It's not the rat, it's us.

If you dislike putting a worm on a hook, it does not matter that the worm may not feel pain like you and I, it is that we can live with ourselves with the appearance of pain caused by ourselves.

I am no high-horser, I go to a sushi restaurant and order soft shell crab, and seeing the crab plucked out of the tank.

I just hope I don't get to a point where I don't feel bad about it.