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Originally Posted by disney_mommy
I probably didn't use the best word choice there, and did not intend to insult anyone. I meant to imply that people have been doing things a certain way for a long time, and habits are hard to break.
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Fair enough.
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Originally Posted by disney_mommy
I do not believe plants are "alive" as animals and humans are.
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Just because they don't run away and scream, does not make them not 'alive', Flowers can be seen to move during the day as they track the movement of the sun. So plants do react to their environment, just a lot slower than animals.
As a side point, if they are not 'alive' what are they, I don't think 'dead' fits either?
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Originally Posted by disney_mommy
And to me, eating children is the same as eating cats or dogs or chickens or cows. I do think that is a sensible question.
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I infer from this that Children have the same standing as chickens - so I would like to ask a question which is off topic and a bit contentious - so I understand if you ignore it....
If a child and a chicken were both drowning (I don't think chickens can swim...) which would you save and why?
Also - I was serious about wasting meat because we are not allowed to eat horse, if we were allowed to do such things ( as eat animals other than the 'norm' ), then maybe we would not have to 'force grow' animals as much to fill in the meat supply gap. (just a thought)
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Originally Posted by Laz116
Another argument could be that a tomato or banana fx can still ripen after it has been plucked. So there is no indication of it being deeply traumatized.
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Good point; but I believe parts of the body like hair and nails continue to grow after death on animals (including people here)