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Old 06-26-2009, 12:22 PM   #275
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*Edit to add: when cows eat grass, it doesn't kill the grass. It does kill individual cells, but the plant as a whole generally survives, especially perennial varieties.
But I guess there will be other plants among the grass that will be killed by grazing.

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Question: if meat could be grown as cellular tissue in vitro, so that it could be harvested without killing any animals, how many of you who identify as vegetarians would have an ethical problem with eating it? (Let's assume, for the moment, that this could be done in a way that produced "meat" that really was just as healthy and tasted the same as the real thing.)
I wouldn't have an ethical issue with that.
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