Kathleen wrote:

> Gregory Morrow wrote:
>
>
>> And of all creatures, lobsters are the least likely to have
>> "feelings"...they certainly do not feel "pain" when they are cooked.
>> If lobsters were sensitive creatures they wouldn't be opportunistic
>> bottom - feeders with *extreme* cannibalistic tendencies...
>
> I've met humans who would classify themselves as "sensitive", who
> nevertheless behaved like opportunistic bottom feeders with extreme
> cannibalistic tendencies. Evidently, being exquisitely attuned to
> your own sensations does not ensure empathy with others.


Very true...Narcissus was not a crustacean, but a human being...!!!

:-)

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Best
Greg