I'm never said I wasn't uptight - I do get tense when people create conflict for having different beliefs or backgrounds.
Plants do have a circulatory system; they can reproduce sexually; and when they finish their last 'gulp' of water they let out a high pitched sound that can't be heard my human ears. They grow and turn towards the sun.
I was not suggesting plants feel pain but they ARE alive UNTIL you pick/harvest them - then they are DEAD; if you're talking about how it's wrong to eat something that's dead you need to consider this.
And quite frankly, simply because someone states their nationality does not mean everyone has free-range to have a go at it.
If someone said they were American or English or Australian, that doesn't mean anyone has the right to call them a "dumb American", "stupid Brit" or "ignorant Australian" because it's called racism if you criticise someone for their ethnicity - if you think they're "dumb", "stupid" or "ignorant" say that but be prepared for a backlash; it's human nature to defend one's integrity (which is why everyone is discussing this with such enthusiasm - people are defending their own way of life over that of another).
As I keep saying: be a vegan if you want to be a vegan; be an omnivore if you want to be an omnivore - it's a matter of choice and people should have that right to choose!
I'm never said I wasn't uptight - I do get tense when people create conflict for having different beliefs or backgrounds.
Plants do have a circulatory system; they can reproduce sexually; and when they finish their last 'gulp' of water they let out a high pitched sound that can't be heard my human ears. They grow and turn towards the sun.
I was not suggesting plants feel pain but they ARE alive UNTIL you pick/harvest them - then they are DEAD; if you're talking about how it's wrong to eat something that's dead you need to consider this.
And quite frankly, simply because someone states their nationality does not mean everyone has free-range to have a go at it.
If someone said they were American or English or Australian, that doesn't mean anyone has the right to call them a "dumb American", "stupid Brit" or "ignorant Australian" because it's called racism if you criticise someone for their ethnicity - if you think they're "dumb", "stupid" or "ignorant" say that but be prepared for a backlash; it's human nature to defend one's integrity (which is why everyone is discussing this with such enthusiasm - people are defending their own way of life over that of another).
As I keep saying: be a vegan if you want to be a vegan; be an omnivore if you want to be an omnivore - it's a matter of choice and people should have that right to choose!