Does it violate vegan law to eat a venus fly trap?? Haha?
Jul.09, 2010 in
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but seriously does it?
Oh, by law I mean you know the rules to be considered a vegan – strictly vegetables.
Of course, a venus fly trap is a carnivore, so….
but seriously does it?
Oh, by law I mean you know the rules to be considered a vegan – strictly vegetables.
Of course, a venus fly trap is a carnivore, so….
July 18th, 2010 at 3:36 pm
Since there are no “Vegetarian Laws,” there is no “law” to break.
But, why would you want to eat a poisonous weed?
I was a supervisor in a greenhouse.
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July 29th, 2010 at 12:36 am
I wasn’t aware there was a law. But a venus flytrap is a plant. If I eat a venus flytrap, I’m eating whatever is in a plant. There is no flesh or animal proteins or fats in it unless you ate the fly that’s in it..gross
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August 10th, 2010 at 10:36 am
Nah. In fact, ALL plants take in organic molecules from dead animals in addition to dead vegetation. If plants can eat us, why can’t we eat them?
Also, humans could never have developed our big brains if we had always abstained from meat. Something to think about!
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August 25th, 2010 at 3:36 pm
smarty pants
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September 13th, 2010 at 12:36 am
Vegan Law?!? What, there’s Vegetable Police?
Just go eat the flies, you know you want to.
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October 5th, 2010 at 11:36 am
Vegans approach animal rights differently, but all would agree that eating a venus fly trap, as long as eating it didn’t contribute to the death of a fly (like if you had a venus fly farm or something ridiculous like that), is considered vegan.
I’ll give you the Peter Singer Utilitarian approach (I don’t particularly endorse this particular ethic as of yet, It’s simply the one I am most familiar with) to explain this assessment.
Utilitarianism states this, “every being capable of having interests should have its interests valued no more or less than any other being.” This does not denote equal treatment, just equal consideration. For instance, a man is not capable of having an abortion and thus shouldn’t be afforded this right. A dog can’t vote, so dog’s don’t have the right to vote. Every sensate being, however, IS INTERESTED IN NOT SUFFERING. Suffering and happiness are actually prerequisites for having interests and all, and something cannot be happy if It does not have the capacity to suffer. A venus fly trap cannot suffer, therefore it does have not interests, so humans can use it to for our own needs indiscriminately.
A non-utilitarian (I’m speculating here) holds that there a certain inalienable rights that cannot be violated even to the greater benefit of other beings. The end result is the same.
I was a supervisor in a greenhouse.
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October 23rd, 2010 at 5:36 pm
No,it doesn’t.
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November 7th, 2010 at 8:36 am
Yes, it does. The vegan police have issued a warrant for your arrest. They will be conducting a search warrant to investigate whether nutritional yeast played a role in the demise of the Venus fly trap. You better run and hide, and get rid of all of the evidence! If you are sentenced to prison, you will be fed nothing but pickled pigs feet and slim Jim’s. Sounds like adequate punishment! Repent! you heathen!
I was a supervisor in a greenhouse.
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