widowdoll@ttrpg.network to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 4 months agoWhy don't we eat dolphins?message-squaremessage-square56linkfedilinkarrow-up127arrow-down117
arrow-up110arrow-down1message-squareWhy don't we eat dolphins?widowdoll@ttrpg.network to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 4 months agomessage-square56linkfedilink
minus-squareLemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·4 months agoIf everyone followed that “law,” nobody would eat pigs or catfish. But most people do eat pig & catfish. So your explanation doesn’t quite hold water.
minus-squareessell@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 months agoIf you take their answer as “historical precedent that’s never been overturned” then it makes sense, And the question becomes “why did it get overturned for pigs and catfish?”
minus-squareMugita Sokio@lemmy.todaybanned_from_community_badgelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoPeople turned away from the faith because they wanted to eat unclean meats.
minus-squareessell@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·4 months agoThere’s a test I’d like to run. Over a large and varied population, are unclean meats tastier or not?
If everyone followed that “law,” nobody would eat pigs or catfish.
But most people do eat pig & catfish.
So your explanation doesn’t quite hold water.
If you take their answer as “historical precedent that’s never been overturned” then it makes sense, And the question becomes “why did it get overturned for pigs and catfish?”
People turned away from the faith because they wanted to eat unclean meats.
There’s a test I’d like to run.
Over a large and varied population, are unclean meats tastier or not?