(April 17, 2012 at 5:03 pm)TheJackel Wrote:Quote:Plants don't have a nervous system capable of supporting sentience. Show me a plant that can meaningfully suffer and then there will be an issue.
You are still killing life... You are just discriminating based on what you think suffers more. And that's fine.. However, you are still killing life and even contributing to the extinction of many species as you compete for resources and habitats. Seems you don't have an issue with agriculture destroying entire ecosystems while you pile your plate with vegetables ect. So where is your moral boundaries when it comes to the destruction of life?
"Killing life" is not the issue at hand. It is causing unnecessary suffering. A plant is not conscious, does not feel pain. It's not about what I think. It's about what the facts demonstrate. Do you think that a carrot suffers? How would it suffer?
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"All thinking men are atheists." -Ernest Hemmingway
"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." -Voltaire
