"Richard" > wrote in message
...
> "Digger" > wrote:
>
> > >To me, the word vegetarian refers to a creature that does not presently
> eat
> > >meat.
> >
> > And you would be wrong, as the demonstration using
> > a lion cub shows. The lion cub nourishes itself on its
> > mother's animal fats and proteins, and then goes on to
> > eat meat. It was never a vegetarian and never will be,
> > so this exception alone shows your rule to be flawed.
>
> I am a vegetarian and have been all my life. I consume dairy products and
> have done all my life. Vegans do not. Understand?
>
> Of course milk is not a vegan food source! Of course it is a vegetarian
food
> source. Vegetarians have no problem with animal by-products such as milk.
> The animal is not killed for their production.

Many of the males of the species in question are because they don't produce
milk.

John