First note: This is in no way directed at anyone, and these musings at 6am after NO sleep are pertaining to "hippie" type vegetarians and have no relevance to vegetarians by culture.
A lot of people are vegetarian because of a love of animals, which I share. They refuse to eat any sentient being who feels pain. Now, who's to say plants aren't sentient and feel pain? Obviously they aren't sentient and conscious as we are and also animals are, but how is anyone to know if they aren't actually very aware in their own way and we can't recognise it because we can't recognise any version besides our own because that all we've ever been exposed to.
If this were the case, and it were somehow discovered that plants indeed do feel pain and are conscious beings, what would vegetarians do? There would be nothing for them to eat and thus die if they stuck to their beliefs. So what would they do? I'm sure some real looneys would starve to death, but I think most would go, "We'll fuck it. I'm causing death and pain either way. And bacon is delicious".
Kat
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2.8.13
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