If plants had faces, would there be vegetarians?

Every species needs food/fuel of some sort.

It just so happens that humans do not need to eat animals to survive.


Seeds, vegetables, legumes and fruits are adequate nutrition to sustain a healthy body.

Eating meat or not eating meat is a choice.

Wouldn't that depend on what they looked like?

Unique said:

Wouldn't that depend on what they looked like?

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Wow thats scary. And I think that we would just eat everything equally even if they had faces.

The real question is if plants made good pets then would we eat them?

"The Silence of the Yams."

I can't answer that since I eat lots of things with faces.

Visualize Whirled Peas?

eldragon said:

Every species needs food/fuel of some sort.

It just so happens that humans do not need to eat animals to survive.


Seeds, vegetables, legumes and fruits are adequate nutrition to sustain a healthy body.

Eating meat or not eating meat is a choice.

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What if you were a Vegan zombie? Would you walk around saying, "Grains. GRAINS!"

PattiTheWicked said:

"The Silence of the Yams."

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bwhahahaha

Way to tickle the funny bone, patti.

Rllgthunder said:

What if you were a Vegan zombie? Would you walk around saying, "Grains. GRAINS!"

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And kudos to Patti.

Hee hee - Vegan Zombies on the loose. Silence of the Yams -

Smush 'em together and you might have a cult classic!

Rllgthunder said:

What if you were a Vegan zombie? Would you walk around saying, "Grains. GRAINS!"

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Or vampire veggies . . .

"I vant to suck your juice."

Since plants are mostly static and show no feelings whatsoever, it's easier on the concience.

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Oh, the evidence that they feel is there. However, it needs equipment, meters, etc. to show it. But it is there...Trust me.

My plants are suicidal - they die before I can kill them I killed a cactus once - how do you kill a freakin' cactus?

Hence, the Weeping Willow...

When I was in high school me and my friends were eating lunch. It was hamburgers. (School cafeteria you decide if it's real meat.)

Anyways one of our friends was a vegetarian and proceeded to tell us how the cow is slaughtered while we're trying to eat.

We then told her: Imagine you're a head of lettuce just enjoying the sun and photosynthesizing. When suddenly you are ripped from ground, shredded up into little pieces and stuffed into a plastic bag.

She lost her appetite.

Jersey Chick said:

My plants are suicidal - they die before I can kill them I killed a cactus once - how do you kill a freakin' cactus?

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Maybe it was a Prickly Pear and got mad . . .

rosemerry said:

When I was in high school me and my friends were eating lunch. It was hamburgers. (School cafeteria you decide if it's real meat.)

Anyways one of our friends was a vegetarian and proceeded to tell us how the cow is slaughtered while we're trying to eat.

We then told her: Imagine you're a head of lettuce just enjoying the sun and photosynthesizing. When suddenly you are ripped from ground, shredded up into little pieces and stuffed into a plastic bag.

She lost her appetite.

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Ha Ha! Serves her right.

Good for you, rosemerry.

Meat is not for everyone but if a person deletes meat from their diet and then craves it ... yes, craves ... perhaps it is necessary for them in some rationed amount, don't you suppose?

I'd just like to point out that the soil is subjugated to the jackboots of the roving hordes of plants that take advantage of it's good nature.

Plants do release massive amounts of stress hormones when they are injured or killed.

Just like animals. Just like people.

I try to eat fish from the sea, not from fish farms, and free-range/organic meat, and that's good enough for me. I've been eating a lot less red meat lately because of uh...global warming, but I'm not about to cut it out completely.

But cattle flatulence is a large source of global warming. Eat a burger, save the world.

I like food that used to have a face. Very tasty on the grill.

That's why the call it PETA.

People Eating Tasty Animals.

right, guys? uh - right?

DamaNegra said:

What if plants had faces and/or some way to express disconfort and distress, much like animals?

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"If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down? We might be, if they screamed all day long for no reason."

--Jack Handy