Rupert wrote:
> On 31 Jul., 20:42, Dutch > wrote:
>> Rupert wrote:
>>> So what's your explanation for why he claims he doesn't think it?
>>
>> When it's laid out for him in simple terms he realizes how idiotic it
>> sounds so he can't say he believes it.
>>
>> But then he proceeds to attack vegans, "eliminationists", for their
>> failure to provide the opportunity for animals to experience "decent AW".
>>
>> He's not bright enough to realize that by doing so he is admitting that
>> he implicitly believes that non-existent animals can "lose" something.
>
> It's one thing to claim he's being inconsistent; that's different from
> claiming that he's lying about what he thinks.
>

He's inconsistent and a liar too. For example he claims to believe that
Jonathan Ball and I are vegans ("eliminationists"). It is not plausible
to me that even he could actually believe that. I think that means he's
lying, unless you have another explanation.