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- From: swood@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Scott Wood - EVENSONG)
- Subject: Re: Protect the Rights of Plants!
- Message-ID: <swood.727923087@vela>
- Organization: Oakland University, Rochester MI.
- References: <1js9m6INNhhk@geraldo.cc.utexas.edu>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 00:51:27 GMT
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- alexpace@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Alex L. Pace) writes:
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- `Dont you think that we are assuming too much if we assume that only animals
- `can have feelings?!?
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- `The only solution is to refuse to eat anything made from animals or plants!
- `Stick to pure synthetic food
-
- Hey, that is a great idea. The obvious place to start is brocolli - they
- have proven that it can feel - Bush was ahead of his time. But wait, why
- stop there? Animals around us don't seem to know any better than the rest
- of the "meat-lovers" in society do. If we are going force them to stop
- eating meat, let's start working on the animal kingdom as well.
-
- Granted, we will have to find some way to keep the toxic waste and disposal
- thereof from effecting the environment any more than we already are, and
- of course testing of the synthetic food has to be handled somehow - cellular
- level testing is too cruel as it causes pain to those poor helpless cells!
-
- By golly nothing should ever have to die again. And who knows. If we all
- quit our jobs and donate our homes and fortunes, maybe we could spend all
- our time and energy at specializing ALL the species of the earth to eat dirt!
- (gee I wonder if dirt has feelings???)
-
- swood
-
- `A "fact" cant be proven to be correct because the rest of society concurs
- `with you but it can help you convince yourself you're not crazy if others
- `feel the same. After all, our concepts of normal and abnormal are based on
- `the actions of everyone else...you'll find this hold true even for the
- `(pseudo)science of psycology.
-
- (great quote by the way)
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- Current Michigan Canada Goose special late season still open
- (Southern Michigan Game Management unit only w/stamp)
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