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Vattel

(9,289 posts)
53. I am not against killing nonsentient living things.
Sun Nov 25, 2012, 07:27 PM
Nov 2012

If I am ever a human vegetable (i.e., terminally comatose), I hope someone kills me.

Steamed some broccoli for dinner last night - heard it screaming. nt DCKit Nov 2012 #1
Chickens that are used in egg production can suffer pain and distress. Brocolli can't. Vattel Nov 2012 #8
The pain and distress in veg industrial farming comes in advance when small animals Bluenorthwest Nov 2012 #13
The soil is a living thing -- Just putting a spade in the ground kills countless living things. FarCenter Nov 2012 #17
I am not against killing nonsentient living things. Vattel Nov 2012 #53
As opposed to the tenfold increase in harvesting for feed for 'food animals?' yewberry Nov 2012 #23
Chickens lay eggs Aerows Nov 2012 #92
My next door neighbor pampers his laying hens Warpy Nov 2012 #102
I know! Aerows Nov 2012 #111
My post was about industrial agriculture. Perhaps you meant to respond to someone else? yewberry Nov 2012 #118
The fact that your biology class didn't teach you what plants do in response to damage jeff47 Nov 2012 #46
What evidence is there that they do feel pain? Vattel Nov 2012 #68
They don't feel pain as we do, and chickens don't give birth the way we do. pnwmom Nov 2012 #85
edging my way towards the door Vattel Nov 2012 #95
Face it! There's nothing left to eat! pnwmom Nov 2012 #97
fruits and nuts? Vattel Nov 2012 #108
You're right -- fruits and nuts. Do they contain all the essential amino acids? pnwmom Nov 2012 #112
This message was self-deleted by its author Vattel Nov 2012 #114
The only difference between their response to damage and ours jeff47 Nov 2012 #96
but the point is that they don't feel anything Vattel Nov 2012 #109
My point is they do feel it. (nt) jeff47 Nov 2012 #115
Being alive, responding to stimuli, moving, etc are insufficent for sentiency Vattel Nov 2012 #116
No, your "as far as we can tell" is false. jeff47 Nov 2012 #117
Those plant experiments have been debunked. Vattel Nov 2012 #125
Whether or not you believe that one study, it's just an example jeff47 Nov 2012 #128
I worry that this sort of new age silliness provides a rationalization for inflicting suffering Vattel Nov 2012 #129
I just KNEW this fucking cat was evil! It needs to be dealt with! snooper2 Nov 2012 #69
Have the broccoli ever told you that? pnwmom Nov 2012 #83
Really. Have you ever harvested a vegetable of fruit by cutting it's connection to the plant. bluestate10 Nov 2012 #113
The Great Vegetable Rebellion is coming... Lightbulb_on Nov 2012 #26
Thanks for helping to spread the message Eyes of the World Nov 2012 #2
actually i would say dumb or confusing publicity is the worse loli phabay Nov 2012 #3
Which is why Mitt Romney was so happy about the 47% video. nt msanthrope Nov 2012 #27
I think it's a great message, it gives a whole new meaning to.. snooper2 Nov 2012 #70
facepalm Aerows Nov 2012 #93
To spoiled children any attention is better than no attention. Matariki Nov 2012 #78
What message? That PETA is an unscrupulous, dishonest, ignorant bunch of yahoos? cleanhippie Nov 2012 #84
According to the Google, eggs ARE chicken menstruation Eyes of the World Nov 2012 #4
PETA is stupid according to google Confusious Nov 2012 #21
PeTA is just as dumb and climate change deniers william cail Nov 2012 #104
That must be what makes them taste so good. Brickbat Nov 2012 #5
This is an example of why so many people don't take PETA seriously. Siwsan Nov 2012 #6
PETA's claim about eggs coming from chicken menstruation is accurate apparently Vattel Nov 2012 #7
seriously.. they're trying to gross people out, and it's a poor way to do it, Voice for Peace Nov 2012 #12
Actually it's not Confusious Nov 2012 #22
I don't care whether the ad is factually accurate Vattel Nov 2012 #54
Neither did PETA apparently. 4th law of robotics Nov 2012 #58
I certainly hope you're joking Confusious Nov 2012 #60
The ad is stupid regardless of whether it is accurate. That's why I don't care. Vattel Nov 2012 #65
Actually it's a reasonable parallel. yewberry Nov 2012 #62
Chickens have no uterus Confusious Nov 2012 #63
Why does the uterus parallel have to be there? Silent3 Nov 2012 #89
You need a uterus to have menstration Confusious Nov 2012 #94
Menstruation occurs primarily to discard unfertilized eggs.... Silent3 Nov 2012 #98
Like I said, it's a political statement Confusious Nov 2012 #100
I already said the Peta ad is idiotic... Silent3 Nov 2012 #105
It's PETA Confusious Nov 2012 #124
Once again, afemale chicken does have a uterus. yewberry Nov 2012 #121
Here is an explanation of the anatomy of a chicken Confusious Nov 2012 #122
And, again see Plate VIIa for the user of the term 'uterus' (nt) muriel_volestrangler Nov 2012 #127
Really? Female chickens have no uterus? Ever heard of a shell gland? yewberry Nov 2012 #120
Bullshit Confusious Nov 2012 #123
See figure 3 of the PDF muriel_volestrangler Nov 2012 #126
You could easily post a picture of a plant growing out of a pile of manure 4th law of robotics Nov 2012 #37
I am desperately trying to figure out what your point might be. Vattel Nov 2012 #55
It's pretty obvious 4th law of robotics Nov 2012 #57
Okay, but why was your post directed towards me? Vattel Nov 2012 #66
PETA has become a parody at this point! Logical Nov 2012 #9
I'm a vegetarian. NOT because I love animals ... 66 dmhlt Nov 2012 #10
PETA strikes again quinnox Nov 2012 #11
Just respond with "ovum" form "sperm" in the Mounty Python song. 'Nuff said. Igel Nov 2012 #15
Poor chickens -- PMS once a day! FarCenter Nov 2012 #14
PETA is ridiculous. longship Nov 2012 #16
What a ridiculous and disgusting add nadinbrzezinski Nov 2012 #18
Offensive and ridiculous slackmaster Nov 2012 #19
and they want to be taken seriously? PETA has jumped the shark. piratefish08 Nov 2012 #20
Oh, can it be? yewberry Nov 2012 #24
so do you agree with PETA about the no eating eggs quinnox Nov 2012 #28
Do you seriously not know one person who doesn't eat any animal products? Beaverhausen Nov 2012 #30
that is irrelevent quinnox Nov 2012 #31
No, that is what is irrelevant Beaverhausen Nov 2012 #32
well the reason I asked was they seemed to be indignant about the people mocking the ad and PETA quinnox Nov 2012 #33
What I eat is the relevant question? yewberry Nov 2012 #38
you're right. we should all be more respectful liberal_at_heart Nov 2012 #40
Exactly. There's no reason for needling. yewberry Nov 2012 #41
Bless their hearts. aikoaiko Nov 2012 #25
Umm...I know what I'm having for breakfast!!! nt msanthrope Nov 2012 #29
I love it when radical omnivores propagate PETA ads. Warren Stupidity Nov 2012 #34
"radical omnivores" quinnox Nov 2012 #35
Seems fair to me. Warren Stupidity Nov 2012 #47
wow, you are a hardcore quinnox Nov 2012 #48
Is that real? 4th law of robotics Nov 2012 #36
Legitimate PETA ads are basically autosatirizing by now. (nt) Posteritatis Nov 2012 #49
They're the weird Al of the Cause world 4th law of robotics Nov 2012 #50
I love eggs liberal_at_heart Nov 2012 #39
The only animals that menstruate are haplorine primates. mysuzuki2 Nov 2012 #42
Don't they teach biology in high school anymore? Retrograde Nov 2012 #43
They also claim chickens can do basic math. Insane. Initech Nov 2012 #44
I lost a bingo game to a chicken in Vegas once. Damn intellectual elite poultry. piratefish08 Nov 2012 #67
I always like this line from The Simpsons Movie: Initech Nov 2012 #72
I'm a vegetarian, and support peta (in spirit), but this approach is lame at best whatchamacallit Nov 2012 #45
Hey, PETA. I just finished eating a turkey sandwich. GreenStormCloud Nov 2012 #51
+1! darkangel218 Nov 2012 #52
I made the mistake of leaving the tupperware open on the counter. progressoid Nov 2012 #59
How original. flvegan Nov 2012 #61
So what do you expect on the day after Thanksgiving? GreenStormCloud Nov 2012 #88
Exactly what I got. Thanks. n/t flvegan Nov 2012 #103
PETA - giving Leftists a bad name. nt NashvilleLefty Nov 2012 #56
"Leftists" whatchamacallit Nov 2012 #73
peta isn't 'leftest'. They're more like right wing anti-choice zealots. Matariki Nov 2012 #75
Once again, my belief about PETA is upheld jmowreader Nov 2012 #64
Look, I eat eggs chloes1 Nov 2012 #71
+1000 n/t geardaddy Nov 2012 #81
God, I really hate these evengelicalizing assholes. Matariki Nov 2012 #74
"Evangelist Assholes" is redundant riqster Nov 2012 #107
I'm a vegetarian, but... liberalmuse Nov 2012 #76
Idiots. MADem Nov 2012 #77
If they really want to gross people out geardaddy Nov 2012 #79
Why PETA is a J-O-K-E. earthside Nov 2012 #80
Ya know, this is why I once suggested a new slogan to PETA. . . DinahMoeHum Nov 2012 #82
Wait! What would be wrong with that? It wouldn't hurt the menstruating female pnwmom Nov 2012 #86
I only eat eggs from chickens that either have had their uterus removed... yawnmaster Nov 2012 #87
What? They are branching out from their old standbys of sex or guilt? Tom Ripley Nov 2012 #90
PETA is crazy Aerows Nov 2012 #91
Is there a more perfect food than the egg? I think not! Bake Nov 2012 #99
PETA would do more good in this world if they promoted backyard chickens Hekate Nov 2012 #101
PETA once again proves that human women are yucky. Chorophyll Nov 2012 #106
which begs the question- why can't women lay decent eggs...? BlueMan Votes Nov 2012 #110
I think the more important question is: gort Nov 2012 #119
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