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Hi Gabe, I too have heard that story that was started by a polygraphist, Cleve Backster and has been propagated ever since by a multitude of hucksters to neurobiologically naive and god-fearing meat-eaters. http://skepdic.com/plants.html The prudence of eating sentient vegetables would be the same prudence you must exert when deciding whether to eat artificially enhanced (by antibiotics, growth hormones and genetic manipulation) animal muscle. If there was any kind of centralized neurological system in plants that made them aware of their surroundings and responsive to them as an earthworm which squirms helplessly when impaled onto a fishing hook, we would need to muster our philosophical minds as to what would be the best source of nutrition for our survival. Yanking tubers and other root vegetables out of the ground would kill the plant and thereby cause death of a living individual. This logic has found favour with a group of vegetarians who will not eat anything part of a plant or tree on which it depends on for it's survival. They are known as Fruitarians not only for their philosophy but also for the source of their sustenance. http://www.thenewearth.org/fruitext.html Sincerely, Kevin Saldanha Mississauga, ON. Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 10:22:50 +0100 From: "Gabe Menezes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Goanet] The folly of frog filleting COMMENT: Well, I have read that plants too, feel pain and have emotions. In fact when a person has committed a violent murder in the presence of plants, the plants remember the person and give off distressing alarm bells, if the person returns ! So I am not sure whether it is prudent to eat vegetables ? Gabe Menezes. London, England -- Be impeccable with your word - Don Miguel Ruiz http://www.nderf.org/4AgreementsReview.htm ------------------------------------------------------- Goanet recommends, and is proud to be associated with, 'Domnic's Goa' - A nostalgic romp through a bygone era. This book is the perfect gift for any Goan, or anyone wanting to understand Goa. Distributed locally by Broadway, near Caculo Island, Panjim & internationally by OtherIndiaBookStore.Com. For trade enquiries contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------------------------------------
