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What do vegans and/or passifists think about killing small bugs or other very small animals? (lemdro.id)

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Like is it avoided or might you kill flies to prevent flystrike. Or is it ignored when you'll inevitably kill some small bugs/insects

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/jainism/

Jainism, which has nothing to do with the mud planet folk hero, is so strict about nonviolence that Jains will not eat root vegetables because harvesting it would kill the plant.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Okay that’s hardcore enough to start believing whatever they believe.

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