minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink-4•1 year agoI don’t know whether plants can suffer or not. I just think it’s silly for someone to use it as a reason not to eat meat when there is not strong evidence that plants don’t suffer.
minus-square@WldFyrelink6•1 year agoIf plants don’t suffer, then a plant based diet has less suffering. If plants do suffer, than a plant based diet has less suffering.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink-3•1 year agoOnly if you assume the suffering of a plant to be less important than the suffering of an animal.
minus-square@WldFyrelink5•1 year agoIt takes more plants for an omni diet than it does for a vegan diet. So even if plants suffering is worse, a vegan diet is still better.
I don’t know whether plants can suffer or not. I just think it’s silly for someone to use it as a reason not to eat meat when there is not strong evidence that plants don’t suffer.
If plants don’t suffer, then a plant based diet has less suffering. If plants do suffer, than a plant based diet has less suffering.
Only if you assume the suffering of a plant to be less important than the suffering of an animal.
It takes more plants for an omni diet than it does for a vegan diet. So even if plants suffering is worse, a vegan diet is still better.