tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4595253270791554701.post3142762890996981727..comments2023-10-31T09:50:07.091-06:00Comments on Marko Polo: Coming Full Circle?Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07072259264111848667noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4595253270791554701.post-41258150850037495592008-07-10T15:26:00.000-06:002008-07-10T15:26:00.000-06:00Have you heard about breatharianism? It was an ac...Have you heard about breatharianism? It was an actual movement, based on the "scientific" claim that you cold survive simply on air. Gah. We each have to examine our consciences and choose. I made the choice to eta seafood, but nothing higher up the evolutionary scale. It's not defensible, but it worked in my life. And I don't bother to justify it to either those who go the pure vegetarian route (which I appplaud), or to those who seem offended that I don't eat other kinds of meat.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4595253270791554701.post-91030212452291615172008-07-09T17:44:00.000-06:002008-07-09T17:44:00.000-06:00Aha. Yeah, on such questions I think I prefer good...Aha. Yeah, on such questions I think I prefer good-ol' science.Chris Panzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01656795570624714115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4595253270791554701.post-84412913123519701532008-07-09T13:48:00.000-06:002008-07-09T13:48:00.000-06:00Panza - As far as the book discusses, plants feeli...Panza - As far as the book discusses, plants feeling pain and emotion isn't based in anything physical. There is a lot of discussion of "energies" and "higher planes of existence," etc. Admittedly, I like reading about that stuff and I don't think it's all so far-fetched most of the time, but that's just me. From a scientific analytical perspective, it doesn't seem to make much sense, though.<BR/><BR/>Eli - Perhaps there are an abundance of vegetarians in Middle Earth and THAT'S where all the Ent-wives went! The world may never know...Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07072259264111848667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4595253270791554701.post-39280915009194570632008-07-09T08:37:00.000-06:002008-07-09T08:37:00.000-06:00You're an Ent destroyer!You're an Ent destroyer!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4595253270791554701.post-42944482615182498802008-07-08T19:01:00.000-06:002008-07-08T19:01:00.000-06:00Last time I checked, plants didn't have C-fibers. ...Last time I checked, plants didn't have C-fibers. As a result, it's difficult to see how they could feel pain. <BR/><BR/>Besides, even if plants did feel pain, they would surely not be self-conscious of it in the way that an animal would. Plants don't feel terror, for instance. Animals very well might. <BR/><BR/>So even if plants feel pain (which I seriously doubt they do), there are still plenty of suffering-reducing reasons to be a vegetarian.Chris Panzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01656795570624714115noreply@blogger.com