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[wispfox]

So, some of you may be aware of the fact that being given flowers is not a happy thing for me. They die. Quickly. Hello, what's with giving people dead things as gifts?! (except if it's food...)

Delightful link along these lines, here. Credit to ladytabitha for finding it. :)

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[ratatosk.livejournal.com]

Right! Flowers are the sexual organs of plants, and unlike on most animals, if you cut them off more can grow from the same plant. They'd also wither and die on the plant, too.

I can't quite get myself into a mindset where perennials grown in humane and respectful environments are less objectionable sources of cut flowers, since I don't have similar feelings about food (fruit is in a similar category as flowers, even).

On the other hand, the symbolism is probably all that matters, and if you see them as the hacked off sexual organs of a living thing, which will then _wither and die_, then they are disturbing!

[wispfox.livejournal.com]

On the other hand, the symbolism is probably all that matters, and if you see them as the hacked off sexual organs of a living thing, which will then _wither and die_, then they are disturbing!

Yes. Quite.