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Re: Chicken of the Sea Tuna Horrible

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From: Peter L
Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1998 00:00
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watson@interaccess.com wrote:
> 
> I think I recall that the differences you are describing in this thread
> can be attributed to the differrent fish from which "tuna" (chunk, or
> chunk white)and "albacore tuna" (solid) come from.  Does anyone remember
> a movement against the tuna fishing industry a couple of years ago
> because the net fishing techniques used to catch the non-albacore tunas
> often results in netting and death of dolphins or porposes or some other
> favored fish? Albacore became at that time the only politically correct
> tuna - if, in fact, cooked, canned fish can be politically correct.

They can be as long as you only kill the tuna, which is not a very
intelligent fish and does not have TV series or movies starring them
(Charlie excepted).  Dolphins are, on the other hand, thought to be
intelligent, may even have a language, and star in several TV series and
movies.

I'll join PETA when they start defending the cockroach.
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From: Peter L <Nospam.peterl@csus.edu>
Subject: Re: Chicken of the Sea Tuna Horrible
Date: 1998/08/05
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