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Old 06-26-2009, 08:37 AM   #242
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Originally Posted by disney_mommy View Post
Though plants grow, they do not have a conscious or the ability to reason or feel pain, so in my mind they are not considered "alive."
That argument strikes me as pure sophistry, I'm afraid. You "value life", therefore you categorize anything whose life you do not value as "not alive"?

Doesn't a carrot have as much "right to life" as a chicken? You are claiming that one has a "right" to be alive, but the other does not? Both were brought into existance for the specific purpose of being eaten.
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