Always put quotes around "vegan"
On Mar 18, 2:33*am, George Plimpton > wrote:
> On 3/17/2012 3:33 PM, Rupert wrote:
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> > On Mar 17, 8:00 pm, George > *wrote:
> >> On 3/17/2012 8:33 AM, Rupert wrote:
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> >>> On Mar 17, 3:50 pm, George > * *wrote:
> >>>> On 3/17/2012 1:05 AM, Rupert wrote:
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> >>>>> On Mar 15, 6:12 am, George > * * *wrote:
> >>>>>> It's just a hideously ugly fake word on its face, and the loathsome
> >>>>>> ideas and false beliefs encapsulated in it are even more hideously ugly.
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> >>>>> What's ugly about the ideas involved in veganism?
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> >>>> False morality is inherently ugly, especially when it involves self
> >>>> exaltation and sanctimony.
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> >>> I don't believe that a desire to do something about animal suffering
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> >> There isn't any such authentic desire. *It's really all about the ego
> >> and self-image of the so-called "vegan".
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> > This belief of yours strikes me as irrational.
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> No, it doesn't. *You just say that to try to deflect attention from you
> own ego gratification and self-exaltation.
How exactly do you think I am trying to exalt myself, Ball?
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