I have not had seal.  I would love to try it.  
 
I will try anything.  Living in Louisiana, I've had it all.  Nutria, gator, snake, possom, etc...
 
I really like the alligator habanero sausage.

Heated discussions about food don't generally yield visits from the FBI or Secret Service.  
 
Not that this is a heated discussion, but everything here is posted on the Wickersham's private server and remains at their discretion..
 
John

You have to see a lot of PETA's efforts in the same way that you'd view the old Yippie Levitate the Pentagon demonstration.  
 
It's just an awareness campaign.  They say it, it gets picked up and posted EVERYWHERE by outraged omnivores, they get publicity and people find out a little bit about their real causes.  A few pescetarians might see it and figure out that fish aren't that different from bunnies and kittens, though, and they might change a few minds.
 
Either way, PETA shouldn't be seen as militant vegans trying to covert everyone.  They're an advocacy group with a sense of humor.  
 
/(vegan with a sense of humor)

I have avoided comment here because this is dangerously close to both politics and religion.  
 
Without passing judgment on the concept of animal rights or PETA as a whole, I can't believe too many people are going to jump on the sea kittens bandwagon.  I have to wonder if the people over there are using too many mind-altering plant products while brainstorming on new campaigns.

Agreed completely.  They push the edge as far as they can in hopes that the center might move just a wee little bit..
 
John

Hi Ken; welcome to the board!

Thanks, Dave!  It's always nice to meet another vegan in unlikely places.

Hee hee!

If they really have a sense of humor, it's too bad that they always come across as a bunch of militant vegans trying to convert everyone.  I suppose it's a matter of perspective.  
 
From what research I have seen, somewhere around 4-5% of the population is vegetarian and maybe 10-15% of those are vegans.  With as many people as we have coming through the boards, there were bound to be a few of you!  Just remember, though, you're heavily outnumbered...

women, the other red meat - from a bumper sticker.  Maybe I'll start a favorite bumper sticker post....

That's one I can get behind!  

I don't know what you guys are all bitching about.  I love peta!  Especially filled with falafel and some tahini sauce.  It's bread, but it's flat, and you can put stuff in it.  What a concept!  Now excuse me while I go find a toad to lick.  
 
Bill, tgo

As an  aspiring chef and cook, I'd offer the following ...
 
There's room on Earth for all of God's creatures ... right next to the mashed potatoes.
 
Alan

Also, a quote from Anthony Bourdain, chef, author, and host of the Travel Network's No Reservations ....
 
Vegetarians, and their Hezbollah-like splinter faction, the vegans, are a persistent irritant to any chef worth a damn. To me, life without veal stock, pork fat, sausage, organ meat, demi-glace, or even stinky cheese is a life not worth living. Vegetarians are the enemy of everything good and decent in the human spirit, and an affront to all I stand for, the pure enjoyment of food.?

When I was living in Nashville, some 20+ years ago, JT Corenflos and I used to eat at a place called The Laughing Man in Hillsboro I think.  All vegetarian, and some of the most spectacular eats I've ever enjoyed.  Simply incredible food, and no meat...
 
John