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The Silent Scream of the Asparagus
weeklystandard.com — Get ready for 'plant rights. - 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........>>
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- boydbme, on 05/04/2008, -2/+6I'd like to see those vegetarians act so haughty now. I eat steak, you eat salad. they both had feelings. shut up and eat.
- ArnoldPettibone, on 07/21/2008, -0/+2It's so true.
- LoneRanger85, on 05/04/2008, -1/+8I predicted years ago that this was coming. But I thought I was JOKING. I broke my own cardinal rule -- always expect the worst from the left and you will never be surprised.
- GeorgeFord, on 05/04/2008, -0/+4It sounds like someone has been smoking their asparagus.
- Troika37, on 05/04/2008, -0/+7So plants have 'moral' protections, but the unborn do not?
Please, someone make that make sense to me.- emanl, on 05/07/2008, -0/+1Presumably a seed is not morally equivalent to a plant. When does a plant's life really begin?
- emanl, on 05/07/2008, -0/+1See the document in question here:
http://www.ekah.admin.ch/uploads/media/e-Broschure ...
It was prepared by the Swiss Federal Ethics Committee on Non-Human Biotechnology.
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