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

Rupert wrote:
> On Dec 29, 2:45 am, ex-PFC Wintergreen >
> wrote:
>> Rupert wrote:
>>> On Dec 27, 7:50 am, ex-PFC Wintergreen >
>>> wrote:
>>>> Despite all the fancy pseudo-philosophical rhetoric, "veganism" isn't
>>>> really about ethics. It's about smug self-satisfaction and sanctimony.
>>>> There is no valid ethics in "veganism" at all. It isn't at all about
>>>> identifying a moral and right course of action and then following it;
>>>> it's only about self-exaltation over a completely phony issue.
>>>> "vegans" have never shown, and never will be able to show, that it is
>>>> unethical for humans to consume animal-derived products.
>>> What's the fallacy in this argument?
>>> http://www.uta.edu/philosophy/facult...ngel,%20The%20...

>> Argument is unsound: based on false premises.

>
> Would you be able to specify one of the premises which is false?


Among others, it is a false premise that greater resource usage to
produce meat "proves" that meat is immoral.


>
> I take it you think that all my other remarks are unanswerable?


Junk philosophy.