On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 20:31:44 +0100, "Richard" > wrote:

>"Digger" > wrote
>
>> >You're not implying that a vegan parent who breastfeeds their baby
>> >isn't a 'true vegan', but that the baby of said vegans is 'vegetarian'?
>>
>> No, I'm not implying anything like that. The mother, if vegan
>> remains a vegan by virtue of her diet and lifestyle. The baby,
>> however, cannot be said to be a vegan or even a vegetarian
>> while it gains nourishment from animal derived products such
>> as human breast milk.
>
>What do you mean not vegetarian? A vegetarian doesn't eat the meat of
>animals? If the baby doesn't eat the meat of animals, then it is vegetarian.

Does that logic apply to suckling lion cubs as well?

>> >I'd call a suckling baby 'vegetarian', myself.

Pearl - is a suckling lion cub a vegetarian?

>> I wouldn't, for the simple fact that it doesn't feed exclusively
>> on vegetables. It's a suckling baby without any labels or
>> stigma attached to its diet.
>
>What have vegetables got to do with it?

Quite a bit, actually.

>You could be a vegetarian without
>eating vegetables.

No, you couldn't.

>Do you have even the slightest idea as to what a
>vegetarian is?

Some.

>Of course the baby is vegetarian.

No, it is not.

>It only stops being
>vegetarian when you make it meat.

It was never a vegetarian or a vegan to begin with,
and no, I wouldn't make a baby eat meat.