Mundo wrote:
On Sat, 17 Feb 2007 13:39:43 -0500, Edgar wrote
(in article ):


"katy" wrote in message
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Scotty wrote:

"katy" wrote in message
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No...I don't eat carnivorous mammals intentionally...I

sometimes even


have problems with theomnivores...give me a good old

herbivore any


day...my uncle used to stew possums...his theory was that

if you added


enough jalepeno to something it killed any bad taste and

also sterilized


the germs...


Is not a celery stalk a living thing?
Does not a lettuce leaf feel pain?
A tomatoe bleed when stabbed with a fork?




They're not sentient...

I have read of an experiment where someone put some kind of sensor on a
plant and then saw the needle jump when he came into the room saying he was
going to cut it down...




Mythbusters did a thing on plants and the emotional treatment of them. I
believe there was some response.

Yes..they respond to light and warmth and water...they are, after all,
alive. There is a difference between alive and sentient...when one of
your plants walks across your parlor floor and pours you a drink, let me
know...