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You're looking for an excuse, Lark
Posted by: Mike on October 07, 1999 at 16:05:36:
In Reply to: But why arent plants afforded the same status? posted by Lark on October 07, 1999 at 10:47:58:
There is no double standard going on here. Plants do not feel pain nearly as acutely as animals do (if indeed they feel pain at all). When confronted by people who ask me, "But what about plants?!" I have to wonder at their ulterior motives. Frankly, I don't think they care about animals OR plants; they're just trying to cobble up what they believe is a clever argument, when really, it's just a transparent means of avoiding stating the obvious. YOU know that animals feel pain and can suffer. You, Lark, are well aware that you don't really think plants suffer, or that if they do, it's anything like higher animals. What are you trying to do here, except justify cruelty to animals?If you're still not convinced, I invite you to go to Farm Sanctary or even a petting zoo where they have cows and pigs. Spend time with those animals. Get to know them as individuals. Then take a knife and look at them and the weeds growing at their feet. Which one could you kill? You're attempting to justify the unnecessary killing of animals when plant alternatives are available. Moreover, you're doing so in an era of intensive factory farming, a practice only 50 years old, and so cruel and despicable that it is hard to imagine anyone honestly saying they are not ashamed that people do such a thing to animals. I do believe that one day factory farming will be seen as the nightmare it is and abolished, and that people will look back and wonder how we let it happen. When you buy meat, Lark, you support this heinous system.
So don't continue to post ridiculous queries about the suffering of plants versus the suffering of animals. Face up to reality and really think about the monstrous system you are for some reason attempting to defend.
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