To: Jo Nuvark; Monkey Face
The Swiss Federal Ethics Committee on Non-Human Biotechnology says that humans cannot claim "absolute ownership" over plants; that "individual plants have an inherent worth..."
Oh, great! First robots and zombies--now plants! I suppose we'll have to accept their constitutions, treaties, peace accords, and what have you. Before you know it, politicians will be pandering to so-called Cucurbitan-Americans and the like; perennials will have their own annual holidays; and the term 'pansy' will become doubly offensive.
Maybe that old tale about carrots screaming when plucked from the ground is true after all. I wonder what sound a pumpkin makes--
70 posted on
05/06/2008 5:06:53 PM PDT by
Das Outsider
(No peasants were harmed in the production of this tagline.)
To: Das Outsider
Someone once told me never to make a contract with a
sociopath. Clearly animals and plants have something
in common with sociopaths.
71 posted on
05/06/2008 5:14:20 PM PDT by
Jo Nuvark
(Those who bless Israel will be blessed, those who curse Israel will be cursed. Gen 12:3)
To: Das Outsider
[... the term ‘pansy’ will become doubly offensive...]
You are bloomin’ hysterical tonight. Simply blossoming
with jonquil humor.
72 posted on
05/06/2008 5:16:46 PM PDT by
Jo Nuvark
(Those who bless Israel will be blessed, those who curse Israel will be cursed. Gen 12:3)
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