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Aldervale t1_j9typxp wrote

Reply to comment by masnosreme in Protesters gather in Vancouver after secret video allegedly reveals actions of animal cruelty at B.C. slaughterhouse by Ophelia-Yup

Plant or animal, it is fundamentally immoral that we have to end life to sustain life. Is the level of that immorality set by how closely a living thing is to human? Perhaps, but that does appear a bit of an arbitrary metric to judge by.

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masnosreme t1_j9u51cd wrote

Plants don't feel pain and are incapable of suffering by any metric currently known. Animals do feel pain and are capable of monumental suffering.

Your argument is bad and disingenuous.

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Orangeb0lt t1_j9vs1zu wrote

Idk man, many plants react to touch, light, and temperature sensations, who's to say they don't also react with their own form of pain. No scientific study has yet proven one way or another with plants and pain.

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NeedlessPedantics t1_j9x63g3 wrote

Plants have no central nervous system. Stalagmites react to touch, light, and temperature… they must feel pain right?

Is Reddit getting dumber by the day?

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Billis- t1_j9vzceo wrote

Uhhhhh so what's your suggestion?

Kool-aid?

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