Why I am not a vegan

[Monica]

(I know you believe there is a difference in the sentience of plants and believe that plants "offer" themselves whereas animals do not, but I think that is a nonsense cop-out of your own projection of "morals".)

Have you ever had a garden, Unbound? I do. When I tear a few lettuce leaves off the plant, I always marvel at how the plant seems to double in size by the next day! With my purslane plants especially, it seems that the more I pick, the faster they grow!

Have you ever done that? Harvested some greens?

Now, have you ever killed a cow? Did you try cutting one of her legs off first to see what might happen? Then the other leg. Did the cow seem to enjoy it and offer up more legs for you to 'harvest'? Did you look the cow in the eyes as you dismembered her?

Have you ever mowed your lawn? Did each blade of grass writhe in agony, as the cow did? Was the smell of the freshly cut grass similar to the stench of the cow's blood as it spurted from the cow's body, or the stench of the cow's bowels as they loosened in terror?

Did the freshly-cut grass smell like that?