On Sat, 16 Oct 2004 02:17:12 -0700, "Dutch" > wrote:
>"Digger" > wrote
>> On Fri, 15 Oct 2004 18:50:59 -0700, "Dutch" > wrote:
>>>"Digger" > wrote
>>>[..]
>>>
>>>> Rather, your conception of a vegan is flawed. Suckling
>>>> babies aren't vegans, so the definition of a vegan as a
>>>> person that doesn't drink milk remains the same and isn't
>>>> flawed, despite your misconception.
>>>
>>>The one interesting fact coming from this debate is that, contrary to what
>>>some vegans try to portray, no human is born a natural vegan, the first
>>>natural human food is primarily animal fat and protein.
>>
>> That's very true. Another interesting fact is that sucklings;
>>
>> suck·ling;
>> n.
>> A young mammal that has not been weaned.
>> http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=suckling
>>
>> once weaned can be either obligate carnivores or animals
>> that feed exclusively on vegetation.
>
>Doesn't even depend on weaning, suckling may go on for quite some time even
>after the animal has commenced it's normal diet, but breast milk, although
>it's food, is in a food category all it's own, apart from "diet", which
>really pertains to *other* food.

No. A diet, simply put, is the usual food and drink of
person or animal.

di·et
n.
The usual food and drink of a person or animal.

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=diet