"Common Man" <not.public@> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 05 Jun 2004 20:35:03 GMT, "William Hershman"
> > wrote:
>
> >
> >"Common Man" <not.public@> wrote in message
> .. .
> >> On Sat, 05 Jun 2004 19:27:07 GMT, "William Hershman"
> >> > wrote:
> >>
> >> >
> >> >"Common Man" <not.public@> wrote in message
> >> ws.com...
> >> >> On Sat, 05 Jun 2004 10:22:14 GMT, "William Hershman"
> >> >> > wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> >
> >> >> >"Common Man" <not.public@> wrote in message
> >> >> ws.com...
> >> >> >> On Thu, 03 Jun 2004 00:41:32 GMT, usual suspect
>
> >> >> >> wrote:
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> >http://www.veganessentials.com/catal...s-jerquee-.htm
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Don't many if not most vegans detest the idea of eating meat? If
> >so,
> >> >> >> then wouldn't they find such a product offensive?
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >
> >> >> >I can't speak for all, but I don't detest the idea of eating meat,
I
> >just
> >> >> >don't eat meat.
> >> >>
> >> >> There's nothing wrong with that in itself. But many seem to detest
> >> >> the idea of eating meat, yet eat vegan foods processed to look and
> >> >> even taste like meat. Seems to be hypocritical to me.
> >> >
> >> >It certainly is. Why spend time looking for hypocrisy in others,
when
> >you
> >> >could probably find your own?
> >>
> >> Because I'm not demanding that everyone eats meat. The ARAs on the
> >> other hand, are demanding that everyone doesn't eat meat. There lies
> >> the difference.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >No one has ever demanded that of me.
>
>
> "Extremists within the environmental and animal rights movements have
> committed literally thousands of violent criminal acts in recent
> decades - arguably more than those from any other radical sector, left
> or right.
>
> Although these extremists have yet to kill anyone in America, they
> have carried out arsons, firebombings, assaults, and attacks on
> animal-based businesses and laboratories.
>
> This February, an FBI official testified to Congress that what he
> characterized as the leading eco-terrorist groups - the Animal
> Liberation Front (ALF) and the Earth Liberation Front (ELF) - had
> committed more than 600 criminal acts since 1996 that resulted in a
> minimum of $43 million in damage.
>
> What follows is a selection of 1984-2002 incidents, drawn from ALF/ELF
> communiqués, media reports, law enforcement officials and publications
> of the movement."
> http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intel...cle.jsp?sid=29
>
> I would argue that acts of violence to achieve one's goals is in fact
> "making demands".


I would argue that if someone told me they were going to kick the shit out
of you unless I ate a hamburger, I'd still go for the pasta. I didn't check
out the link. I'm too busy plotting my next act of violence.