Decline and Fall of the West

pettyfog · May 4, 2008

The Swiss may not be a reliable indicator of the State of Western Civilization, but can you prove they arent?

The Silent Scream of the Asparagus

You just knew it was coming: At the request of the Swiss government, an ethics panel has weighed in on the "dignity" of plants and opined that the arbitrary killing of flora is morally wrong. This is no hoax. The concept of what could be called "plant rights" is being seriously debated.

A few years ago the Swiss added to their national constitution a provision requiring "account to be taken of the dignity of creation when handling animals, plants and other organisms." No one knew exactly what it meant, so they asked the Swiss Federal Ethics Committee on Non-Human Biotechnology to figure it out. The resulting report, "The Dignity of Living Beings with Regard to Plants," is enough to short circuit the brain.

A "clear majority" of the panel adopted what it called a "biocentric" moral view, meaning that "living organisms should be considered morally for their own sake because they are alive." Thus, the panel determined that we cannot claim "absolute ownership" over plants and, moreover, that "individual plants have an inherent worth." This means that "we may not use them just as we please, even if the plant community is not in danger, or if our actions do not endanger the species, or if we are not acting arbitrarily."
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My opinion is this symptom of cultural mental illness is a direct result of the two-faced profiteering by the Swiss during WWII. The result of this will be the voluntary self-punishment of that 'guilty' culture by self-subjection to outside influences and culture. And the means for that are right there.

Meantime... a good musical video on the subject:

"Let My Vegetables Go!"

via Glenn Reynolds, InstaPundit

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