Jainism

 Sadly, the SAT is coming up and parents everywhere are shoving their kids off to whatever class that takes the most time. I am one of those kids who now must dedicate my very lively hood  hunched over a desk, crying on the inside, yet gritting my teeth and carrying on. In my torture class, I came upon an article about Jainism.

This religion started out in India where a rich man suddenly found enlightenment and decided to enter the ranks of poverty. The religion holds many beliefs like harmlessness and renunciation. Their belief in harmless is so potent, in fact, that they will refuse to eat root vegetables as it's bad for the mind/body and essentially kills the vegetable.

People today are so concerned about meat, fish, lobsters, that it seems the extent of these floras existence is having vitamins and making oxygen. No one takes the time to consider the root vegetable. Carrots, radishes, and turnips no longer count as beings, but as objects -- bad tasting ones at that. At least potatoes contribute to taste bud society.

Every year millions of root vegetables are grown in farms across the world. They are living beings, too. Imagine if millions of baby chicks were grown every year and slaughtered and turned into chicken nuggets. Oh Wait.