than this goldfish did every single day, and no one gives a shit because it's just animals.

I'd say getting your head bitten off is far more human than getting boiled alive or put on a conveyor belt into the death machine or having your throat slit. Yet the former earned a guy a lawsuit while the other earn corporations a ton of money.

I wouldn't worry for the guy though. It's just some nutcases having a fit. He won't actually be punished in any way (other than having his videos removed from Youtube.)