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The Silent Scream of the Asparagus (plant rights)
The Weekly Standard ^
| 05/12/2008
| Wesley J. Smith
Posted on 05/13/2008 12:49:18 PM PDT by AngieGal
You just knew it was coming: At the request of the Swiss government, an ethics panel has weighed in on the "dignity" of plants and opined that the arbitrary killing of flora is morally wrong. This is no hoax. The concept of what could be called "plant rights" is being seriously debated.
A few years ago the Swiss added to their national constitution a provision requiring "account to be taken of the dignity of creation when handling animals, plants and other organisms." No one knew exactly what it meant, so they asked the Swiss Federal Ethics Committee on Non-Human Biotechnology to figure it out. The resulting report, "The Dignity of Living Beings with Regard to Plants," is enough to short circuit the brain.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: plantrights
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To: theDentist
You are supposed to die, Mr. Bond.
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posted on
05/13/2008 1:59:35 PM PDT
by
Free Vulcan
(No prisoners. No mercy. Fight back or STFU!!!)
To: AngieGal
That is one sick and twisted ideology isn’t it? That the Lord I have never been lost to the left.
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posted on
05/13/2008 2:13:53 PM PDT
by
vpintheak
(Like a muddied spring or a polluted well is a righteous man who gives way to the wicked. Prov. 25:26)
To: AngieGal
“The Swiss will never leaf a chard body if it should turnip.”
“The Swiss will work for a celery but not for tree”.
Silly sentences for a silly idea.
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posted on
05/13/2008 2:14:31 PM PDT
by
count-your-change
(you don't have to be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
To: clodkicker; pandoraou812
LOL must see video, pandy
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posted on
05/13/2008 2:15:24 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
(Berlin 1936. Olympics for murdering regimes. Beijing 2008.)
To: AngieGal
Pardon me while I commit genocide.
65
posted on
05/13/2008 2:24:31 PM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
(USAF, TAC, 12th AF, 366 TFW, 366 MG, 366 CRS, Mtn Home AFB, 1978-81)
To: 6SJ7
Think I’ll make a beef kabob on the grill. That way I can offend PETA, the Plant Protection League, and use up all my carbon credits for the decade.
That’s a great idea and just tink of the impact if we all did that together
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posted on
05/13/2008 2:25:02 PM PDT
by
Bitsy
To: WayneS
To: festus
This isn’t all bad. At least I can use it against vegetarians when they cry about my steak.Yep, now if we can get all the PETA members and vegetarians to quit eating, we would get rid of a bunch of dims.
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posted on
05/13/2008 2:26:55 PM PDT
by
Arrowhead1952
(Typical white person, bitter, religious, gun owner, who will "Just say No to BO (or HRC).")
To: Sgt_Schultze
There are those who believe that. Of course, they should be, well, you know.
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posted on
05/13/2008 2:27:14 PM PDT
by
isrul
(Help make every day, "Disrespect a muzzie day.")
To: theDentist
We are not supposed to eat. we are supposed to become extinct.
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posted on
05/13/2008 2:28:42 PM PDT
by
isrul
(Help make every day, "Disrespect a muzzie day.")
To: gunservative
Well, if they are having sex with one, I guess the issue must be addressed.
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posted on
05/13/2008 2:31:32 PM PDT
by
isrul
(Help make every day, "Disrespect a muzzie day.")
To: AngieGal
No worries. This story is so ridiculous it deserves to be posted at least twice.
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posted on
05/13/2008 3:33:25 PM PDT
by
Steely Tom
(Steely's First Law of the Main Stream Media: if it doesn't advance the agenda, it's not news.)
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