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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
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To: theDentist

You are supposed to die, Mr. Bond.


61 posted on 05/13/2008 1:59:35 PM PDT by Free Vulcan (No prisoners. No mercy. Fight back or STFU!!!)
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To: AngieGal

That is one sick and twisted ideology isn’t it? That the Lord I have never been lost to the left.


62 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)
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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.


63 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.)
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To: clodkicker; pandoraou812

LOL must see video, pandy


64 posted on 05/13/2008 2:15:24 PM PDT by TigersEye (Berlin 1936. Olympics for murdering regimes. Beijing 2008.)
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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)
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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


66 posted on 05/13/2008 2:25:02 PM PDT by Bitsy
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To: WayneS

LOL


67 posted on 05/13/2008 2:25:12 PM PDT by stlnative
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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.

68 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).")
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To: Sgt_Schultze
There are those who believe that. Of course, they should be, well, you know.
69 posted on 05/13/2008 2:27:14 PM PDT by isrul (Help make every day, "Disrespect a muzzie day.")
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To: theDentist
We are not supposed to eat. we are supposed to become extinct.
70 posted on 05/13/2008 2:28:42 PM PDT by isrul (Help make every day, "Disrespect a muzzie day.")
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To: gunservative
Well, if they are having sex with one, I guess the issue must be addressed.
71 posted on 05/13/2008 2:31:32 PM PDT by isrul (Help make every day, "Disrespect a muzzie day.")
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To: AngieGal

No worries. This story is so ridiculous it deserves to be posted at least twice.


72 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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