Vegetables ARE alive?

Question

That's why we call them living organisms and they get classified ... Kingdom Plantae, etc. Right? Tell me I'm right.
so maybe we shouldn't eat veggietables, the poor things.
:-)


I know the question in your mind is, "Why did she waste 5 points asking this question?" You say that like there's so many better things I could using my points for. Well, there's not. phhbt.

(Are you reading this Oreo? :-P)

Answer 1

i like to imagine veggies scream when i bite into them. makes me feel warm inside

Answer 2

Yes, vegetables are living things. You'll not likely find a vegetarian on the planet that will dispute that. However, it misses a few of key points. One, plants simply do not have the brain, nervous system nor consciousness of animals; they don't feel pain as animals do. Two, the treatment of an apple tree during its lifetime of providing fruit for human consumption cannot be to the quality of life (or lack thereof) of a veal calf. Three, every living thing on this planet requires fuel, humans included. Just because some of us choose to eat lower on the food chain, doesn't mean we have the option to choose not to eat at all!

Answer 3

Vegetable is a culinary term. Its definition has no scientific value and is somewhat arbitrary and subjective.

All parts of an herbaceous plant that humans eat whole or in part is generally considered a vegetable, except for culinary fruits and arguably grains, nuts, herbs, and spices. Also, mushrooms are commonly considered vegetables, despite belonging to a different biological kingdom, namely fungi.

Vegetables include leaf vegetables (for example lettuce), stem vegetables (asparagus), root vegetables (carrot), flower vegetables (broccoli), bulbs (garlic) and botanical fruits such as cucumbers, squashes, pumpkins, capsicums, as well as legumes such as green beans, and fleshy, immature seeds such as those of peas or beans.

Since "vegetable" is not a botanical term, there is no contradiction in a plant part being a fruit botanically while still being considered a vegetable

Vegetable is also used as a literary term for any plant: vegetable matter, vegetable kingdom. It comes from Latin vegetabilis (animated) and from vegetare (enliven), which is derived from vegetus (active), in reference to the process of a plant growing. This in turn derives from the Proto-Indo-European base *weg- or *wog-, which is also the source of the English wake, meaning "not sleep". The word vegetable was first recorded in print in English in the 14th century. The meaning of "plant grown for food" was not established until the 18th century.

Hope this explains your question in mind.

Answer 4

As I always said, a vegetarian is a sadistic, insensitive bastard who can't hear a carrot scream!

I always thought it a paradox - vegetarians are trying to "rise above" what many perceive as human cruelty because they say we are just animals too. But meat-eaters embrace their "animal" side by eating meat, which humans as animals have eaten for millennia.

I have no problem with vegetarians, or meat eaters. Do what works for you.

I remember reading about the Jain sect, a religious group that is careful not to tread on insects and who only eat fruit that has already fallen from the tree. Now THAT'S dedication to not killing!

Answer 5

Yes, you are right. I think it would more humane to eat carnivorous human beings and leave higher evolved species such as asparagus well alone. I can't get used to the taste of obese, diseased people though, and in preparation the stomach acid is a real worry. It could really ruin a hearty meal.

Answer 6

"Many animals are like us: they have a psychological welfare of their own. Like us, therefore, these animals have a right to be treated with respect. On the other hand, we have no reason, and certainly no scientific one, to believe that carrots and tomatoes, for example, bring a psychological presence to the world. Like all other vegetables, carrots and tomatoes lack anything resembling a brain or central nervous system. Because they are deficient in these respects, there is no reason to think of vegetables as psychological beings, with the capacity to experience pleasure and pain, for example. It is for these reasons that one can rationally affirm rights in the case of animals and deny them in the case of vegetables."

Answer 7

Well they arent slaughtered just grown and then go to your table for human consumption. So really not a bad thing to do. Besides you got to eat. If animals are slaughtered to death and they squirm in there blood and cry. Its better to just eat the plant all you hear is crunch.

Answer 8

Well we must eat living organic matter to survive have you ever eaten anything rotten and remember how sick you got. Sorry Hun life begets life and that is DA circle.

I like my veg's sauctayed

Answer 9

i read something about a person who did some tests they put on some sensors on plants and they started to think about using the matches in there pocket and the plant responded because it felt threatind just by the thought of burning the plant i like to eat lettus im a lettus murderer why do i have to feel that i dont like starving so i dont kill to kill i kill to eat

Answer 10

It's true, vegetables are living things. They use sun light to make their own food and they can grow.

Answer 11

Wow...talk about Vegetarian Karma....