Ponderance

I have always harbored a fascination with caterpillars. The way that they move has always been completely enthralling—one can almost see their insides moving around inside of their mushy outer skin sacks. The way they crawl around, taking their time, has always been something I’ve aspired to emulate. Life is not something to rush through, because you’re only rushing towards your death.

Moths have also always been of interest to me. It’s not them that eat holes in your clothes, but their babies. Moths always look so incredibly soft, that I wish I could caress one without scaring him away. If they weren’t living creatures, I would want a mothskin jacket. Perhaps I’ll have one synthetically engineered.

Question for you veginites: If scientists could grow leather or meat that had never been alive, would you wear it and eat it? Fake urea is made for artstuffs (urea comes from pee, and is used in dyeing and stuffs)…on the molecular level, it is the exact same stuff that comes from pee, yet we have no problem touching it and dyeing our fabrics with it. Taurine is originally from bile (found in the lower intestine of many animals), and is used in lots of energy drinks—made in a factory, of course. You are drinking bile that was made in a factory, but bile nonetheless. Are you okay with that? Is it still vegan if it was made in a factory?

Researchers are attempting to grow skin grafts and eyes and even limbs in laboratories…would you eat those? They were never attached to a human, so is it still cannibalism? What about if it were beef or chicken? Would you eat it then?