wuggy
Actually, First Bus, that is a question I have been asked many times on the Pagan website where I posted about Veganism. I found it a bit tricky, but answered that vegetables may feel pain, but are not sentient to the same degree as animals. Personally, and I'm sure many Vegans agree, it does sadden me to see hedges ripped out, or Trees cut down. However, Potatoes, etc, are grown to be eaten, unlike animals which don't grow out of the soil or on a tree - they are born, they live, they feel emotions, love, pain, fear. I think the agument that vegetables feel pain is a last ditch attempt at putting a vegan down, don't you?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)