Correction *

On Fri, 15 Oct 2004 23:00:51 +0100, Digger > wrote:

>On Fri, 15 Oct 2004 12:21:14 -0400, "magnulus" > wrote:
>>"Digger" > wrote in message ...
>>>
>>> The ideal would be that vegetarians feed exclusively
>>> on vegetation while vegans do the same and abstain
>>> from animal derived products such as leather etc.
>>
>> This is a false defenition.
>
>No. it is not.
>
>>Vegetarian comes from the Latin "vegetus"
>>(vigorous, energetic), which doesn't mean "vegetable".
>
>Then, to regard or announce oneself as a vegetarian,
>all one need do is equivocate on the term and hope
>no one realises they aren't trying to fool others when
>inwardly referring to a definition of vegetarianism

* not

>normally associated with eating veg. Good luck with
>that, but you won't fool everyone using that kind of
>equivocation. Not unless you're only trying to fool
>yourself, that is.