In article >, "Dutch" >
wrote:

> "Ron" > wrote in message
> ...
> > In article >, "Dutch" >
> > wrote:
> >
> >> "Derek" > wrote
> >>
> >> > Ipse dixit and false. Show where Matheny's article links
> >> > vegetarianism to the collateral deaths associated in crop
> >> > production,
> >>
> >> If consuming meat links the consumer to the deaths in meat production,
> >> and I
> >> agree it does, then consuming rice links the consumer to the deaths in
> >> rice
> >> production.
> >
> > Links, or creating causal relationships is also known as the logical
> > fallacy of insignificant cause.
>
> This is not an example of insignificant cause.
>
> The following example is quite parallel to the case of the rice consumer.
>
> "Thus, it is not a fallacy to say that you helped defeat the Tory government
> because you voted Reform, for your vote had as much weight as any other
> vote, and hence is equally a part of the cause."
> See the following link.. http://www.intrepidsoftware.com/fallacy/insig.php

What a powerful feeling that must be. An eating disordered person is
likely to overestimate their impact in the world and to create
situations where this would be viewed this way.

The example is a case of insignificant cause. Is the cause of the defeat
of the tory because the person voted reform, or because many voted
reform, liberal and chose not to vote at all. Placing one's self at the
centre of the universe is a frequent occurence for those who need to
feel special, important, powerful, in control, etc.