Wednesday, 7 May 2008
Never Saw That Coming Part II
« Never Saw That Coming Part I | Main | Fischer Makes Move A Little To Late »I have long been an opponent of animal rights groups like PETA. I find their dogma to be silly at best. They constantly tell us that animals are precious and should never be killed for any reason. Not even as a means to feed ourselves. To them it is immoral to use animal byproducts for food. As if animals share the same moral platform as humans and should never be exploited under any condition.
I always wondered why animals were so special and plants could be killed and eaten in a heart beat. It seemed to me that someone needed to stand up for the rights of plants.
Well that time has come. It appears that the Swiss Federal Ethics Committee on Non-Human Biotechnology created a report entitled, "The Dignity of Living Beings with Regard to Plants"
It is a strange document where they attempt to determine if plants are sentient beings. Regardless of the answer to that question, they believe that plants should be protected from random acts of violence and that any use of plants must have a moral justification.
Therefore I assume it is immoral to spray my lawn to kill off weeds. The whole concept is preposterous. But it is just the next logical step in the dehumanization of man. Such rationalization has taken us down the path that we are no better than animals. Now it is being extended to its logical conclusion. We might not be any better than plants. Amazing.
