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Ron
 
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In article >,
Rudy Canoza > wrote:

> Ron wrote:
>
> > In article >, "Dutch" >
> > wrote:
> >
> >
> >>"Ron" > wrote in message
> ...
> >>
> >>>In article >, "Dutch" >
> >>>wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>"Ron" > wrote
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>>Imagine that. Two different 'moral codes' existing simultaneously. The
> >>>>>
> >>>>>vegan who _chooses to believe_ that it is unacceptable to kill some
> >>>>>animals for their food and the meat eaters who _choose to believe_ it
> >>>>>is
> >>>>>acceptable to kill some animals for their food.
> >>>>
> >>>>That would be fine if that were the case, but it isn't. The vegan
> >>>>hypocrisy
> >>>>is that although they *profess* to believe that it is unacceptable to
> >>>>kill
> >>>>animals for their food, their actions invalidate this claim. Vegans pay
> >>>>people to kill animals willy-nilly to preserve their steady supply of
> >>>>cheap
> >>>>food.
> >>>
> >>>Name the vegan and the person they paid to kill what animal? I bought
> >>>tomatoes last week, who did I pay and what did they kill?
> >>
> >>The vegan's name was Dolores, she paid Pedro the farmer and the animal was
> >>Ferdinand the mouse. You paid Juan to kill a lizard.
> >>
> >>Just as suspected, nonsense is not very interesting, why do it?

> >
> >
> > Holding other vegans accountable for Dolores actions doesn't seem
> > reasonable to me.

>
> No one is attempting to hold any "vegan" responsible
> for the *actions* of anyone else. It is the moral
> outcome for which "vegans" share responsibility, not
> the actions.
>
> This has been explained to you dozens of times, over
> the course of several weeks. You either are being
> deliberately obtuse, or you are very stupid and unable
> to see the distinction. Those are the only two
> possible explanations.


That is really interesting. In my family and in my culture we are taught
that we are responsible for our actions. Your theory requires that I be
responsible for the outcomes of other people's actions.

Whose action caused the death of the animal in question?