On Thu, 6 Jan 2005 12:33:38 -0800, "Dutch" > wrote:

>"Reynard" > wrote
>>
>> The Moving Finger writes;
>
>Yawn, same old tactics eh Derek?
>
>Nobody believes that changing one's position on something makes you a liar
>or a hypocrite.

In his quotes below he states that he dislikes flesh,
so how does learning from one's mistakes, as he
claims, suddenly change his tastes for food items?
He also states that he believes the consumption of
meat, dairy and eggs are bad for him, animals, his
environment, and the whole World, but he sings a
different tune now he's become a meat pusher, so
how did learning from his mistakes do that?

<restore>
"I dislike flesh, though my reasons for being vegan
are overwhelmingly health-oriented: I want to live
a long, healthy life, and I think the consumption of
meat, dairy, and eggs is bad for me, animals, my
environment, and the whole world. Is that first part
selfish? Perhaps to some people. Do the other,
more selfless consequences of my diet (no animal
must die for my nourishment or enjoyment, less
pollution and less harm to the environment, etc.)
mitigate the selfish notion of wanting to live long
and without serious health problems associated with
an animal-based diet?"
usual suspect Date: 2002-09-09

and

"Veganism costs less regardless of socio-economic
environs. Indeed, lesser well-off people are far more
likely to subsist on vegetarian diets; meat and dairy
are a product of 'advanced' society. It costs more to
produce dairy, beef, poultry, pork than grains,
vegetables, legumes; indeed, you must first raise the
latter to fatten the former. Skip the former entirely
and you have much more of the latter to feed the
world."
usual suspect Date: 2002-12-26

Those quotes belie his current pusher's position, and
no amount of regret will ever undo the hypocrisy of it.

The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ,
Moves on: nor all your Piety nor wit
Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line,
Nor all your Tears wash out a Word of it.
Omar Khayyam