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>I am going to use this to poke fun at my vegan relatives when they attack my decision to continue enjoying bacon, steak, and tendies. I was with you until thi

• doodlebugging 6y ago
  That's okay. I knew there would be a lot who wouldn't try to understand the dynamic at work in my family. As an ordinary person, I got tired of hearing the back-and-forth discussions complete with subtle insults tossed at anyone who doesn't automatically toe the line that eating any animal products is bad while failing to acknowledge that plants may also have some level of situational awareness as a self-defense mechanism. We have some great discussions about methane from cow farts, plants sending chemical signals to others to warn when you are mowing the grass, etc. Now I can add Venus Fly Traps with weakly magnetic fields that they generate when they slam the doors on unsuspecting insects. I don't care whether you eat plants, animals, crayons, insects, or floor sweepings. I appreciate you not trying to impose your standards on me, demeaning my choices using arguments that only show your selection bias in how you define sentience in the plant and animal world. There's a lot we don't know about how things work on many scales and the science is fascinating. You go ahead and eat your greens. I'll eat my mixed diet of meats, dairy products, fish, vegetables, fruits, nuts, and whatever else happens to make it past my lips. To each his own, it's all unknown. If dogs run free.