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Cruel and unusual lobstering?
2004-05-10
Lovers of live lobsters -- as opposed to boiled ones -- in Massachusetts are angry about a barroom arcade game in which patrons win a live lobster. They say it demeans the crustacean in question, reports the Lowell Sun.
How can you demean a lobster?
The game in question, dubbed the Lobster Zone, features a 50-gallon tank with flashy lighting and sound effects. For $2, customers get a shot at plucking one of the critters out of the tank with a metal claw. Rose McGarry, who saw one of the machines at J.J. Boomers, called the game cruel. "The things go crazy when they hear the music," she said. "They’re realizing they are going to meet their doom."
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Posted by:Mike

#11  gromky - you got it. Actually the closest land relative of the lobster is the scorpion. Stomp or be stung!
Posted by: BigEd   2004-05-10 8:10:57 PM  

#10  It's a pretty far stretch to call a lobster an "animal" - it's more like "giant sea insect".

And I'm rather surprised to see this - I saw a claw machine, only with live crabs instead of stuffed animals, in Kabukicho in Japan. Picture here. Note the video feed from a camera mounted on the claw, as well as some plastic bags for use should you actually bag one.

Wierd, just wierd. And this was in an otherwise mundane arcade.
Posted by: gromky   2004-05-10 7:59:21 PM  

#9  boiling animals alive is just plane cruel. how would you like being boil alive.
Posted by: muck4doo   2004-05-10 6:24:13 PM  

#8  well i guess lobsters have evoloved - according to these dingbats they now associate music with dying...

some tasty critters......boil em up!

Posted by: Dan   2004-05-10 5:51:12 PM  

#7  Heads up to my fellow RBers:
If you haven't gotten a Lobstergram yet, which I heard about on Sean Hannity's radio show, you haven't lived!
Posted by: Jen   2004-05-10 3:26:41 PM  

#6  Cruel and unusual lobstering = Throwing out any edible leftovers.

To quote a Maine lobsterman, "If the roles were reversed don't think that a lobster would hesitate for once second to make dinner out of you." He||, these cockroaches-of-the-sea eat each other, fer criminey sakes!

Oh, and for accuracy's sake, lobsters can too be stuffed animals. Merely split the tail and liberally apply a mirepoix of shallots, chives and diced yellow tomato sauteed in butter. Broil for 15 minutes. YUM!

How can you demean a lobster?

Point at his nether regions and say he's shrimpy!
Posted by: Zenster   2004-05-10 3:20:36 PM  

#5  Stuffed Lobster Recipe

Courtesy Food Network for all you PETA folks out there.
Posted by: BigEd   2004-05-10 3:19:48 PM  

#4  "The things go crazy when they hear the music," she said...

Obviously they're Rock Lobsters
Posted by: Frank G   2004-05-10 3:16:37 PM  

#3  How can you demean a lobster?

Announce that it has crabs?
Posted by: ed   2004-05-10 3:05:40 PM  

#2  Yummmmm! Serve 'em up!
Posted by: Jen   2004-05-10 3:02:42 PM  

#1  Lobsters aren't stuffed animals," said William Rivas-Rivas, spokesman for PETA.

Usual suspects.

Of course they aren't stuffed when they are alive, but you can make dandy a lobster stuffing once they are cooked.



Posted by: BigEd   2004-05-10 2:59:16 PM  

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