Police Deeply Confused by PETA India Demonstration

Hi Sapper! Sorry I'm not trying to answer for Ana but I just thought I'd comment. Our central nervous system is responsible for causing us pain. The nerves all throughout our body sense injury for example from a burn or if we are cut with a knife. From the origin of injury a signal is sent through the central nervous system to our brains where we are given the SENSATION of pain. Plants do not have a brain and they do not have a central nervous system. It is impossible for them to feel pain. This has been proven by science. Also pain would be really useless in a plant. The reason any animal feels pain is to avoid severe injury. In other words if a bear steps on a sharp rock it can jump back when it feels the pain. That protects the bear from getting a cut where he could bleed to death. Plants cannot move. So they did not evolve to feel pain because if a plant gets injured it cannot move so it cannot escape serious injury. So nature had no reason to give it a brain or central nervous system for pain feedback. While I respect you as a person Sapper I wonder if you have ever taken any science classes. A blog is kind of a lousy place to learn about pet care or biological science. You seem interested enough in it I don't know if you're in college or something but I strongly encourage you to take some science pet care classes. I say that ONLY because a doctor of biology or science or a veterinarian would be in a MUCH better position to explain these concepts to you. They are WAY too complex to explain on a blog! Also so much Internet information is completely bogus. Speak to someone with a real degree in the subject. Peace and respect!!

The second caption says "after a thorough investigation..." And if you look closely at the first picture you can see one of the officer's shoes so they saw the signs. Also it seems that law enforcement officials would likely fall among those who do speak English and "murder" should be a recognizable word to them. Clearly none of us knows every detail of the situation but I think we can still appreciate the protestors and find some amusement at the complete bewilderment of the officials who will now HAVE to learn about PETA to avoid looking so stupid in the future.

Sapper Plants... 1 Have no evolutionary reason to perceive pain since they cannot locomote away from it. 2 Even if they could perceive pain plants are actually consumed indirectly in far greater numbers by meateaters since the animals they eat generally consume vast amounts of plant food. And meateaters eat plants as well as meat . About the only thing in a traditional hamburger that is not plantbased is the meat patty itself. 3 Are not always harmed in the process of harvesting e.g. many fruits. 4 Often are about to die anyway at the end of a growing season which is when they are usually harvested e.g. prior to the onset of winter and a killing frost.

Sapper since when do you get to decide just how many rights animals should have? Nonhuman animals have been on this planet for hundreds of millions of years without human interference and it is humans who have really messed things up for all earthlings. Plants do not have a central nervous system so they cannot "suffer" when they are uprooted or cut. Look up the definition of "speciesism". You are a speciesist in case you don't feel like looking it up I will tell you that it is not a compliment.

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