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Jonathan Ball
 
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Gender-consused Dreck wrote:

> "Jonathan Ball" > wrote in message ink.net...
>
>>Gender-consused Dreck wrote:
>>
>>>"usual suspect" > wrote in message ...
>>>


>>>>>>Your trade accepts the consequences of farmers' actions
>>>>>
>>>>>Mine doesn't.
>>>>

>>...You are a very indiscriminate consumer. You seek out
>>produce on the basis of price rather than humane
>>practices.

>
>
> Turn that 180 degrees and you'll be in the right direction.


Nope. It applies to you and all sanctimonious
"vegans". You do not seek to know anything about the
morality of the production of the products you consume,
only price.

>
>
>>Produce grown humanely is available from
>>farmers, and it's alternatively possible to grow your
>>own humane produce.

>
>
> From the position I'm in at the moment, you've got
> to be aving a big one!


No. You could do it, or hire it done.

> But that's besides the point
> because my purchase from farmers doesn't make me
> a candidate for blame OR praise.


It most certainly does. This is established beyond
dispute.


>>You choose to ignore and avoid the
>>more expensive (in money or your personal time) humane
>>alternatives. You're the reason the farmers whose
>>produce you purchase cut all those moral-ethical
>>corners.


>
>>Your stance is meaningless in the face of what
>>you do; you are a poseur, and a rank hypocrite.
>>

>
> yeah yeah yeah.


Yes.