May 05, 2008
Moonbat Watch: European edition
Just when you think you've heard it all, something comes along to prove how wrong you are.
Thanks to our more highly-evolved, incredibly ethical European betters comes the latest in politically correct jackassery: "Human rights" for plants.
At the request of the Swiss government, an ethics panel has weighed in on the “dignity” of plants and opined that the arbitrary killing of flora is morally wrong. This is no hoax. The concept of what could be called “plant rights” is being seriously debated.
A few years ago the Swiss added to their national constitution a provision requiring “account to be taken of the dignity of creation when handling animals, plants and other organisms.” No one knew exactly what it meant, so they asked the Swiss Federal Ethics Committee on Non-Human Biotechnology to figure it out. The resulting report, “The Dignity of Living Beings with Regard to Plants,” is enough to short circuit the brain.
It's almost enough to make me want to eat my veggies -- but only after boiling them alive first, then dismembering them with a dull knife and using my jagged, dangerously sharp teeth to rend them into soggy little bits.
Oh, the horror.
Posted by Mike Lief at May 5, 2008 06:35 AM
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I intend to heartlessly murder vegetation of the "weed" genus during the coming week. I suppose I should pray that these acts of cruelty will not be added to my long list of apparently unforgiveable sins.
Posted by: The Little Coach at May 5, 2008 10:02 AM