Here’s an example - wait till spring and all the buds sprout on the tree, and then go snap them all off. That’s cruel, period. Cruelty is intent.
Most of the world isn't as tough as you, big guy.
Some of us even care for plants. Of course, we can't do it for very long, after a few years of caring for a garden you can turn into a FAGGOT.
So be careful.
According to Cleve Baxter, inventor of the modern polygraph, he discovered plant life did respond to “pain.”
He was an interesting guy, we had a few conversations about such things before he passed. He was never a supporter that a poly should be used as THE tool to detect deception, but could be used to investigate possible mind-driven responses to external stimuli-like pain and other physiological inputs. Of course trees don’t have a mind but he did measure responses in plant life when subjected to abuse.
Just saying.