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The 'vegan' shuffle
On 3/2/2012 3:42 AM, Rupert wrote:
> On 1 Mrz., 17:11, George > wrote:
>> On 3/1/2012 12:16 AM, Rupert wrote:
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>>> On Wednesday, February 29, 2012 7:36:50 PM UTC+1, George Plimpton wrote:
>>>> I read this a while ago, and I had the devil of a time finding the site
>>>> again to share here.
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>>>> http://letthemeatmeat.com/post/11419...al-argument-fo...
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>>>> This is an excellent and thorough elaboration of why "veganism" fails as
>>>> a sound ethical approach to the human use of animals. I really like the
>>>> author's turn of phrase, "the vegan shuffle." By that, he means the
>>>> flip-flop back and forth between animal "rights" and the reduction of
>>>> animal suffering when "vegans" are confronted with the inescapable and
>>>> undeniable fact that "veganism" is not a reliable means for achieving
>>>> either one.
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>>> Why is veganism not a good means for reducing animal suffering?
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>> Because refraining from consuming animal bits doesn't say anything about
>> the number of animals harmed by what you do consume.
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> Why not?
How would it?
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