do you think republican states would actually vote to ratify an amendment to reduce their voting power ? FTFY <| sep |> exact same situation . AB carrying my team on his back <| sep |> I ' m with you on the biological argument . I don ' t believe there ' s a human biological need for meat and meat consumption poses a number of problems . I also agree that meat consumption is unnecessarily cruel . My lingering question is is it cruel to kill plants for food ? They clearly live and die . They respond and try to heal when damaged . Their pain is even more alien to us than animal pain , but they would go on living if we didn ' t cut them and consume them . Is it only unethical to kill living things to the extent that they ' re similar to humans ? e . g . We shouldn ' t kill gorillas since they ' re similar to humans , but yeast may be consumed since they are vastly dissimilar to usI ' m not suggesting that we stop eating plants . I ' m also not trying to make a roundabout argument to advocate meat consumption . Also , something can be cruel , but necessary . So , is plant consumption cruel ? Is consumption of roots and stalks more cruel than consumption of fruits that fall off freely ?