18
Nov
Like many others, I would like to extend a hearty thanks to PETA, and its Fish Empathy Project. I was having a hard time deciding what to have at tonight’s dinner at Louisville italian eatery Porcini, where I usually stick to land-based meat. But now that I know how smart them fishes are, I’ll have to go with the cappelini con pesce. No word from PETA on whether the shrimp, scallops, mussels, clams or squid are equally smart and empathetic, but I’ll take my chances.
Friedrich acknowledges the difficulty of
changing long-held customs, but thinks his project is worthwhile. "We’d
rather go too far than not far enough," he said.
Mission accomplished, I’d say. And PETA - minus ten points for stealing a slogan from Finding Nemo.
