The dignity of plants

willhelm

5-4-2008 11:31 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/56c7c894-2707-4696-8a0e-62e1cdf807fc/3FE69D45-4DB1-440A-941F-809A008FCC64/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://maggiesfarm.anotherdotcom.com/archives/8361-A-non-QQQ,-the-dignity-of-plants,-and-the-cruel-barbarism-of-Vegans.html" href="http://maggiesfarm.anotherdotcom.com/archives/8361-A-non-QQQ,-the-dignity-of-plants,-and-the-cruel-barbarism-of-Vegans.html" style="font-size: 11px;">maggiesfarm.anotherdotcom.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://maggiesfarm.anotherdotcom.com/archives/8361-A-non-QQQ,-the-dignity-of-plants,-and-the-cruel-barbarism-of-Vegans.html"><P>When man ceases to worship God he does not worship nothing, but worships everything.</P><P><EM>Contrary to a widespread impression, G.K. Chesterton apparently </EM><A target="_blank" href="http://www.chesterton.org/qmeister2/any-everything.htm"><EM>never said that.</EM></A><EM> </EM></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://maggiesfarm.anotherdotcom.com/archives/8361-A-non-QQQ,-the-dignity-of-plants,-and-the-cruel-barbarism-of-Vegans.html"><P>Still, it's a fine statement, and relevant to the modern form of Paganism which views the lives of the unborn, ready-to-be-born, or born-damaged as insignificant, but the social lives of Goldfish - and now the souls of asparagus - as sacred.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://maggiesfarm.anotherdotcom.com/archives/8361-A-non-QQQ,-the-dignity-of-plants,-and-the-cruel-barbarism-of-Vegans.html"><P>A quote <A href="http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/015/065njdoe.asp">from Smith at <EM>Weekly Standard:</EM></A></P><P dir="ltr"><EM>"What is clear, however, is that Switzerland's enshrining of "plant dignity" is a symptom of a cultural disease that has infected Western civilization, causing us to lose the ability <STRONG>to think critically and distinguish serious from frivolous ethical concerns. </STRONG>It also reflects the triumph of a radical anthropomorphism that views elements of the natural world as morally equivalent to people.</EM></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://maggiesfarm.anotherdotcom.com/archives/8361-A-non-QQQ,-the-dignity-of-plants,-and-the-cruel-barbarism-of-Vegans.html">Why is this happening?</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/3FE69D45-4DB1-440A-941F-809A008FCC64/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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