C. James Strutz wrote:

"Jonathan Ball" wrote in message
k.net...


No, you (I can't resist!) generally don't object to
generalizations; you merely objected to the PARTICULAR
generalization I made, because you felt, correctly,
that it was saying something unflattering about you.


No, I didn't take it personally.

Yes, you did.

All I'm trying to say in all of this is
that you can't rightfully generalize all vegans as religious fanatics.

Yes, I can, and I did. My generalization is correct:
"vegans" are what they are for religious reasons.

Stop with the rant on generalizations already.

No, I won't stop. It demonstrates several bad traits
about you, and I rather like it.



Your feeling, however, does not alter the truth and
usefulness of the generalization. In fact, your
feeling is wholly irrelevant.


It's relevant to me...

It's wholly irrelevant to everyone else, and it is
wholly irrelevant to the truth of my generalization.



Maybe my cesspool
metaphor isn't the best; perhaps I should point out
that you are on the horns of a classic dilemma. Either:

- your willing participation in collateral deaths of
sentient animals means you don't REALLY believe it's
morally wrong, and so you are a liar, which is evil; or

- your casual participation, a participation that is
ENTIRELY unnecessary, means you're knowingly and thus
voluntarily helping to kill sentient animals in
violation of your moral beliefs, which makes you evil.


So??? Which is it, SeeJames? Hypocrisy and lying,
which are evil, or deliberate violation, which is evil?


What is with you? Abusing people for your own cheap amusement is evil.

I'm not abusing anyone, and I'm not doing this for my
amusement (which doesn't come cheap, by the way.) I am
doing this to demolish your fatuous ethical pose, which
I view as a menace.

You didn't answer the question, SeeJames. Let's repose
it. Either:

- your willing participation in collateral deaths of
sentient animals means you don't REALLY believe it's
morally wrong, and so you are a liar, which is evil; or

- your casual participation, a participation that is
ENTIRELY unnecessary, means you're knowingly and thus
voluntarily helping to kill sentient animals in
violation of your moral beliefs, which makes you evil.


So??? Which is it, SeeJames? Hypocrisy and lying,
which are evil, or deliberate violation, which is evil?