(11-08-2011, 09:53 AM)abridgetoofar Wrote: Is a conclusive experiment necessary for us to know that plants, on some level, are aware of out intentions to eat them?
Also, is it even relevant?
It's relevant when people use unproven research about plants as a justification to eat animals.
As I've said multiple times in this thread, if someone feels that plants don't want to be eaten, despite all the overwhelming evidence that plants foster healing whereas meat contributes to disease, then the solution is simple: Eat fruits, nuts and seeds only.
But to attempt to justify eating animals, who we know feel pain and don't want to be eaten, because plants might feel pain and not want to be eaten, is illogical and ridiculous.
If someone wants to prove that plants don't want to be eaten either, then go for it. But they have no credibility if they are eating animals.
It's like saying, "I will pollute the planet with xyz chemical, which is the most polluting of all, because I think abc chemical might be polluting also."
It makes no sense.