The Silent Scream of the Asparagus

[Tim Nunan]

http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/015/065njdoe.asp

You just knew it was coming: At the request of the Swiss government, an

ethics panel has weighed in on the "dignity" of plants and opined that

the arbitrary killing of flora is morally wrong. This is no hoax. The

concept of what could be called "plant rights" is being seriously debated.

A few years ago the Swiss added to their national constitution a

provision requiring "account to be taken of the dignity of creation when

handling animals, plants and other organisms." No one knew exactly what

it meant, so they asked the Swiss Federal Ethics Committee on Non-Human

Biotechnology to figure it out. The resulting report, "The Dignity of

Living Beings with Regard to Plants," is enough to short circuit the

brain....

[Magiccarpetrides]

Now what about a Venus fly traps...I could see how ripping them apart could be construed as cruel and mean...plus they are just so damn cool.

[Guest db99wj]

Asparagus makes stinky pee.

[Guest GT_Rat]

Asparagus makes stinky pee.

But cook it with a little olive oil and some garlic on the grill and Asparagus tastes sooooo good.

[strickj]

Im all for this movement!Starting right now I here by pledge not to partake in the since less torturing and killing of helpless plants.

What does this mean you say!What this means is I will no longer eat vegetables.From here on out its strictly meat for me.It will be hard at first but I think with dedication,and will power I can,and WILL beat this

[Im Neero]

If this argument is taken to it's logical conclusion, since plants have inherent value as life forms we cannot destroy them arbitrarily. If this is coupled with the modern view held by most of the people that would hold this view that all life has the same value and we cannot destroy life for our own benefit, this effectively eliminates our ability to morally eat plants or animals.

I guess we had better start evolving the ability of photosynthesis before they claim that dirt, water, and sunlight have rights too.

[Daniel]

Is this similiar to the cries of the carrots from the Undertow album by Tool?

[DWARREN123]

Top of the food chain, I eat everything that stands still long enough!

[towerclimber37]

Vegans worldwide are rioting now.

Its' ok..I LOVE veggies AND meat. I'm omnivorous! For every plant or animal that they won't eat, I'll eat 3 to take up their slack.

[Guest GUTTERbOY]

Out of curiosity, did you pick this up from Lawdog's blog like I did?

[Guest darkstar]

Top of the food chain, I eat everything that stands still long enough!

My philosophy as well

I do belong to PETA though......

people eating tasty animals

[saintsfanbrian]

I have said it before and I will say it again,

If I am hungry enough and your are moving slow enough, you have the potential to be dinner.

[molonlabetn]

Interesting... so if they are recognized as 'beings', now, can they be charged with crimes?

Instead of killing the weeds in my lawn, I'll just call the cops and have them arrested for tresspassing...

[towerclimber37]

Out of curiosity, did you pick this up from Lawdog's blog like I did?

hahahahahah so you read his blog too?

I like that guy and agree with him..there should be more PEACE officers instead of POLICE officers.

[Tim Nunan]

Out of curiosity, did you pick this up from Lawdog's blog like I did?

No, from the petlaw list