On Mar 23, 6:55*am, George Plimpton > wrote:
> On 3/22/2012 10:27 PM, Rupert wrote:
>
> > On Mar 23, 2:33 am, George > *wrote:
> >> A typical "vegan" tries to argue "Why vegans are simply better people."http://forums.randi.org/showthread.php?t=226259
>
> >> All "vegans" believe that. *Woopert is lying when he says he doesn't..
>
> > What do you suppose would motivate me to lie about it?
>
> Because you know that bragging that your character is better than that
> of others, particularly on such an inflammatory and contentious topic as
> not putting animal parts in your mouth, is going to generate a lot of
> well-founded criticism, and you don't want to have to defend yourself
> against the charge of placing yourself on a moral pedestal, so you just
> lie. *But you *do* think you're "simply better" than those who use
> animal products.

You say that I am aware that the critcism would be "well-founded". If
I know that the criticism would be well-founded, wouldn't this lead me
to critically re-examine the belief?