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"usual suspect" > wrote in message
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> 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.

> >
> > No,

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


Everyone dislikes some people,
no matter what they eat. For
instance, I find your narrow
mindedness unlikeable.

> >>>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:

> >
> > Go to the link

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


Hello, is anyone home? The
main definition is about food
only. The SPECIALTY
definition is about the other
stuff. Get with the times.

> >>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.

>
> Established.


Why do you feel the need to
reassure yourself of the views
you've already posted?

> >>>>>>...[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.

> >
> > Snip

>
> You know I'm right, dummy.


You know that I don't believe that.
You find that hard to handle though
so you had to claim that I think you
are right. Pathetic. Why did you
snip and run? Are you unsure of
yourself? Can't take the heat?


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