Not a vegan, but the lack of a coordinated central nervous system, and the corresponding inability for a plant to experience pain or emotion, makes the moral decision pretty easy. Calling the 'ability' to 'hear' (maybe) sufficient evidence of a life demanding respect would also grant rights to microphones.
Actually there is much evidence to be found to the contrary of your thoughts. Yes, in our delineation of the concept that one needs a cns only like ours to have these abilities, you got me. If one opens to the possibility that there is much that we do not understand, then doors swing wide open. May seems barbaric to bring in a concept of many older civilizations, especially Indians of the America's all held strong beliefs that all things had a life force, and should be respected. To show that this is really not a new concept, check out this YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ntv4ZMvUSWI&feature=youtube_gdata_player">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ntv4ZMvUSWI&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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DirtDoc 12 years, 5 months ago
Not a vegan, but the lack of a coordinated central nervous system, and the corresponding inability for a plant to experience pain or emotion, makes the moral decision pretty easy. Calling the 'ability' to 'hear' (maybe) sufficient evidence of a life demanding respect would also grant rights to microphones.
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Robochess 12 years, 5 months ago
Actually there is much evidence to be found to the contrary of your thoughts. Yes, in our delineation of the concept that one needs a cns only like ours to have these abilities, you got me. If one opens to the possibility that there is much that we do not understand, then doors swing wide open. May seems barbaric to bring in a concept of many older civilizations, especially Indians of the America's all held strong beliefs that all things had a life force, and should be respected. To show that this is really not a new concept, check out this YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ntv4ZMvUSWI&feature=youtube_gdata_player">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ntv4ZMvUSWI&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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