Plants don't appear to be of a different origin than animals on this planet. They share most of the genetic code* with all other life we know about. The simplest explanation is that we share a common origin, and furthermore that was a common ancestor that likely began from simpler materials on this planet.
*The genetic code is the translation of nucleotide triplets into amino acid sequences
It was good. I enjoyed it. Not everything needs to trigger some morally righteous response in our world.
And if the taxes refuse, then what?
One reason could be that most of the audience doesn't want to watch them if it feels like what they're doing is artificial or inauthentic.
Might be a terrible analogy, but since people cheat on video games, why don't they have an esports league where aimbots, wallhacks, speedhacks, etc are all allowed? It might be a novelty for 2 minutes, but most people wouldn't want to watch that. It isn't how the games were meant to be played. It's not that it's cheating anymore if the rules allow it. It's that it isn't a good showcase for talent because it becomes about who bought the best cheats.
That's the fear of soy paste.
Lois Lane would be resurrected and unburied by rocks if there had been an earthquake caused by a nuclear strike shortly before this happened.
As others have said, it depends where you live. For US states that prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity, it protects heterosexual and cis people the same as gay or trans.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_employment_discrimination_in_the_United_States
I know a heterosexual Chinese couple who had the same family and given names even before they were married. They met because they kept getting each other's mail.
Two reasons. One, you may be using a wide angle lens, which makes things look farther away, but as a tradeoff gives you a wider field of view.
Two, you may be viewing the image on the tiny camera screen instead of on a large TV. The image has been shrunk to fit the screen.
Try using a zoom lens or zooming into the digital image on a larger screen.
But then there would be my tomatoes and the ones at each of my local grocery stores. Am I supposed to go get some from everywhere to enjoy tomatoes?
No safe level of sunlight by the same logic.
Did only a few of us miss this? Seems like it could have been explained better up front.