Some of the vegetarian and vegan prospects have been misled by discussions indicating that plants feel pain. This argument is used by those who wish to justify their meat consumption by claiming that because both plants and animals feel pain, there is no ethical difference between killing plants for food and killing animals for food.
The truth is that plants, when stressed, release a chemical called ethylene. It is quite a stretch to refer to this as “pain.” It is even more erroneous to equate this response with the pain suffered by animals and human beings. Plants lack nerve endings, brains, hormones, and other structures that would allow them to experience pain. They also lack the ability to move away from sources of stress, an evolutionary trait linked with the ability to feel pain.
I stongly encourage the vegetarians and vegans to seek out the truth for themselves. The taking of an innocent animal life is not a choice, it is murder.
2006-09-27
09:32:27
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