On Oct 10, 5:33*pm, "The Undead Edward M. Kennedy" > wrote:
> "CheeseHusker dos" > wrote
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> > > > > >> Check this out Its great
> > > > > >>http://youtu.be/1LIyVBWaE_A
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> > > > > > It's shit. It's unpalatable shit.
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> > > > > > Why are "vegans" continually trying to make stuff look like and taste like meat? *Extremely* suspicious.
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> > > > > It's mostly for people who like meat but are trying to eat "healthy".
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> > > > > > No one likes "vegan" food - no one.
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> > > > > Some actually do, the problem is none of them are healthy.
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> > > > This isn't true. Just about everyone enjoys some food which is
> > > > suitable for vegans. And a significant majority of those people are
> > > > healthy. Furthermore a significant majority of those who consume an
> > > > exclusively vegan diet are quite healthy. The American Dietetic
> > > > Association has endorsed the position that appropriately-planned vegan
> > > > diets are nutritionally adequate at all stages of life, and carry many
> > > > significant health benefits.
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> > > Yeah, but hamburgers taste so much better.
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> > Well, if that's what you reckon then that's fine. I've been vegan for
> > about 16 years and I definitely remember that I used to enjoy the
> > taste of meat and I also think that I enjoy my food now about as much
> > as I used to before I became vegan. And I also believe that by being
> > vegan I'm reducing my expected contribution to animal suffering.
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> > But you may find it unlikely that you would enjoy food and/or you may
> > not find the consideration about animal suffering to be compelling.
> > Which is of course your choice, I have no interest in trying to get
> > you to change your mind.- Hide quoted text -
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> <Why do you enjoy inflicting pain onto vegetables and fruits?
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> And the bugs that live on them!!!
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> --Tedward

Of course insects die in order to produce my food. Plenty of small
mammals die as well for that matter, crushed up in the combine
harvester. I never made any claim that no suffering and premature
death had to take place in order to produce my food. I am somewhat
motivated to make some effort to reduce the amount of suffering that
has to take place in order to produce my food and I have decided to be
vegan because I think that that's a sensible strategy for achieving
that goal. Others may have different priorities and as I said I have
no interest in trying to get them to change their mind.