Swiss To Give Vegtables Rights

[Old_Joe]

[quote name='Raphael' post='1519702' date='May 5 2008, 05:55 PM']Wow...the Swiss beer industry is really going to hurt from all the suits filed by the law offices of Wheat, Barley, and Hops.[/quote]

[Old_Joe]

[quote name='CatherineM' post='1520196' date='May 6 2008, 12:20 AM']My college roommate's brother in law only ate wind fallen fruits and nuts. He didn't weigh 75 lbs. soaking wet. I have no idea what level vegan that is.[/quote]

Sounds like Jainism. They have VERY strict vegetarian diets because they believe in non-violence. They won't drink unboiled water because it contains billions of microorganisms and every living thing has a soul according to its karma.

[Archaeology cat]

[quote name='Socrates' post='1520151' date='May 6 2008, 04:17 AM']Seems everything has "rights" now but unborn children . . .[/quote]
I know. Guess this is a reminder to keep praying my Rosary for the unborn.

[IcePrincessKRS]

[quote name='Old_Joe' post='1520216' date='May 6 2008, 02:55 AM']Sounds like Jainism. They have VERY strict vegetarian diets because they believe in non-violence. They won't drink unboiled water because it contains billions of microorganisms and every living thing has a soul according to its karma.[/quote]

But wouldn't boiling the water (and thus killing billions of microorganisms) go against their rule of non-violence? How do they reconcile that one...

[kujo]

[quote name='IcePrincessKRS' post='1520236' date='May 6 2008, 05:24 AM']But wouldn't boiling the water (and thus killing billions of microorganisms) go against their rule of non-violence? How do they reconcile that one...[/quote]

You really shouldn't try too hard to understand this stuff. Just have a steak and be glad.

[prose]

[quote name='Justin86' post='1520164' date='May 5 2008, 10:27 PM']Liberals keep trying to find that one moral "high ground" that will ease their conscience on abortion. They view themselves as being generous when they decide they want animals, plants, and minerals to have rights.[/quote]

The thing is, we don't know. Maybe this is one way to work towards the rights of the unborn. I am not by any stretch of the imagination trying to suggest that plants should not be eaten or used for the good of man, but there is some intelligence in ensuring that all living things are not senselessly destroyed.

There may be liberals (you might have to sit down for this) that are pro-life. Yes, I've said it. We can't bulk all people into one group (especially such a negative one) just because the majority think that way. The majority of married Catholics use birthcontrol (I think the rates are around 75%), I certainly hope I am not thrown into the assumption that I am using bc just because they are.

This law is an interesting idea. It is crazy because of the extent of it, but it is interesting because of the idea of it. If one can maintain that plants have rights, it is quite east to argue for the rights of an unborn child.

Edited May 6, 2008 by prose

[StColette]

*reads thread while eating carrots*

[Thy Geekdom Come]

[quote name='StColette' post='1520398' date='May 6 2008, 12:52 PM']*reads thread while eating carrots*[/quote]
In order to feed the baby...excellent model of priorities, Jen.

[CatherineM]

As long as the carrots don't start screaming. That would seriously weird me out.

[Deb]

[quote name='Old_Joe' post='1520216' date='May 6 2008, 01:55 AM']Sounds like Jainism. They have VERY strict vegetarian diets because they believe in non-violence. They won't drink unboiled water because it contains billions of microorganisms and every living thing has a soul according to its karma.[/quote]


Seriously? Where are those people? They obviously have never had a major "scoot" attack from drinking too much unboiled lake water. Hmmmm. Bizarre.

[hoosieranna]

[quote name='Deb' post='1520458' date='May 6 2008, 01:08 PM']Seriously? Where are those people? They obviously have never had a major "scoot" attack from drinking too much unboiled lake water. Hmmmm. Bizarre.[/quote]

Most of them are in India. Serious water pollution issues there.

[Thy Geekdom Come]

[quote name='Nadezhda' post='1520533' date='May 6 2008, 03:26 PM']Most of them are in India. Serious water pollution issues there.[/quote]
Yeah, since some of the native tribes upstream on the Ganges float down their dead on the river (sadly, a cannibal tribe lives downstream from them...not kidding, saw it on Discovery).

[CatherineM]

I wonder where those folks figure in India's caste system. That's got to be below even the untouchables.

[Altari]

[quote name='IcePrincessKRS' post='1520236' date='May 6 2008, 04:24 AM']But wouldn't boiling the water (and thus killing billions of microorganisms) go against their rule of non-violence? How do they reconcile that one...[/quote]
That's what I was thinking. Heating billions of unsuspecting little souls to their imminent death. Poor little microorganisms...

[Thy Geekdom Come]

[quote name='CatherineM' post='1520544' date='May 6 2008, 03:46 PM']I wonder where those folks figure in India's caste system. That's got to be below even the untouchables.[/quote]
Nah...they have to be able to touch veggies...otherwise they could get gout. I think that puts the veggies higher than the untouchables.

Here's my question...does this apply to fruits, or just vegetables?

[Galloglasses]

"When they came for the carrots, I said nothing, I was not a carrot.
When they came for tomatoes, I did nothing, I was not a tomatoe.
When they came for the lemons, I could do nothing, because I was a lemon"

[StColette]

[quote name='Galloglasses' post='1520610' date='May 6 2008, 04:27 PM']"When they came for the carrots, I said nothing, I was not a carrot.
When they came for tomatoes, I did nothing, I was not a tomatoe.
When they came for the lemons, I could do nothing, because I was a lemon"[/quote]

Lemons!!!

[Thy Geekdom Come]

[quote name='StColette' post='1520630' date='May 6 2008, 04:42 PM'] Lemons!!![/quote]
Well, Lemon, I would say that if your little analogy is fully accurate, that would make Jennie a member of the SS. She's been craving lemons with a vengeance.

[Galloglasses]

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[StColette]

[quote name='Galloglasses' post='1520644' date='May 6 2008, 04:47 PM']0_0[/quote]

lol you're safe! I do have a lemon in my purse at the moment though