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Fellow vegetarian... honestly I find the thundering hypocrisy of store-goers who are offended by the grisly reality of hunting far more grotesque than the gastronomical details of the article.

Speaking as a omnivore I found the content of this article to be quite useful. That said, Octopii are indeed very special creatures for many reasons one of which is they do in fact serve well as the main ingredient in multiple dishes.

It is a bad idea to eat a creature with nerve disease.

iirc, Hawking no longer has the disease. That is, his disease only was actually "active" for about 5 years... it's just that the damage was irreversible. This is why he survived ALS when most people die of it.