"Ron" > wrote
[..]

>> I'm not arguing absolutes, that's a strawman. There is wide gap between
>> acknowledging a valid principle and calling it absolute. In human affairs
>> very little is absolute. In other words, you are not refuting my
>> arguments
>> by asserting that they are not absolute.
>
> Dutch, we've covered this and it was easily disputed.

No it wasn't. I told you, you have NOT refuted anything I have stated,
whereas I refute virtually everything you say. That will continue to be the
case, get used to it.

> For example, you
> claimed that eating meat was not wrong.

It isn't.

> Well, that isn't true based on
> the definitions that you provided. Tiger meat is meat. Camel meat is
> meat. Panda meat is meat. Clearly not _all_ meal is not wrong to eat in
> North America. Stating eating meat is not wrong is still an statement of
> absoluteness.

Wrong again, "eating meat is not wrong" is a generalization, and a response
to a specific charge by vegans within the context of a discussion on the
relative ethics of certain diets. It is NOT an absolute statement. Vegans
are not referring to endangered species when they say it, they are referring
to [all] animals in general, and I am accepting the parameters of the charge
in my response.

> To further demonstrate the circular reasoning that you've employed by
> using law and morality interchangeably is for me to ask the quesiton why
> is it right to eat cow meat in North America but not camel or tiger meat?

First of all, bonehead, asking that question will not produce any proof of
"circular reasoning", a) because I haven't used any, and b) because *you*
asking a question can't provide evidence of a position of mine. Camel and
tiger meat are simply not part of the group of animals accepted by western
culture as food, for various reasons involving cultural biases and
endangered species status among others.

> Even further, why is it morally acceptable to breed and herd cows for
> slaughter, but not tigers and camels?

Are you asking because you don't understand why or because you think I
don't?