So what? It wasn’t even an island at the time you’re talking about, and so what it was called later when it became an island isn’t particularly relevant.
This analogy is laughable. If you were telling me that French dinosaurs ate British dinosaurs then it would be equivalent, and equally as ridiculous.
I think you misunderstood. I explicitly didn’t cast doubt on your intelligence, but ascribed a psychological motive to your implacability. Though now I’m thinking you might just be profoundly ignorant of the topics you try to discuss.
Suppose she said something like, “Frogs are like worms, and worms are disgusting. Therefore, frogs are disgusting”. It’d be an argument by analogy, and the analogy may be a bad one, but I don’t think it’s a fallacy. A premise is just false. It’s not a proof that worms are disgusting, but it’s not supposed to be.
I’m not really sure if there was a point to what she was saying.
It’s you who is profoundly ignorant of history. England was never incorporated into France, even when it was ruled by the Normans. The Normans, generally, were enemies of the French crown. Also, you’ve committed a sleight of hand by first of all talking about the landmass, but now the state.
The Storegga Slide, which caused the final separation of the land bridge to the Continent, occurred in 6100 BC, so in 6000 BC Britain had already been an island for a century. Furthermore, the last surviving part of the land bridge prior to that date joined Britain to (what is now) the Netherlands, not (what is now) France.
Sorry, for cuisine humor:
One afternoon I was cutting up a chicken my three yr old son came and asked me questions about what I was doing. I do not recall all of it but, much to my chagrin I should have been more direct about what dead meat we eat. Twenty minutes or so after our talk. My boy comes back into the house happily chewing on something. I made him spit it out. A well chewed roach. He looked at me said he was hungry and that it was dead meat… Be very careful of even what seems innocent talk with kids. They lean to the literal. We had a more detailed conversation after that.
Over 2 billion people worldwide already eat insects Kris, although they are usually prepared first in some way, unless you are Bear Grylls and hence mental.
Your line of argumentation led me to talk about one then the other. That’s not a sleight of hand, it’s a necessity of conversation.
From the article you posted in the OP:
7000 BC. Not 6000 BC.
But in all fairness, I’ve slapped you about more than enough in this thread, given it is of no consequence to anyone or anything, so I’ll apologise and withdraw. Have the last word if it makes any difference to you. Or not.
Oh I know that I have eaten crickets and worms/ catipillar.
Recently though through a sort of challenge. Not bad at all when prepared right. Roaches though, ehh, no
Is there a reason that eating animals that are much more like us - mammals for example - is less disgusting than eating animals that are less like us - snails, bugs, frogs?
Wouldn’t this lead one to Think that eating something exactly like us - iow cannibalism - would be the least disgusting carnivore act?
And certainly dining on chimp or gorilla meat should be Close to as non-disgusting as cannibalism.
It may have to do with what critturs themselves eat. Or religion or both. I know I don’t think I could eat monkey, ape, dolphin, whale or human unless there was no choice. One does not eat close relatives …unless they are in-laws
The former foods/creatures are appetising/fine… the latter are not, but that is my personal preference - I will never go into the bugs and reptiles realm of the food chain Kris :-&
Akin to Maia’s here thread… pizza was being devoured by other civilisations long before the Italians claim to have invented it… which is similar to the Chinese claiming Buddhism as their’s and making it a religion.
You get a large stock pot add water and Crab boil spices, add small red potatoes corn on the cobs cut in half , mushrooms, onions garlic cloves, sausage,( boudin preferred) then when its all just about cooked you add, crab or shrimp or crawdads. When all is cooked you drain then dump it all onto a table. Everyone sits down and grabs what they want. Several rolls of paper towels are a must for wiping hands and faces. Serve sweet tea or beer for drinks. Lots of laughing and talking… hell of a messy party but, damn fun. You eat with your hands and do not use plates. First time I went to one I cringed but, once you relax and forget about etiquette, its great.
Here’s an example Ty. In the south, especially Louisiana, people eat these “roaches of the sea” like they’re going out of style. It all goes down in similar fashion to a barbeque. Everyone gets shit faced, and there’s no real way to fuck up the crawfish. There’s a huge crawfish boil in Bham every year and bands come and play. I think I saw snoop dogg last time I went. So without further ado, here’s a few pics of some food that many would say is delicious. I don’t eat em.
We had a more detailed conversation after that.
