Rat & Swan wrote:

>
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> Bill wrote:
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>> Rat & Swan wrote:
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>>> Would
>>> you stop attacking me personally if I began eating meat again?
>
>
> <snip>

You unethical bitch. Why do you leave your question,
but snip out the answer?

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I don't attack you personally, except to the extent
that your identity is irrationally tied up in advancing
pernicious doctrines that you have no intention of
following yourself. It's amazing you can't see that
your character is a fundamental part of the debate,
given the topic.

I don't care what you do and don't eat, and you've
always known that.

>
>>> Wouldn't that make me even more of a hypocrite, given my
>>> views (from your point of view)?
>
>
>> Slightly.

And again:

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There are two huge dopes here, "Zakhar" (not his real
name) and C. James Strutz (*ought* not be his real
name, but unfortunately is), who are largely vegetarian
for (the usual mushy) "ethical" reasons, but who are
not "vegans". They are bigger hypocrites than
"vegans", but not as if it matters.

>
>
> <snip>
>
> So -- even by your standards, not buying/eating meat and other
> animal products is in accord with my ethical views, and makes me
> less of a hypocrite than I would be if I ate meat, bought
> leather, etc.

Your pseudo-ethical behavior is not based any
principle, so it doesn't matter what your views are.

> You agree it is an ethical advance for ME to
> be vegan,

No, just marginally more consistent. You miss "ethical
advance" by an infinite margin.

> and more in accord with my ethical views

We aren't concerned with you being in accord with your
subjective ethical views, bitch, because no matter what
kind of pseudo-philosophical basis you try to give to
your views, your behavior is not in accord with any
principle, except that of the pursuit of ease and cheap
food.

You're dancing an ugly dance. You simply can't
reconcile, in a principled manner, that you engage in
one empty, symbolic gesture but not another, when both
of them are equally empty and symbolic, with no
practical effect.

You shouldn't have come back. You're a waste.