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On Thu, 15 Nov 2018 12:11:25 +1100, Brice >
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>On Thu, 15 Nov 2018 07:46:20 +0700, Jeßus > wrote:
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>>On Thu, 15 Nov 2018 06:15:35 +1100, Brice >
>>wrote:
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>>>On Wed, 14 Nov 2018 18:19:22 +0700, Jeßus > wrote:
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>>>>On Wed, 14 Nov 2018 22:05:38 +1100, Brice >
>>>>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On Wed, 14 Nov 2018 18:02:22 +0700, Jeßus > wrote:
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>>>>>>On Wed, 14 Nov 2018 21:41:42 +1100, Brice >
>>>>>>wrote:
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>>>>>>>On Wed, 14 Nov 2018 17:15:47 +0700, Jeßus > wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Sure, animal welfare can be a legitimate reason - but how far does
>>>>>>>>that extend, or more to the point - where does it stop and
>>>>>>>>discrimination/persecution of living creatures begin? Do vegans also
>>>>>>>>refuse vaccinations or anti venom, for example?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>I hope not. It's just that for every dairy cow a bull is killed and
>>>>>>>for every egg laying hen a rooster's killed. Plus the hen and the cow
>>>>>>>are killed when they're no longer productive enough. Plus what
>>>>>>>conditions are they kept in? Those are things why I can understand
>>>>>>>vegans.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Sure, but you can be a vegetarian and have those things covered too.
>>>>>
>>>>>But wouldn't you be a vegan then? (Not that I'm either.)
>>>>
>>>>Hmm, well, you could possibly still have honey and yeast I suppose
>>>>Certain caviar perhaps? I'll have to give it some more thought.
>>>
>>>A problem with honey seems over the top to me, but with yeast...
>>>that's becoming ridiculous

>>
>>Of course it's ridiculous, but have you really been exposed to some of
>>the more extreme vegans out there in the world? I particularly mean by
>>that, non-Australian vegans? And what they demand from others?

>
>No, I haven't. But I guess every movement has its hysterical members.


Trust me, with vegans it is the majority of them.