widowdoll@ttrpg.network to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 days agoWhy don't we eat dolphins?message-squaremessage-square56fedilinkarrow-up127arrow-down118
arrow-up19arrow-down1message-squareWhy don't we eat dolphins?widowdoll@ttrpg.network to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square56fedilink
minus-squareLemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·3 days 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-up4·2 days 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.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoPeople turned away from the faith because they wanted to eat unclean meats.
minus-squareessell@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·2 days 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?