Re:Impossible Pork
by flocial on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @01:39AM
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It would technically be a plant of sorts. Or maybe it would make vegetables the new "meat" in terms of ethical concerns. Do vegans distinguish between something like carrots (where you basically kill the entire plant) and apples (where the fruits are harvested but the tree remains in tact)?
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> Or maybe it would make vegetables the new "meat" in terms of ethical concerns. Do vegans distinguish between something like carrots (where you basically kill the entire plant) and apples (where the fruits are harvested but the tree remains in tact)?
Actually, there are fringe but growing number of people who hate vegans because vegans kill and torture plants. Plants after all have senses and can feel and communicate with each other. And they find people who eat fruits disgusting since fruits are a plants' womb and eggs.
http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20170109-plants-can-see-hear-...
https://pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/plants-have-feelings...
Just like vegans, these people have too much time on their hands and an unhealthy desire to feel morally superior to others.
I’ve heard of these - their diet consists of fruits that fall onto the ground (therefore ‘dead’) and certain vegetables that don’t have feelings right?
It’s like living life on Very Hard mode.
You're asking about the difference between "vegan" and "fruitarian", for what it's worth.