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Sunday, October 19
View Article  Almost Too Stupid to Post: Switzerland Places Ban on the Humiliation of Plants
by Riley Jones on Sun 19 Oct 2008 06:49 PM EDT


Recently, the Swiss Parliament asked a panel of philosophers, lawyers, geneticists and theologians to determine the meaning of dignity when it pertains to plants.

Lo and Behold, the team published a treatise on “the moral consideration of plants for their own sake.” The treatise established that vegetation has innate value and that it is morally wrong to partake in activities such as the “decapitation of wildflowers at the roadside without rational reason.”

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View Article  Newsbusted for Friday October 17th, 2008 (Yeah, I'm late... sorry)
by Riley Jones on Sun 19 Oct 2008 03:06 PM EDT
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