Comments on Secondhand Smoke: Your 24/7 Seminar on Bioethics and the Importance of Being Human: "Getting an Earful From Your Veggies"

A larger point is there is no shame or lost morals...

2008-10-29T11:21:00.000-07:00

A larger point is there is no shame or lost morals in cutting down a corn stalk or a deer to eat as all are meant to die and feed other organisms.

I am Roy Mankovitz, the fellow that sent the email...

2008-10-29T10:52:00.000-07:00

I am Roy Mankovitz, the fellow that sent the email to Al Martinez that sparked his article. Unfortunately, he did not include the entirety of my argument, which can be found at my website, www.montecitwellness.com, under the commentaries section. The punchline is that Nature did intend for us to eat FRUIT, the picking of which does not harm the plant and in fact contributes to its reproduction.

Perhaps on the bright side anybody who thinks that...

2008-10-22T06:04:00.000-07:00

Perhaps on the bright side anybody who thinks that plants can feel pain will refrain from eating plants? If they are intellectually honest they won't be around long to bother us anymore. They should organize starve-ins at Brown or Berkeley to gain attention to the issue.

Hopefully they won't go after affirmative action for plants before they starve themselves, although sometimes I wonder if a fern would be a more competent senator than the current crop we have...

But to be serious, it concerns me that there are people running around (probably funded with taxpayer grants) wasting time on something as silly as this. Does anybody else feel like we are living in a Monty Python skit?

Our place on this planet requires that we follow t...

2008-10-22T05:40:00.000-07:00

Our place on this planet requires that we follow the path that the creator or evolution set us upon. That path is lined with an absolute truth. In order for a living organism to survive death of other organisms must happen. Philosophers hate the facts sometimes but I am unashamed of living with the facts. Now pass the salad & turn up the barbecue.

Absolutely, roger! I thought we were all supposed...

2008-10-21T20:56:00.000-07:00

Absolutely, roger! I thought we were all supposed to be nice to the animals.
I'm just wondering what they think we are supposed to eat... rocks?

Although I do think this is getting beyond ridicul...

2008-10-21T19:58:00.000-07:00

Although I do think this is getting beyond ridiculous, I must admit, I am tempted to use the whole plant rights things to bait the local vegans.

We have a woman who stands with a sign outside one of the local shopping centres. the sign reads "Compassion begins at home, go Vege".
I'm seriously tempted to make a sign and stand opposite her. My sign will read "Think of the plants, go Carnivore."

But on the serious side of things these people should go and do some hard time in a subsistence culture.