As two friends and I were walking around the streets of Central, HK, we saw fishmongers scaling, skinning and slicing fish alive. It was a pretty gruesome sight as the fish’s gills were still throbbing away even as its head was detached from its body. Its heart, too, was still pumping away as it lay visible in one half of its body. A Caucasian man standing behind us and watching the scene was cursing under his breath as we watched the fishmonger go about his daily ritual.
While I wouldn’t be able to kill a fish like that, I won’t get all riled up and moral about the whole issue ‘cos hey, I eat fish. It’s a vicious cycle. Supply vs Demand. So unless that guy was a vegetarian, I don’t think he had a right to be so critical!