• LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world
      7·
      8 months ago

      If everyone followed that “law,” nobody would eat pigs or catfish.

      But most people do eat pig & catfish.

      So your explanation doesn’t quite hold water.

      • essell@lemmy.world
        4·
        8 months ago

        If you take their answer as “historical precedent that’s never been overturned” then it makes sense, And the question becomes “why did it get overturned for pigs and catfish?”

          • essell@lemmy.world
            21·
            8 months ago

            There’s a test I’d like to run.

            Over a large and varied population, are unclean meats tastier or not?

    • AA5B@lemmy.world
      1·
      8 months ago

      I don’t believe it’s specifically forbidden, just that dolphins don’t have fins or scales. That includes a lot of things in the sea