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Respect plants, say ethicists
Herald Sun ^
| 15 April 2008
Posted on 04/14/2008 11:08:56 PM PDT by Aussie Dasher
PLANTS deserve respect, a group of Swiss experts says, arguing that killing them arbitrarily is morally wrong - except when it comes to saving humans or maybe picking petals off a daisy.
In a report on "the dignity of the creature in the plant world", the federal Ethics Committee on non-human Gene Technology condemned the decapitation of flowers without reason, among other sins.
Still, commission member Bernard Baertsche suggested the body weighed such cruel acts on a case by case basis, noting "the simple pleasure of picking the petals off a daisy might suffice as a reason".
Similarly "all action that involves plants in the aim to conserve the human species is morally justified,'' the commission, tasked to offer an ethical take on all areas of biotechnology and genetic engineering, said in its report.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: dementalillness; ethics; gaia; madness; pagans; plants
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Just how many HUMAN babies are killed by abortion each year? The world IS going mad!
To: Aussie Dasher
The same plants that are destroying the planet by giving off CO2?
To: Aussie Dasher
That's exactly what I was going to say.
These “ethicists” are some of the most unethical monsters on the face of the earth.
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posted on
04/14/2008 11:18:59 PM PDT
by
Dr.Zoidberg
(Mohammedanism - Bringing you only the best of the 6th century for fourteen hundred years.)
To: Aussie Dasher; wagglebee; Mr. Silverback
The awful scene in one version of “Frankenstein” is thus parodized.
Not just one little girl shredded like the picking of a daisy, but tens of millions annually.
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posted on
04/14/2008 11:19:54 PM PDT
by
The Spirit Of Allegiance
(Public Employees: Honor Your Oaths! Defend the Constitution from Enemies--Foreign and Domestic!)
To: nickcarraway
Ah, vegans thought they had the higher moral ground... It won’t be long that that exhalted place will be claimed by dirt and mineral eaters.
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posted on
04/14/2008 11:20:09 PM PDT
by
aquila48
To: Aussie Dasher
is it ok for vegetarians to eat animal crackers ?
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posted on
04/14/2008 11:22:25 PM PDT
by
kingattax
(99 % of liberals give the rest a bad name)
To: The Spirit Of Allegiance
Must be tough to be a comedian nowdays... how do you top this parody!!
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posted on
04/14/2008 11:24:13 PM PDT
by
aquila48
To: Aussie Dasher
Gee I will give this serious consideration. Ok times up. These guys are nuts.
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posted on
04/14/2008 11:24:19 PM PDT
by
lastchance
(Hug your babies.)
To: nickcarraway
don’t plants absorbe co2?
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posted on
04/14/2008 11:24:21 PM PDT
by
robomatik
((wine plug: renascentvineyards.com cabernet sauvignon, riesling, and merlot))
To: Aussie Dasher
Any plant in the wrong place is called a weed, something to be ripped out!
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posted on
04/14/2008 11:24:55 PM PDT
by
dalereed
(both)
To: Aussie Dasher
Talk about Entropy Incarnate!
Do you think these people even have any sexual organs?
Or are they all androgynous biological sports?
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posted on
04/14/2008 11:27:15 PM PDT
by
DGHoodini
(Tin eared zeroes and Hollypukes comin...)
To: Aussie Dasher
I guess if Bass fishing says “CATCH AND RELEASE”
Could we then conclude that “ PLUCK AND GRAFT “IS OK
The next step would be the “SHOOT AND STICTH”
To: Aussie Dasher
"he simple pleasure of picking the petals off a daisy might suffice as a reason" An ethical dilemma arises for campers when a strong and broad leaf is needed for personal hygiene. On the one hand using the leaf is utilitarian and not capricious. On the other hand.. Oh, he indignity!
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To: Aussie Dasher
As I said before, to be an liberal/progressive/environmentalist requires the IQ of a juvenile Kumquat and the useless zealotry of a hound baying at the moon.
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posted on
04/14/2008 11:48:03 PM PDT
by
SeaWolf
(Orwell must have foreseen the 21st Century US Congress when he wrote 1984)
To: ThomasThomas
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posted on
04/14/2008 11:51:12 PM PDT
by
Gator113
(Hey Obama, "I drink your milkshake.")
To: aquila48
G.K. Chesterton wrote about the humorously about 100 years ago.
To: aquila48
What about respecting dirt and minerals (aka rocks)?
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posted on
04/15/2008 1:25:11 AM PDT
by
xp38
To: xp38
No one has even mentioned air and water. How dare we breath and drink capriciously?
Sweetbay supermarket reminds us that shopping carts have feelings. How much more do air and water have sensitivities that are trammeled every moment of their lives.
Al Gore to the rescue. Teach us how to stop breathing and drinking, Al. We want to be sensitive to Gaea.
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posted on
04/15/2008 1:36:33 AM PDT
by
Louis Foxwell
(here come I, gravitas in tow.)
To: Aussie Dasher
Every year, millions and millions of tomatoes are torn SCREAMING from their mother earth. Stop the ongoing atrocity against tomatoes, join the plant liberation front.
To: Aussie Dasher
This is similar argument offered by (some) vegetarians why we shouldn’t eat animals. On philosophical ground, I don’t really see any difference.
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posted on
04/15/2008 1:57:24 AM PDT
by
paudio
(Michelle Obama: a Typical Black Woman)
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