Ethicists say selling live lobsters is cruel. Are oysters next?

Could the Whole Foods lobsters-feel-pain ruling dampen our lust for oyster murder?
ANNE KINGSTON
It was in jest that Bertrand Russell uttered his famous quip about animal rights: “Where will it end?” he asked. “Votes for oysters?” But, today, the British philosopher deserves points for prescience: the latest frontier of ethical dining is aquatic, with talk of fish pain thresholds, caught fish smothering to death, even oyster quality of life.