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On 2 Aug., 06:03, Dutch > wrote:
> 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.

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> >> But then he proceeds to attack vegans, "eliminationists", for their
> >> failure to provide the opportunity for animals to experience "decent AW".

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> >> 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.

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> > It's one thing to claim he's being inconsistent; that's different from
> > claiming that he's lying about what he thinks.

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> 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.


Do you have any idea what would motivate him to lie?