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Re:Sedate a Plant, and It Seems to Lose Consciousness. Is It... by hux_ on Saturday February 03, 2018 @02:38AM (#16296676)
So would you allow me to chop up someone you have decided is unconscious? If the answer is no, why?
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Re:Sedate a Plant, and It Seems to Lose Consciousness. Is It... by nezzle on Sunday February 04, 2018 @04:45PM (#16305108)
I shared the impossibility of making such a decision with any degree of certainty.

But we have to eat. I'm no longer sure what's more ethical: eating something dead meat or vegetables that are still alive.

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