Poll: Why do people think fish isn't a meat?

[nuba km]

So far 10 people have said fish isn't meat if you think so please leave a detailed comment that explains it to me other than the bible says so (the bible also says that you should show your wife regularly that you are better then them).

 

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"I'm a vegetarian, except for fish .. and the occasional steak, I love steak"
Cookie for reference.

Fish is meat, as it is / was an animal

 

[Jedoro]

Fish were living animals, with blood in their veins, that died for a meal. Yeah, they're meat.

 

[nuba km]

As long as your definition of meat is "flesh of any kind of animals".

And fish is an animal. So are insects, birds, mammals of any kind, and so on.

So, yeah, fish is meat, although if the concern comes from some kind of dietary view point I'd imagine fish might have slightly different meat in sense of the amount of calories, the amount of proteins, and all sorts of other shit. Or not, I don't fucking know.

The idea that fish isn't meat comes from super-old religious books and religions that sprung from them. Aka, bullshit and ignorance that should, at least in respect to scientific matters, be laughed at. Lightning is the finger of god, all diseases are caused by demons, and all that.

So a thunder storm is God poking the planet a lot and God likes poking tall pointed things that conduct electricity.

 

[Dexiro]

it's just an excuse for 'vegetarians' to eat meat. Just wait til someone decides that Cow isn't meat because it's too tasty.

 

[nuba km]

it's just an excuse for 'vegetarians' to eat meat. Just wait til someone decides that Cow isn't meat because it's too tasty.

some animals actually became extinct because they were too tasty (I which I could eat them) some giant turtles were eaten by sailors that were bringing them to England because they were too tasty(God that is a big evolutionary flaw). there's also a type of manatee that extinct because the man who discovered them said they were the tastiest thing he has ever eaten.

 

[Jerious1154]

The "fish is not meat" thing goes further back than Catholicism. In Leviticus, when God is setting down the rules for how to keep kosher (Jewish dietary laws), he says you can't eat milk and meat during the same meal, but you can eat milk and fish during the same meal. This implies that fish is not meat. Since Christianity originated from Judaism, it makes sense that Catholics would also treat fish and meat as two different things, and it's sort of become ingrained into a lot of people that they're not the same, even though they kind of are.

 

[Ignatius87]

Fish were much less likely to have diseases, which was the reason for banning things like pork to begin with, back when these rules were being created.

 

[imaloony]

It's protein, that's for damn sure.

I'm not sure. Being Catholic, I can't eat meat on Friday's during Lent, but we can still eat fish, so we often have the fish sandwich at Wendy's. I have no idea how it works like that, but I just roll with it, because I like fish.

 

[Dexiro]

it's just an excuse for 'vegetarians' to eat meat. Just wait til someone decides that Cow isn't meat because it's too tasty.

some animals actually became extinct because they were too tasty (I which I could eat them) some giant turtles were eaten by sailors that were bringing them to England because they were too tasty(God that is a big evolutionary flaw). there's also a type of manatee that extinct because the man who discovered them said they were the tastiest thing he has ever eaten.

I've heard about those on QI. The sailors that were meant to bring turtles back to england ended up eating them all on the way xD

 

[Soxafloppin]

It's the less meat like meat, in terms of taste and texture.

But it's still a meat,regardless.

 

[OceanRunner]

If it's the flesh of a creature, then it counts as meat.

 

[Phoenixlight]

I notice that a lot of people don't treat fish as a meat and why is that? I know some vegetarians that eat fish but that is strange to say the least, they became a vegetarian because they think it's cruel to kill and eat animals so why isn't it cruel to kill and eat fish. Is it because they look like they are dead even when they are alive. Also I was up at 4 o'clock in the morning and I saw a program and somebody said "I'm tired of all this meat I wan to have some fish". This has been bothering me for a long time could somebody explain to me why fish aren't counted as meat to some people.

A lot of people don't treat fish as a meat because they're fucking stupid. Don?t be fooled into thinking these pathetic posers are true vegetarians as they eat fish. A true vegetarian (like myself) does not eat any animal, anyone found doing so can GTFO if they think they are actually a vegetarian. I've been vegetarian for 7 years now and it sickens me to see these posers pretending to be vegetarians.

 

[Irridium]

According to Catholic law/mythos...God said so.

I'm surprised as to how long it took for someone to give the proper answer.

But yeah, it's that, God said you could it eat on some Friday or something, meaning it wasn't meat (makes no sense to me, but whatever).

OK why would God think that fish isn't meat (or in my few why did the people that wrote the bible think fish isn't meat)

To fuck with us.

If you haven't noticed, God has one sick sense of humor.

 

[Stublore]

Why do people think fish isn't a meat?
Because some people avoid thinking .

 

[Fetzenfisch]

According to Catholic law/mythos...God said so.

I'm surprised as to how long it took for someone to give the proper answer.

But yeah, it's that, God said you could it eat on some Friday or something, meaning it wasn't meat (makes no sense to me, but whatever).

At some time the rule was extended to beavers.

 

[omega 616]

As the great Bill Bailey said,

"I'm a vegetarian. I'm not strict; I eat fish .... and duck. Well, they're nearly fish, aren't they? They're semi-submerged a lot of the time, they spend a lot of time in the water, they're virtually fish, really. And pigs, cows, sheep, anything that lives near water, I'm not strict. I'm sort of like a post-modern vegetarian. I eat meat ironically."

On topic. I have no idea, if you claim to be a veggie and chow down on a fish, you deserve a bit of a slap.

I always get the feeling veggies and vegans are a little bit arrogant and people should go out of there way to make them a special meal.

When I were a lad, if you didn't eat what everybody else was having you went hungry.

 

[Angus565]

Fish is meat, but not even vegetarians care about them and I know why.
Here is the centre of fish emotion:

Not exactly the most adorable creature is it?

 

[Dana22]

Because fish dont have legs. Thus are abomination unto the Lord.

 

[JLML]

Well, it depends... Some people only consider it to be meat if it's from mammals, and fishes aren't mammals.

I'm a.. What's it called, pescetarian or whatever, and the reason to why I eat fish is because I've been raised with it and can't eat "normal" meat without getting sick (because I'm not used to it) and it has nothing to do with it not being "real" meat. In fact, I think I'd like to eat "real" meat, but I don't. It's more likely I'll stop eating fish too and become a real vegetarian.

Anyway, I consider fish to be a sort of meat, just like any other. It's from an animal anyway, that makes it meat. If fish wasn't meat, bird wouldn't either, nor would snake or any other avian/reptilian. Yet they are considered meat, whilst fish is not. Stupid.

EDIT: Just realized, the term pescetarianism (and pescetarian as well of course) is dated to the same year I was born... coincidence? I think not! xD