ilaboo > wrote:
>Blair P. Houghton wrote:
>> ilaboo > wrote:
>>
>>>Blair P. Houghton wrote:
>>>
>>>>ilaboo > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>plants feel the same thing as animals or any living thing--they have a
>>>>>nervous system also and react to pain
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>No. They. Do. Not.
>>>
>>>references from the botanical literature would be apprciated
>>
>>
>> Tell you what.
>>
>> When you find a credible "reference from the botanical
>> literature" that indicates the finding of a NERVE CELL in
>> a PLANT, I'll think about maybe treating plants the way
>> I treat animals.
>>
>> "Extraordinary claims, etc."
>
>you do not need a nerve cell to indicate "feelings"

"reaction" and "feeling" are not the same; nor is "pain".

>ameba do not have nerve cells neither does venus fly trap or the mimosa

They have reflexive reactions to stimuli. They do not
have nervous systems nor do they feel pain.

>we could go on forever back and forth on this--i stand corrected

Stand, sit, doesn't matter.

--Blair
"I'm gonna go chew some sense into
a carrot."