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

On Dec 29, 5:12*pm, ex-PFC Wintergreen >
wrote:
> Rupert wrote:
> > On Dec 29, 3:56 pm, ex-PFC Wintergreen >
> > wrote:
> >> Rupert wrote:
> >>> On Dec 29, 11:13 am, ex-PFC Wintergreen >
> >>> wrote:
> >>>> Rupert wrote:
> >>>>> On Dec 29, 10:57 am, ex-PFC Wintergreen >
> >>>>> wrote:
> >>>>>> Rupert wrote:
> >>>>>>> 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.
> >>>>>> See my well established fact, above: *All "vegans" begin by believing in
> >>>>>> the logical fallacy, and most never abandon it.
> >>>>> No, "well established fact" is not the phrase you were looking for
> >>>> Indeed it is what I was looking for.
> >>> Well, that's a shame
> >> I don't think so.

>
> > Whatever process you use for belief-formation

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