Veganism 101: Plants Rights, Deforestation and Field Mice (v

This video addresses three common arguments against veganism.

Sources / Extra Info

http://veg.ca/content/view/133/111/
5Agricultural Statistics 1997 (Washington, United States Department of Agriculture, 1997), Table 1-71, p. 8.
Note: Beware of inflated animal efficiency claims. For example the industry boasts that it takes only 2 kg of feed to produce 1 kg of chicken. This is for the whole weight of the animal even though only 72% of a chicken, 56% of a cow, and 58% of a pig is ready-to-cook meat.

6 "Connections: Canadian Lifestyle Choices and the Environment. A State of the Environment fact sheet. No 95-1 (Ottawa: Environment Canada, 1995), p. 7.

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2 FAOSTAT Statistics Database, FAO Web Page (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), June 1997)

Nutritional Data:
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• vegan
• veganism
• ecology
• deforestation
• plants
• rights
• anti
• myths
• misconceptions
• rebuttal
• vegetarian
• PeTA
• ALF

[julianmilam]

there are a number of sites I did a lot of research on this topic for a speech in philosophy class. Science showed that plants respond to danger even forest fires. Plants also warn other plants of insects as well. There was also a study revealing that plants could see the world around them in auras. All in all it was a lot of interesting research really changed how I look at plants and feel about plants. There were also numerous studies showing plants could read your mind or sense your emotions.

[buckslayer870]

@buckslayer870 (cont.) stupid, and pointless arguments. waste of time trying to change whats been going on for 1000's of years. have fun, and kill it n' grill it.

[buckslayer870]

killing plants? whatya gunna tell a cow when it eats grass...? kill the animal for killing grass? and theres a part that takes place in the logging industry called reforestation. usually takes place after commercial clear cuts. ever since Bible times, people have been growing crops to eat, and feed to animals, in which are killed to eat. and it still going today. also in Bible times, the sacrificed animals to their "gods" and the God. killing of plants, animals or whatever had been goin forever.

[julianmilam]

Science has shown that plants can feel pain and communicate to one another, so all these " Vegatable Hitlers" or vegans as some people call them are just as bad as those people PETA go against. Plants even scream in a low frequency that you can actually see with the aid of technology.

[princepersia1]

HAHAHA plants rights lmao shut the fuck up you hippie slut. Guess what bitch I eat 1 kg of red meat A DAY. I also kill rats by torture and hunt deer and EVERYTHING.

[tommyk77]

I felt ill hearing you go on about spiritualism. It's even less sophisticated than the first argument you addressed.

Look at this practically, scientifically. Plants do not have nervous systems, so they cannot suffer. This is grounds that we can have rational debate on. If you go into woo-woo then you're not making a solid case.

With this said, however, it's great to hear more vegan vloggers. Just keep it sensible

[tommyk77]

@SocialDeviant77 Are you making an argument that suffering is natural, so it's okay to do it?

To me, that seems like an awful case. We humans have the ability to reason against our basic instincts, so we have the duty to live ethically. Part of that is reducing the suffering of our fellow sentient beings within reason.

Just because you find animals products to be "delicious" is not a case for you to cause them to suffer

[MasterAdam100]

Mountains have spirits? Eating an herbavore is bad because they don't eat meat as well? Please explain why I should HAVE TO become a vegan.

Also, you may or may not support PETA but get this.....If you don't like the meat, get out of the kitchen. But don't get your ALF buddies to blow up the kitchen just because you don't like my lunch.

That was directed towards PETA and ALF btw. Nothing against you dear.

[Whino100]

I think most arguments have been countered already, as for field mice, too bad, but that's a non-causa pro causa, correlation does not imply causation. Let's assume that also other animals accidentally die, but that insects certainly die with the insects let's call it a draw because numbers are absent, then overall meat eaters causally kill more animals, given the number of mammals they kill by their intentional consumption.

[tricksta234]

thanks this was great stuff ...a real eye opener...