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We know that animals suffer the pain of death. We also know that we don't necessarily need to eat them--at least not as much as many of us do.
My point, however, was that since there is no perfectly humane way to end the life of a creature for food, the least we should do is minimize the suffering we cause. And just because we can kill quickly and (possibly) painlessly, it doesn't mean the animal is okay with it. This is why I'm particularly against certain methods of making animals into food. This is why I'm against this particular method of preparing fugu, especially if it's unnecessary.
And, for the record, this thread is about animals as food within the context of cruelty. Vegetarianism has a wealth of knowledge and concern in this regard, and so it is completely relevant.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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