Skanky wrote:
>>>>>>You said he called it an eating disorder. He did not. He said that
>>>>>>people with eating disorders can hide behind a vegan diet. A far cry.
>>>>>
>>>>>You're right.
>>>>
>>>>No, he isn't.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>The thing is though,
>>>>>he thinks that all vegans have it.
>>>>
>>>>They do.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>His quotes don't word it that way,
>>>>
>>>>I believe I've written that all vegans are orthorexic.
>>>
>>>Do you believe that you had an
>>>eating disorder back when you
>>>identified as vegan?
>>
>>My identification was based on one of the same misconceptions you've
>>stubbornly refused to give up that veganism is about food. I was wrong
>>to have assumed that veganism could be divorced from the animal rights
>>part of it (which I never embraced). The two, though, are inseparable.
>>The difference between you and me is I admit my mistakes and learn from
>>them while you incessantly and ridiculously repeat yours.
>
> Nonsense.

No, I'm correct.

> For many vegans, it's
> purely about food.

Liar. It's about irrational, misguided concerns for animals, usually
with a heaping hatred for one's fellow man.

> The modern
> definition is based on food, and
> the original one based soley on
> animal rights.
> http://www.websters-online-dictionar...finition/vegan

Liar, from your own link:

Vegans use as their primary motivation the concept of reducing
animal suffering.

What part of that has to do with diet? Nothing. Let's continue:

Rooted in utilitarian philosophy, as expressed
by authors such as Jeremy Bentham and Peter Singer, ethical
veganism is the belief that humans have a moral obligation to
avoid causing suffering to any other living creature. Animals
are seen to have the same inherent rights as humans to a life as
free from suffering as possible. Therefore ethical vegans not
only avoid eating meat and dairy products but also avoid the use
of any product whose production involves the suffering of
animals. Depending on one's level of commitment this can include
not using certain medicines because they are tested for safety
on animals. Some feel so strongly about it that they avoid
buying film made from gelatin and buy digital film instead.
While there continues to be a debate within the vegan community
regarding these issues, the overall goal of veganism is to
reduce animal suffering to the greatest extent possible.

It's NOT about food, Skanky, it's about animal rights.

>>>>...[Vegans are] also out of touch with reality (which is one
>>>>reason why I suspect AR/veganism are symptoms of deeper mental
>>>>illness; perhaps it will one day be used diagnostically as a
>>>>syndrome capturing those who are anti-social, out of touch with
>>>>reality, and who have a peculiar eating disorder -- the latter
>>>>being orthorexia).
>>>>usual suspect: Jun 5 2004
>>>>
>>>>Imbalanced people don't make balanced decisions. That's why
>>>>people become "vegans" in the first place.
>>>>usual suspect: Dec 4 2004
>>>>
>>>>Veganism is a mental illness. I realize it isn't treated as
>>>>such at the moment, but it eventually will be. It's an extreme
>>>>form of orthorexia.
>>>>usual suspect: Jun 12 2004
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>but Usual has made it very clear
>>>>>that he considers all vegans to
>>>>>be 'orthorexic'.
>>>>
>>>>Correct, and they are.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>And as far as people take unusual attention to food, have you hear the
>>>>>>term "Kosher"? Are they sick too? They pay special attention to
>
> their
>
>>>>>>food.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>What about Italian cooks who delight in their foods? Are they also
>>>
>>>sick?
>>>
>>>
>>>>>Usual himself has bragged about
>>>>>being a good cook and therefore
>>>>>must enjoy it. Maybe he's sick.
>>>>
>>>>I am a good cook and I do enjoy cooking. I have a balanced approach,
>>>>though, about what I'll eat, etc., which distinguishes me from
>>>>orthorexics and vegans (who are all, 100%, orthorexics).
>>>
>>>You're pretty ****ed up, Usual.
>>
>>So says the clueless urban nitwit who thinks farmers will eventually try
>>to corner the "veganic" market, which doesn't even exist.
>
> No

Yes.