If it´s made of animals it´s meat. If it´s made of plants it´s vegetarian, but not meat. And if it´s made of something else nobody should eat it. There´s not too much stuff humans and animals can digest which is neither meat nor plant.

if it grows in a tank, is purely muscle-cells or organ-cells, has no brain,
no spinal-cord, no sensory organs, cannot see light or feel pain...
it's not an animal.
it may be an animal PRODUCT - but it cannot be frightened, hurt,
lonely, etc - and even 'hunger' would be purely a chemical process.

it eliminates many valid objections to meat, by avoiding raising animals who can experience, pain, etc.
that is not to say that many people might not avoid it for other reasons -
but something 'grown' from a biopsy or stem-cells is not a sentient being.

cheers,
- terry

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tmp, sept-2007

Meat-growing researcher suspended : Nature News

he sent a 'disinvite' to a co-researcher in the lab who happens to be a board member, and accidentally hit
reply all - thus sending his critical e-mail, which was not cheerful or friendly in tone,
to approx 100 colleagues who will be attending the upcoming conference. oops.

that may have been embarrassing & unfortunate, but calling him 'unstable' as a result is ridiculous, IMO.
his visiting-scholar remarked on how tenacious he is when working, and remarkably unruffled in the lab,
despite setbacks or concerns - he described him as helpful & supportive, not unpredictable & erratic but reliable.
if he is fired, i think that is an over-reaction. JMO.