Vegetarians, doesn't it hurt plants too when u tear them out of the ground and kill them to eat?!
Answers: Don't u feel sorry for plants or only animals have sympathy from u?
I know how we can solve this. Those who are THAT concerned about hurting living things can eat lead. Everyone else can eat real food.
Wow, you are so original! I have never heard that before!
First of all, there are many reasons for being a vegetarian. Many people quit for health reasons, some for the enviroment and some people do quit for animal rights.
Second of all, plants do not have a central nervous system, so really you aren't as clever as you like to think you are.
I have never given any of my meat eating friends or family members a hard time. In fact, they compliment my husband and I all the time, they say they would never know if they hadn't known us for years. It just isn't an issue, you eat what you want, I will eat what I want. I don't understand how my food choices affect you.
Ohhhhhh good one!!!
lol. erm...sorry to break it to you love but plants dont have feelings. they cant feel pain. was this a serious question?
so are you gonna starve?
Yes it does hurt a plant to be ripped out of the ground..As a recent infamous President of the US posed, the answer to the question is in the definition of the words of the request. It is doubtful that plants feel in the same manner as humans. It is true that they do not have a nervous system. However, they do respond to experienced stimuli. These responses are call tropisms.
For example, plants tend to grow toward or face a light source. Does this mean they are afraid of the dark? No, it is the result of auxin or growth-promoting chemical concentrating on the dark side of a plant which, in turn, causes this side to grow faster than the side exposed to the light.
Plants do respond to injury. When wounded, their respiration rate increases just as it does initially when humans are injured. However, the increase is due to an increase in the use of stored food reserves in an attempt to repair the damage or to grow new cells. If the injury is too severe, the physiological food-conversion responses are disrupted and death occurs. Often human respiration rates increase as a result of the mind’s influence on perceived consequences from an injury or a potential injury. Thus far, no one has been able to identify a single structure or organ in a plant that can be equated with the human brain, the organism responsible for human thought (some might suggest that certain cell structures are analogous to the brain in that they control cell responses, but that’s a real stretch).
Plants such as the tomato also have been known to abort their young! Although these abortions are often the result of stresses, they are physiological stresses and not emotional. For instance, fruit abortion is a defense mechanism of the plant to insure it will have sufficient water and nutrients to be able to mature a few fruit, rather than attempt to mature all of its fruits and cause none of them to make it. Developing fruit have a huge water demand. As a result of water shortages due to droughts, the plant growth is essentially shut down and fruit-drop occurs. All plant responses are a direct effect of chemical reactions!!
A tomato is still alive when removed from the vine. Evidence for this is its ability to develop color. If it were in a state of panic due the trauma of being removed from the vine and the fear of being eaten, I would suspect it would refuse or be unable to continue to mature. It would probably just shrivel up and die, at least that would be the human reaction
so what the heck are you supposed to eat?!
do YOU feel any pain, you vegetable?
Maybe, but vegetables do not contribute to global warming. They do not contain antibiotics than lower our immunity to disease. And one acre of vegetables can feed more people than one acre of pasture, cattle feed, or milo. And even though your question was asked to be funny, a lot of plants need to be eaten in order to plant, spread seed and reproduce. I don't know how you do it, but the act of reproducing is the opposite of painful for me.
they do not have brains, you need a brain to feel pain, or sadness. i am not a vegetarian but there are loads of reasons beside not hurting animals why i choose to rarely eat meat, and only certain types of meat. generally the animals suffer much more during life than they do in death anyway.
I think so.... I can hear the grass screaming every time I walk across the lawn.
Yes, it is a very sensitive question, and I hate people who ridicule it.
Myself, I take 8 bore shot gun to them first, I must admit that picking up the pieces from 3 square acres is hard, but it preserves their dignity, and ends their suffering
Paul
You are making a massive assumption that Vegetarians are all ethically based eaters. Many Vegetarians are that way for health reasons - vegetarians live longer.
The Question is very wrong in the fact plants do not feel pain, just like some animals. They have no nervous system.
The laws of nature show us also that the food chain exists and plants are eaten by animals to live they have been eaten by animals since time began and some plants live well if regularly eaten back.
We don't know it doesn't hurt, but we have to eat something!
Animals have Centeral nervous system and brain
Plants do not.
Centeral nervous system and brain are required to feel pain, emotion, fear, etc, etc.. and if you have CNS and Brain you ARE capeable of feeling pain.. If you do not, you are not.
Also CNS and Brain are required to be "aware" of anything..even the fact that you exist.
Simple as that
And what does the beef eat? MUCH more than one pound of grain is needed to produce one pound of beef. So who's killing more plants? Vegetarians or meat eaters? DUHRRR
youre an idiot.
veggie is way healthier.
and to you third comment.
why do cows keep having babies?
gee maybe cuz the humans are eating them all!
that was aa bad comeback.
darn.
Well first of all all animals have eyes, ears, mouth, nose. and they have the four senses. so they do feel pain. plants dont have senses and as uve probably seen, they dont have eyes ears mouth and nose do they? so how can they feel pain? never mate. thats why plants are different living things to animals.
Not the point.
It takes 17 lbs of grain to make 1 lb of meat. 17 lbs of grain feeds many more people than 1 lb of meat.
If you are worried about the pain plants suffer when being harvested, include a ritual in your spiritual practice to help you honor them, or change your diet. Best of luck.
At least 100 people ask this question every month, where have you been?
I base my ideas on what I know about neural connections & nocireceptors among other things. Plants do not feel pain. Also, I, as a vegetarian, am only concerned that I don't eat things from animalia. I have no quams about nourishment coming from plantae.
Your rantings carry no weight to anyone with a scientific background. You are choosing to plea ignorance and, quite frankly, your knowledge on this subject has been found lacking.
No. Never.
Plants can't feel pain, fear, discomfort, or contentment. Or any other feelings. You need to have a brain and a nervous system to have feelings. Plants have neither.
Go ask a scientist!!!
it doesn't hurt them and stop being so rude and if honesty do think it hurts them then stop being so hypocritical if you eat meat which i do but my brother is a vegan i and i respect him and accept his choices and its just food geese its people like you that slow world down and dont make it go round
Sorry but I don't bother anyone for eating meat and arguing that plants have feeling is just ridiculous.
Plants don't have brains. They don't even have nervous systems.
Are you saying that we shouldn't kill bacteria either. Oh golly, the poor microbes!!!!!!!!!!
stop being jealous and ridiculing people to get them angry.
omg i am so sorry leaf...and i apoligize for all of the suffering i have caused you and your family!!!!!!!! LOL!
First, let me explain how the term “vegan” (or vegetarian) originated
The diet philosophy & science originated opine that the time of Vedas was 6000BC to 1400BC by Indian sages. Diet doctrine principally associated with body-mind-spirit balance. In Ayurveda it is established that certain foods affect the qualities of the mind in particular ways. These qualities or state of mind are latent in everyone. They are divided into 3 subtle forces, called “gunas”…
(1) Sattvic (2) Rajasic (3) Tamasic
(1) Sattvic
A sattvic state of mind is clear, peaceful, and harmonious. It is typified by the pure-living spiritual aspirant. (Here, do not under-estimate an atheist, because it does not really require the belief in god if someone already living in conscience).
The pitfalls of pursuing a sattvic diet create a whole, natural fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds and grains. A modern sattvic diet emphasizes food grown in harmony with Nature by organic farmer, on good soils, ripened naturally, and prepare with an attitude of Love. Such food carries highest prana and consciousness. (In this context by you knowingly suffers that dairy farming, egg and vegetables are grown liable to be unkind, is not sattvic!).
* A modern sattvic diet does not include junk food, excessive spicy or salty, fried food, while flour, white sugar, and other forms that unnaturally stimulate your blood sugar or your mind (one reason why modern dairy milk involve unkindness and contains excessive hormones are not sacred, not suitable as sattvic). It avoids meat, fish, egg, alcohol, highly caffeinated beverages, and often garlic and onion as well (as garlic/onion induces one’s sexual desire). Sattvics often eat their plate “clean”.
(2) Rajasic
A rajasic state is active, restless, worldly, and aggressive – the mental state of warriors and corporate executives.
Rajasic foods are more stimulating to the nervous system. I.e Coffee, tea, tobacco, fresh-cooked-meat, spices. The rajasic diet makes the mind traps the aspirants in their own concept. (Majority of our population today are here, I think)
(3) Tamasic
The tamasic state is lethargic, impulsive, cruel, and morally and physically degenerate. It is typified by our stereotype of the drug addict, gambler, thief, animal instinct, notorious crooks, criminals, cannibals and terrifying tyrants.
Tamasic foods are state, decayed, decomposed, spoiled, overcooked, recooked, leftover, raw meat and inhumane slaughtering. Tamasic food creates a veil of ignorance and an energy of sloth and decadence. All the fast foods that are so popular today fall into tamasic category, as does alcohol, chemicalized, preservatives, pesticides, sweetener, etc. They often left over the food and remains (like food, bone, fat, skin, etc).
Diet influences the state of mind, and the state of mind influences the diet choice, there into Self Realization (Modus Operandi). Members of the traditional warrior class would (and should) eat rajasic diet because it stimulated their mind and bodies into a war-like state. Consciously or unconsciously, people tend to choose the diet that reinforced and is reflective of their mental and spiritual state of awareness.
In modern concept of “vegetarian” or “vegan” often misunderstood according to his/her physical, emotional and mind state. Even a person so-claimed “strict vegan” does not posses “attributes” that mentioned above…is NOT sattvic! As always, action speak louder than words…Intellectual honesty is just as essential as compassion when ethical integrity is at stake. Most vegans would (and should) not condone the use of hateful, insulting others. They should respect and tolerate those in a different dietary group. (But unfortunately common in V&V column!...regretting).
An “instincto” (example, if someone obsessed to vegan diet due to instinctive eating) is not a vegan in this context. One seeking body-mind-spirit balance should aware that Paleolithic diet , mix-meat diet, lacto/ovo/pesco vegetarian, vegan, fruitarian, Raw food (RVAW), are just the order of spiritual evolution (hence no one can explain exactly what is spiritual all about) before attaining yogic (Nature seeking to manifest Divine within itself) state. (Ever you seen the documentary revealing about the yogis in Himalayas & Nepal living for years without any food?-Yes, that’s true).
* Your question seems pretty anxious innocence……
“Veganism” that you meant never stop there, not in eating habit alone. Once a person realize even killing the plant also wrong (answering to your question), then he will evolve into "fruitorian" and so on. (Remember Genesis..."I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food" : that means fruitorianism-this is God's ideal). It’s a continuous journey beyond, never stop there. Moderation of worldly desire will be the “stepping stone” to the later stage (…moderation of sexual desire and abstain from adultery as well). In the Vedanda philosophy, that’s where “brahmacharya” (-celibacy, is absolute freedom from sexual thoughts and desires. It is control of all the senses in thought, word and deed ) and “sanyasa”(-renunciation, of desires and attachment) comes in. As our consciousness evolve, excessive sexual contact with your life partner and abortion also wrong, finally liberation from material desire (including abstain from sexual relationship) require liberation from all (5) senses – Samadhi (Merging with the Primordial Consciousness in the Abode of the Creation).
Wow, long question, long answer.
There is something "king t" revealed...applicable for all times (for most question at v&v section lol).
I hope "no one" will delete this answer, it is precious referral for all times.
well, plants don't have a complex nerve system/brain system.
Also, I have heard of certain vegetarians who grow their own food and only eat the fallen food,
but not me.
I am 98% vegan and lovin it! :)
I feel great nowadays, when I used to be a couch-wad
lol!
LMAO, that's is the funniest thing I heard in a while.
Evidence has been found to support this hypothesis.
Killing is killing, regardless of life form; vegetarians and PETA really just want the extinction of HUMAN life, seemingly forgetting it would mean the end of their OWN lives!
It is widely known that plants do feel pain, or at least have the same type of energy feedback as when an animal is in pain, when their fruit are plucked or when they are pulled out of the ground. It has even been shown to effect plants on the entire other side of a crop/field when they begin getting harvested.
LISTEN UP EVERYONE! This person is a troll. This is one of Michael H's many aliases. Do not waste your time with this one.