Total headspinner. I personally believe every living creature is equal regardless of how many pedals it walks on or how many cells it is comprised of or what color it appears or whether we give it a name. I know that plants too are sentient beings with thoughts and feelings. Yet I would sooner eat any and all plants than to kill ANY animal. And I would put to death a TRUE violent criminal, while I would dissolve the criminal justice system entirely and have it be localized and community run. At the end of the day, no one really has a right to dictate what is life and which life is more precious. It all exits for a reason, like it or not.
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Well, plants are not sentient beings if we consider sentient the act of being capable of conceiving a thought of "self". There are other definitions, but I haven't read one that can have plants in it :P
I believe that plants have "feelings" as much as a calculator can have feelings. They hold states depending on the circumstances that surround them (in calcs, numbers input by a user, and in plants, the position of the sun, the condition of the trunk, leaves, etc.) and act upon them. I may be wrong in that. However, plants do not have brains or complex thought, so I would disregard their rights to be as accountable as humans with the capacity of reason would be.
Kid slaps his grandma in the mall, and this is considered battery and assault of an elderly person, so let's put them to death :333
Everything happens for a reason. This does not mean that the reason is a good one or one that should be respected when making new decisions. Maybe a trap was set there to kill anyone who passed, but that doesn't mean that we shouldn't take it out to prevent any casualties when we walk by in a big group.
A kid slapping his grandma is not a TRUE crime. It's wrong. Then again, depends why he slapped her.
And yes plants think. They communicate as well.