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
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>>>>>>>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.
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>>No, I'm correct.
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>>
>>>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.
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> No,

Yes. You've shown this faux "compassion" when wishing others unwell
yourself.

>>>The modern
>>>definition is based on food, and
>>>the original one based soley on
>>>animal rights.
>>>http://www.websters-online-dictionar...finition/vegan
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>>Liar, from your own link:
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> Go to the link

I did. It refutes your claim that veganism is about food.

>>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:
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>>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.

Established.

>>>>>>...[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
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>>>>>>>>term "Kosher"? Are they sick too? They pay special attention to
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>>>their
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>>>>>>>>food.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>What about Italian cooks who delight in their foods? Are they also
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>>>>>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.
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You know I'm right, dummy.