::New Diet:: (sarcasm)

[lilouisianagal]

Just out! New and Improved!!!

Feel that being a vegetarian just isn't enough? Worried about hurting poor innocient plants and fungi?We have your cure--the Rox and MenRall Eating Plan!

For many decades now people have understood that animals experience intense pain, and so choose not to heartlessly kill them for human consumption. Many of these people have asked themselves the question: Do plants feel pain? Are we just heartless killers and hypocrites, saving one suffering species while massacring another? Our highly resepected and reputable labs have scientifically proven that plants do indeed feel pain. Though they cannot scream within human auditory range, they are emitting fear chemicals and pain chemicals when cut and killed. Plant have not developed the same pain management as humans and other animals. Plants retain pain sensors long after any animals would cease to have brain function.

Does this strike confusion and compassionate pain into your heart? Do not feel lost and alone, there is a cure! We have developed a new diet restricted to non-plant and animal substances to survive upon. Call now with credit card in hand and we will instruct you to eat rocks for the rest of your sorry existance, that will last but a few short months.

*this is a joke for those of yall with no sense of humor*

Yum! Rocks! My favorite.

[critterlover]

There's actually people that feel this way. They're called fruitarians. Ugh. All this talk about our food suffering is really making me queasy every time I open up the refrigerator. What about the poor rocks, how do you know they can't suffer? :~

[Piglet]

Good point. Rocks may have feelings too!

[CavySpirit]

I have a sense of humor, but consider it a joke in poor taste.

[mncavylover]

I don't know if I really like the joke, because there are plenty of people that feel this way. It's the #1 question I have been asked. What about the fruit, though, doesn't that have feeling, according to what these people are saying?

[Josephine]

It's an ignorant joke. I don't consider it funny nor worth my time.

[Treen]

Originally Posted by mncavylover

What about the fruit, though, doesn't that have feeling, according to what these people are saying?

Indeed, there are people who genuinely feel that way. As critterlover mentioned, a fruitarian will only eat fruit and grains that have fallen from the plant naturally - they won't pick or take anything from living plants. I know of someone who is one too - not my thing, but each to their own.

[lilouisianagal]

How do they keep a nutritionally balanced diet?

[mncavylover]

I have no idea. Here are some links though:

http://hem.fyristorg.com/fruitarian/faq.html
http://www.acorn.net/fruitarian/what.html#questions

[vegan]

[font=Arial]Um I agree, I didnt bother reading past the first few words.[/font]

[font=Arial]Actually there is currently no reason to believe that plants experience pain because they are devoid of central nervous systems, nerve endings, and brains. It is theorized that animals are able to feel pain so that they can use it for self-protection purposes.For example, if you touch something hot and feel pain, you will learn from the pain that you should not touch that item in the future. Since plants cannot move from place to place and do not need to learn to avoid certain things, this sensation would be superfluous.[/font]

[font=Arial]From a physiological standpoint, plants are completely different from mammals. Unlike animals’ body parts, many perennial plants, fruits, and vegetables can be harvested over and over again without dying.
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[font=Arial]If you are concerned about the impact of vegetable agriculture on the environment, you should know that a vegetarian diet is better for the environment than a meat-based one, since the vast majority of grains and legumes raised today are used as feed for cattle. Rather than eating animals, such as cows, who must consume 16 pounds of vegetation in order to convert them into 1 pound of flesh, you can save many more plants’ lives (and destroy less land) by eating vegetables directly. -PETA[/font]
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