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Default "veganism" isn't what it purports to be

On Dec 29, 2:46*am, ex-PFC Wintergreen >
wrote:
> Rupert wrote:
> > On Dec 27, 8:49 am, ex-PFC Wintergreen >
> > wrote:
> >> Ha wrote:
> >>> ex-PFC Wintergreen wrote:
> >>>> All "vegans" start by believing a logical fallacy:
> >>>> * * If I consume animal products, I cause animals to suffer and die.
> >>>> * * I don't consume any animal products;
> >>>> * * therefore, I don't cause any animals to suffer and die.
> >>> All vegans?
> >> Without exception. *They all start with that, and many - probably most -
> >> never move off it. *Look at the myriad "vegan" web sites that extol
> >> "veganism" as a means of living a "cruelty-free" or "death-free"
> >> lifestyle. *Those people, by necessary implication, believe in the
> >> logical fallacy.

>
> > It's probably fair to say that it is quite widespread

>
> Universal, at the outset. *Most never abandon it.


See the discussion in my other post.