Skanky wrote:
>>Claire's self-crippled and morbidly obese Uncle Dreck wrote:
>>
>>>>>>>>I've not turned down meals prepared for me by family
>>>>>>>>members or my friends just because they use foods I
>>>>>>>>normally don't.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>You DO turn down such meals
>>>>>>
>>>>>>No, I don't refuse anything.
>>>>>
>>>>>You TURNED THEM DOWN,
>>>>
>>>>No
>>>
>>>Your
>>
>>No, fatso, I don't refuse anything. I gratefully accepted the rum cake
>>and shared it with friends and family who like that kind of thing. As
>>far as my brother goes, the issue was framed with "IF." He knows I
>>wouldn't eat it, so he won't even offer it. We respect each other that
>>way, something which appears to be foreign in your Jerry Springer-esque
>>dysfunctional family. I find it amusing that you object more to sharing
>>a rum cake than sharing your wife with your own twin brother. Did you
>>hear David's belly slapping against Belinda's? Why do you object to
>>sharing rum cake but not to other blokes -- much less your own brother
>>-- shagging your wife?
>
> You snipped the evidence

That wasn't evidence. I admit I shared the rum cake with family and
friends. The real question is, What would Dreck do if someone were to
offer him the same cake? Bear in mind he's such a twit that he shunned
black olives because he was misinformed about the brine in which they're
cured.

I used to eat black olives up until a few months ago, but
stopped after realising they swim around in squid ink, or
something close to it. I'm always ready to make changes to
maintain my ethical standard.
-- Derek Nash, http://tinyurl.com/dcyr3

Would his "ethical standard" preclude him from eating a cake which
contained eggs and other ingredients of animal origin, or just olives
which he ignorantly believes "swim around in squid ink"? Would his
sanctimonious ethics preclude him from giving that cake to people whose
morals were a little looser than his own (like, maybe, his brother and
wife)?

> You seem to have a preoccupation with fatness.

It's not a preoccupation. Dreck has been kind enough to admit his weight
and even to post pictures of him sleeping with his dog (nothing untoward
shown in the pics or intended in my remarks). He further has admitted to
his insatiety when eating. As a result of his gluttony and lack of
exercise, he's become one of the world's fattest vegans. He's evidence
that veganism isn't inherently healthier than any other diet, only that
it comes with a lot of hollow sanctimony. I like to point to him when
people talk about how veganism is healthier or that vegans are slim and
trim. Vegans who don't over-eat may be, but so, too, are those
non-vegans who are sensible in diet and exercise.