On Apr 8, 7:11*pm, George Plimpton > wrote:
> On 4/8/2012 9:50 AM, Rupert wrote:
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> > On Apr 8, 5:21 pm, George > *wrote:
> >> On 4/8/2012 1:48 AM, Rupert wrote:
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> >>> On Apr 7, 6:02 pm, George > * *wrote:
> >>>> On 4/7/2012 1:32 AM, Rupert wrote:
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> >>>>> On Apr 7, 12:18 am, George > * * *wrote:
> >>>>>> On 4/6/2012 12:19 PM, Rupert wrote:
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> >>>>>> Why do all "vegans" spend a huge amount of time searching for micrograms
> >>>>>> of animal bits to get out of their diet, and no time whatever trying to
> >>>>>> determine what the lowest-harm fruits and vegetables are?
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> >>>>> Not all vegans do that.
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> >>>> *ALL* "vegans" do it. *Stop bullshitting.
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> >>>> *NO* "vegan" tries to find the least-harm fruit and vegetable produce;
> >>>> *all* engage in a continual, silly, absurd effort to get micrograms of
> >>>> animal parts out of their diets and "lifestyles".
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> >>> How did you come by evidence for this
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> >> "vegans" present it to me.
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> > You think you can come to some kind of valid conclusion about "all
> > vegans" on the basis of the vegans you have met on usenet?
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> Certainly. *"veganism" is obviously a monolithic religious belief held
> to by a very small number of adherents. *Those who post here are
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Veganism is not a belief. It is a practice. There is no "monolithic
belief system" held by those who practice it. Different people who
practice it hold different beliefs.

> >>>>>> Why would any rational person take such absurd satisfaction in learning
> >>>>>> about the minute part of an anchovy that's in a bottle of Worcestershire
> >>>>>> sauce and thus stop buying one bottle a year, versus finding some grain
> >>>>>> to substitute for a known lethal product like rice?
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> >>>>> No rational person who was aware of the harm associated with rice
> >>>>> would do that, obviously.
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> >>>> Most "vegans" eat rice. *http://tinyurl.com/cx9fedr
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> >> You're ****ed.
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> > I don't really see why that would be.
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> Yes, you do.