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In article .net>,
Jay Santos > wrote:

> "If the spices I needed were available locally I would
> [consume only locally grown produce]."
>
> - Skanky Carpetmuncher, 27 Dec 2004
>
>
> The issue is why "vegans" don't make more effort not to
> cause the death of animals. First we need to recap the
> argument.


Why, oh why can't vegans be perfect? Why, oh why can't all vegans live
up to your expectations for perfection?
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Sophomore Ron wrote:

> In article .net>,
> Jay Santos > wrote:
>
>
>>"If the spices I needed were available locally I would
>>[consume only locally grown produce]."
>>
>>- Skanky Carpetmuncher, 27 Dec 2004
>>
>>
>>The issue is why "vegans" don't make more effort not to
>>cause the death of animals. First we need to recap the
>>argument.

>
>
> Why, oh why can't vegans be perfect?


Because they don't believe in the supposedly
fundamental belief of "veganism" in the first place.

Why can't you address the issue, Sophomore Ron?
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In article .net>,
Jay Santos > wrote:

> Sophomore Ron wrote:
>
> > In article .net>,
> > Jay Santos > wrote:
> >
> >
> >>"If the spices I needed were available locally I would
> >>[consume only locally grown produce]."
> >>
> >>- Skanky Carpetmuncher, 27 Dec 2004
> >>
> >>
> >>The issue is why "vegans" don't make more effort not to
> >>cause the death of animals. First we need to recap the
> >>argument.

> >
> >
> > Why, oh why can't vegans be perfect?

>
> Because they don't believe in the supposedly
> fundamental belief of "veganism" in the first place.
>
> Why can't you address the issue, Sophomore Ron?


I have. You seem to think that humans must perform in the same way the
logical systems do.

That you are claiming one must be 100% or absolute or be a
"non-believer" then there is a separate issue.
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Sophomore Ron, twit sophist ordinaire, wrote:

> In article .net>,
> Jay Santos > wrote:
>
>
>>Sophomore Ron, twit sophist ordinaire, wrote:
>>
>>
>>>In article .net>,
>>> Jay Santos > wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>"If the spices I needed were available locally I would
>>>>[consume only locally grown produce]."
>>>>
>>>>- Skanky Carpetmuncher, 27 Dec 2004
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>The issue is why "vegans" don't make more effort not to
>>>>cause the death of animals. First we need to recap the
>>>>argument.
>>>
>>>
>>>Why, oh why can't vegans be perfect?

>>
>>Because they don't believe in the supposedly
>>fundamental belief of "veganism" in the first place.
>>
>>Why can't you address the issue, Sophomore Ron?

>
>
> I have.


You haven't.

> You seem to think that humans must perform in the same way the
> logical systems do.


False. Nothing I've said indicates such a thought or
belief on my part. You have failed, again, to read and
comprehend correctly. You, at least, are very
consistent in this failure.
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Ron wrote:
> In article .net>,
> Jay Santos > wrote:
>
> > "If the spices I needed were available locally I would
> > [consume only locally grown produce]."
> >
> > - Skanky Carpetmuncher, 27 Dec 2004
> >
> >
> > The issue is why "vegans" don't make more effort not to
> > cause the death of animals. First we need to recap the
> > argument.

>
> Why, oh why can't vegans be perfect? Why, oh why can't all vegans

live
> up to your expectations for perfection?


It's not about anyone else's expectations. It's about vegans NOT
living by the "ethical" standards they claim to be following and which
most of them try to impose on others. It's no surprise you don't get
it, banbrains.



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Thanks, this new google interface makes it difficult to keep up with
who's who.

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> wrote
> Thanks, this new google interface makes it difficult to keep up with
> who's who.


How do you like it?

The new Ron is a meat-eater ****wit trolled in to aaev from alt.philosophy.
He's not actually interested in the substance of the discussions, his agenda
seems to be to select people he perceives as worth beating and see if he can
pick their arguments apart, as an exercise in debating. When an attack
misfires, he simply moves on to another. The problem is, he is picking on
people much more well-informed than himself, and naturally he will never
admit it. At least he has ambition :>)


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In article >, "Dutch" >
wrote:

> > wrote
> > Thanks, this new google interface makes it difficult to keep up with
> > who's who.

>
> How do you like it?
>
> The new Ron is a meat-eater ****wit trolled in to aaev from alt.philosophy.
> He's not actually interested in the substance of the discussions, his agenda
> seems to be to select people he perceives as worth beating and see if he can
> pick their arguments apart, as an exercise in debating. When an attack
> misfires, he simply moves on to another. The problem is, he is picking on
> people much more well-informed than himself, and naturally he will never
> admit it. At least he has ambition :>)


Let's test your's and Jay's theory....

What is something that you consider absolutely wrong? Since you are
speaking to me and others, we can then conclude that you see nothing as
an absolute wrong lest you would be doing all that you could to ensure
the belief of the wrongness was being addressed.

Come on dutch, make whatever proclamations that you like about me, but I
hope that you are going to demonstrate that "truth" of your statement.

the easiest example to "beat" you with is, when is it absolutely wrong
to kill a human. Since communicating with me doesn't prevent the killing
of a human, you are not doing all you could. As you have agreed that SW
is a hypocrite for her failure you to do so, by your own measure so are
you.


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"Ron" > wrote
> "Dutch" > wrote:
>
>> > wrote
>> > Thanks, this new google interface makes it difficult to keep up with
>> > who's who.

>>
>> How do you like it?
>>
>> The new Ron is a meat-eater ****wit trolled in to aaev from
>> alt.philosophy.
>> He's not actually interested in the substance of the discussions, his
>> agenda
>> seems to be to select people he perceives as worth beating and see if he
>> can
>> pick their arguments apart, as an exercise in debating. When an attack
>> misfires, he simply moves on to another. The problem is, he is picking on
>> people much more well-informed than himself, and naturally he will never
>> admit it. At least he has ambition :>)

>
> Let's test your's and Jay's theory....
>
> What is something that you consider absolutely wrong? Since you are
> speaking to me and others, we can then conclude that you see nothing as
> an absolute wrong lest you would be doing all that you could to ensure
> the belief of the wrongness was being addressed.
>
> Come on dutch, make whatever proclamations that you like about me, but I
> hope that you are going to demonstrate that "truth" of your statement.
>
> the easiest example to "beat" you with is, when is it absolutely wrong
> to kill a human. Since communicating with me doesn't prevent the killing
> of a human, you are not doing all you could. As you have agreed that SW
> is a hypocrite for her failure you to do so, by your own measure so are
> you.


Ouch! Poor attempt Ron. First of all, killing a human is not absolutely
wrong, it's wrong by default, but there are several exceptions. Arguably
nothing is *absolutely* wrong, but that's another debate. More importantly,
you are confusing passive and active rights. We are not morally obliged
under rights theory to seek out every injustice everywhere and attempt to
stamp them all out. We are not supermen. What we are morally obliged to do
is refrain from any deliberate act that leads to a rights violation.

This leads us to the case of vegans, they begin by postulating that animals
possess the same basic right to life as humans. They try to come into accord
with this idea by attempting (usually ineptly) to remove "animal products"
from their lives. But if animals truly have a "basic right to life", then
they must go further, because the food they buy in the markets and most
every product that benefits them entails the violation of many of these
alleged rights, and they are deliberately subsizing it all.


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In article .net>,
Jay Santos > wrote:

> wrote:
>
> > Ron wrote:
> >
> >>In article .net>,
> >> Jay Santos > wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>"If the spices I needed were available locally I would
> >>>[consume only locally grown produce]."
> >>>
> >>>- Skanky Carpetmuncher, 27 Dec 2004
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>The issue is why "vegans" don't make more effort not to
> >>>cause the death of animals. First we need to recap the
> >>>argument.
> >>
> >>Why, oh why can't vegans be perfect? Why, oh why can't all vegans

> >
> > live
> >
> >>up to your expectations for perfection?

> >
> >
> > It's not about anyone else's expectations. It's about vegans NOT
> > living by the "ethical" standards they claim to be following and which
> > most of them try to impose on others. It's no surprise you don't get
> > it, banbrains.

>
> K, this "Ron" isn't Banbrains. Mr. Dutch and I both
> initially thought it was, but it's not. Actually, he
> most resembles that ****wit JethroUK who was taking a
> shit all over the newsgroups last April-June. That was
> another sophomoric pseudo-philosopher that ****wit
> Harrison lured in from alt.philosophy; "Ron" is the
> latest. He's marginally better educated than JethroFW,
> but it is excruciatingly clear that he fancies himself
> a "philosopher" based on one or two lower division
> philosophy courses at a third tier college in Canada.


Well, when someone can find some academic references that humans must
conform to logical systems then, you'll have successfully made your
point. Until then, she just doesn't live up to your ideals of perfection.
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Ron wrote:

> In article .net>,
> Jay Santos > wrote:
>
>
wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Ron wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>In article .net>,
>>>>Jay Santos > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>"If the spices I needed were available locally I would
>>>>>[consume only locally grown produce]."
>>>>>
>>>>>- Skanky Carpetmuncher, 27 Dec 2004
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>The issue is why "vegans" don't make more effort not to
>>>>>cause the death of animals. First we need to recap the
>>>>>argument.
>>>>
>>>>Why, oh why can't vegans be perfect? Why, oh why can't all vegans
>>>
>>>live
>>>
>>>
>>>>up to your expectations for perfection?
>>>
>>>
>>>It's not about anyone else's expectations. It's about vegans NOT
>>>living by the "ethical" standards they claim to be following and which
>>>most of them try to impose on others. It's no surprise you don't get
>>>it, banbrains.

>>
>>K, this "Ron" isn't Banbrains. Mr. Dutch and I both
>>initially thought it was, but it's not. Actually, he
>>most resembles that ****wit JethroUK who was taking a
>>shit all over the newsgroups last April-June. That was
>>another sophomoric pseudo-philosopher that ****wit
>>Harrison lured in from alt.philosophy; "Ron" is the
>>latest. He's marginally better educated than JethroFW,
>>but it is excruciatingly clear that he fancies himself
>>a "philosopher" based on one or two lower division
>>philosophy courses at a third tier college in Canada.

>
>
> Well, when someone can find some academic references that humans must
> conform to logical systems


Strawman - I never said that, nor was it implied by
anything I wrote.

You just can't read for comprehension. You demonstrate
your inability with every post.
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> It's not about anyone else's expectations. It's about vegans NOT
> living by the "ethical" standards they claim to be following and which
> most of them try to impose on others. It's no surprise you don't get
> it, banbrains.


we do "get it" as I keep pointing out, it is you who do not

1) Vegans have proposed (and some do practice) "veganic agriculture"
(organic no animal products culture, and often no-dig) to reduce cds

2) We rarely live up to that standard because society imposes different
conditions due to less concern for animal welfare - this is a further case
for more veganism (not less). This is little different from slavery
abolitionists who still benefitted from the products of slavery, but didn't
keep slaves, and of course, opposed slavery. Like vegans, they were not
hypocrits, and it seems society eventually agreed that they were morally
right.

3) No reasonable case has been made that "pasture fed" (a very misleading
title) beef is better than vegan food in terms of cds - pasturing is
probably never any better than growing plants for direct consumption because
of the 90% loss of energy input (you need far more land available for
pasturing per calorie yielded). Worse "pasture fed" is very misleading as
such cattle can be fed quite high amounts of "concentrates". This includes
things like barley and corn, maybe up to 5 pounds daily, and on top of that
protein (some from dead fish or chicken) and vitamin supplements (in the UK
75% of land is already used for farming, much of which to grow animal feeds,
thus promoting more meat eating in the UK, or anywhere similar is a very bad
environmental move).

The Innu peoples and Tibetans (and similar) will probably need to keep
eating animals for practical reasons, most people in the West do not.


John


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John Coleman wrote:

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>>It's not about anyone else's expectations. It's about vegans NOT
>>living by the "ethical" standards they claim to be following and which
>>most of them try to impose on others. It's no surprise you don't get
>>it, banbrains.

>
>
> we do "get it" as I keep pointing out, it is you who do not


No, you do NOT "get it". You have formulated an
ethical absolute - "it is wrong to kill animals" - and
then you don't even ATTEMPT to abide by the dictates of
that alleged belief.

>
> 1) Vegans have proposed (and some do practice) "veganic agriculture"
> (organic no animal products culture, and often no-dig) to reduce cds


NO ONE, Coleman, avoids killing animals.

>
> 2) We rarely live up to that standard


You NEVER live up to that standard, Coleman, you
****ing idiot.

> because society imposes different
> conditions due to less concern for animal welfare


No. There you go again, blaming YOUR failure to abide
by YOUR alleged beliefs on others. That simply is not
tenable.

> - this is a further case for more veganism (not less).


NO, Coleman, you shitbag: it is PURELY a case for you
to abandon your unthinking, blind obedience to stupid
dogma.

The failure is entire on the shoulders of "vegans", and
no one else.

> This is little different from slavery


There is vast difference from slavery. You keep
telling the same lies.



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No, you, in particular, do not get it. Also, you haven't pointed out
anything to me, try to keep up.

1) "Some" vegans practicing "Veganic agriculture" (you made up that
non-word, didn't you), is irrelevant in reference to the specific vegan
whom this thread is about. YOU definitely DO NOT GET IT.

2) Blaming your own ethical failings on society is a cop-out and a
very weak one at that. Once again we witness the sick, twisted mindset
of an unethical vegan comparing animals killed in agriculture to
slavery. How long will it be before you bring up the Nazi concentration
camps, you pathetic slime?

3) What the hell does pasture-fed beef have to do with anything I
said? In any event, your unsupported claims are not evidence of
anything except your inability to support your claims. All you have is
an unsubstantiated collection of "probably's", "maybe's", "some's" and
"can be's". As far as intelligent debate is concerned, you are your own
worst enemy.

As for your last sentence: what does "need" have to do with
anything? If your position was based on any true ethical principles,
you would have no choice but to tell the Inuit and Tibetans they should
either:

a) move and adapt,

or

b) die

You have no ethics; just a self-gratifying, smug compulsion to tell
other people how to live their lives.

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Sophomore Ron wrote:

> In article .net>,
> Jay Santos > wrote:
>
>
>>"If the spices I needed were available locally I would
>>[consume only locally grown produce]."
>>
>>- Skanky Carpetmuncher, 27 Dec 2004
>>
>>
>>The issue is why "vegans" don't make more effort not to
>>cause the death of animals. First we need to recap the
>>argument.

>
>
> Why, oh why can't vegans be perfect?


Sophomore Ron, do believe sodomizing small children
with broom handles to be morally wrong? Yes or no,
Sophomore Ron - dispense with your usual blowhard windy
equivocation.

If you do, Sophomore Ron, do you think someone who
sodomizes small children with a broom handle only two
or three times a week is entitled to feel virtuous in
comparison with his neighbor who sodomizes small
children with a broom handle on a daily basis?
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> Sophomore Ron, do believe sodomizing small children
> with broom handles to be morally wrong? Yes or no,
> Sophomore Ron - dispense with your usual blowhard windy
> equivocation.
>
> If you do, Sophomore Ron, do you think someone who
> sodomizes small children with a broom handle only two
> or three times a week is entitled to feel virtuous in
> comparison with his neighbor who sodomizes small
> children with a broom handle on a daily basis?


Careful with this one Ron. He loves to talk about
sodomizing children and comparing it to meat
eating. Why he loves to talk about it I don't know.


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Scented Nectar wrote:
>>Sophomore Ron, do you believe sodomizing small children
>>with broom handles to be morally wrong? Yes or no,
>>Sophomore Ron - dispense with your usual blowhard windy
>>equivocation.
>>
>>If you do, Sophomore Ron, do you think someone who
>>sodomizes small children with a broom handle only two
>>or three times a week is entitled to feel virtuous in
>>comparison with his neighbor who sodomizes small
>>children with a broom handle on a daily basis?

>
>
> Careful with this one Ron.


Why does he need to be careful? It's a straightforward
question: Does he believe it is morally wrong, or not?

Is killing animals morally wrong, or not? If it's
wrong, then how can you set some non-zero amount of it
as acceptable?

You ****ing idiot. I told you twice, this isn't like
pollution. Polluting is not morally wrong, it's just
something that makes us all worse off than we would be
if there were no pollution. GIVEN that it is not
absolutely wrong to pollute, it is correct to view a
reduction in pollution as an improvement: we ARE
better off for having attained the reduction.

But ethical values are different; they're not
utilitarian. You can't legitimately call a reduction
in the amount of child sodomization YOU perform an
improvement, unless you stop doing it entirely.
Exactly analogously, you cannot call a reduction in the
killing of animals an "improvement", if you believe -
as you claim to believe - that killing animals is
absolutely wrong.

You very plainly are incapable of intelligent ethical
thinking.
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"Jay Santos" > wrote in message
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> Scented Nectar wrote:
> >>Sophomore Ron, do you believe sodomizing small children
> >>with broom handles to be morally wrong? Yes or no,
> >>Sophomore Ron - dispense with your usual blowhard windy
> >>equivocation.
> >>
> >>If you do, Sophomore Ron, do you think someone who
> >>sodomizes small children with a broom handle only two
> >>or three times a week is entitled to feel virtuous in
> >>comparison with his neighbor who sodomizes small
> >>children with a broom handle on a daily basis?

> >
> >
> > Careful with this one Ron.

>
> Why does he need to be careful? It's a straightforward
> question: Does he believe it is morally wrong, or not?


You seem to enjoy comparing child abuse
to meat eating. Since you approve of meat
eating, this makes me worry that you approve
of child abuse since you find it comparable.

> Is killing animals morally wrong, or not? If it's
> wrong, then how can you set some non-zero amount of it
> as acceptable?


It's like pollution...

> You ****ing idiot. I told you twice, this isn't like
> pollution. Polluting is not morally wrong, it's just
> something that makes us all worse off than we would be
> if there were no pollution. GIVEN that it is not
> absolutely wrong to pollute, it is correct to view a
> reduction in pollution as an improvement: we ARE
> better off for having attained the reduction.


Who are you to say whether pollution is morally
wrong or not? I would compare my views on
meateating to your pollution example.

> But ethical values are different; they're not
> utilitarian. You can't legitimately call a reduction
> in the amount of child sodomization YOU perform an
> improvement, unless you stop doing it entirely.
> Exactly analogously, you cannot call a reduction in the
> killing of animals an "improvement", if you believe -
> as you claim to believe - that killing animals is
> absolutely wrong.


First of all, I never have and never will abuse a child.
I hope the same goes for you. As far as cds caused
by the food industry, it's kinda like pollution...



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> You very plainly are incapable of intelligent ethical
> thinking.





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Scented Nectar wrote:

> "Jay Santos" > wrote in message
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>>Scented Nectar wrote:
>>
>>>>Sophomore Ron, do you believe sodomizing small children
>>>>with broom handles to be morally wrong? Yes or no,
>>>>Sophomore Ron - dispense with your usual blowhard windy
>>>>equivocation.
>>>>
>>>>If you do, Sophomore Ron, do you think someone who
>>>>sodomizes small children with a broom handle only two
>>>>or three times a week is entitled to feel virtuous in
>>>>comparison with his neighbor who sodomizes small
>>>>children with a broom handle on a daily basis?
>>>
>>>
>>>Careful with this one Ron.

>>
>>Why does he need to be careful? It's a straightforward
>>question: Does he believe it is morally wrong, or not?

>
>
> You seem to enjoy comparing child abuse
> to meat eating.


The analogy is appropriate. Both involve things that
some people say are absolutely wrong. If something is
absolutely wrong, there is no ethical room for anyone
to do any of it.

>>Is killing animals morally wrong, or not? If it's
>>wrong, then how can you set some non-zero amount of it
>>as acceptable?

>
>
> It's like pollution...


No, it isn't like pollution at all, dummy. That was
the whole point of bringing up pollution. Pollution
isn't morally wrong, it's just undesirable from a
utilitarian standpoint.

>
>
>>You ****ing idiot. I told you twice, this isn't like
>>pollution. Polluting is not morally wrong, it's just
>>something that makes us all worse off than we would be
>>if there were no pollution. GIVEN that it is not
>>absolutely wrong to pollute, it is correct to view a
>>reduction in pollution as an improvement: we ARE
>>better off for having attained the reduction.

>
>
> Who are you to say whether pollution is morally
> wrong or not?


It isn't. No one views it as morally wrong.

>
>>But ethical values are different; they're not
>>utilitarian. You can't legitimately call a reduction
>>in the amount of child sodomization YOU perform an
>>improvement, unless you stop doing it entirely.
>>Exactly analogously, you cannot call a reduction in the
>>killing of animals an "improvement", if you believe -
>>as you claim to believe - that killing animals is
>>absolutely wrong.

>
>
> First of all, I never have and never will abuse a child.


Why not? You could, and apparently you still would
feel good about yourself, just so long as you were
abusing a child less often than someone else, or
perhaps less often than you did last year.

That was the whole point of the example.
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> > You seem to enjoy comparing child abuse
> > to meat eating.

>
> The analogy is appropriate. Both involve things that
> some people say are absolutely wrong. If something is
> absolutely wrong, there is no ethical room for anyone
> to do any of it.


> > It's like pollution...

>
> No, it isn't like pollution at all, dummy. That was
> the whole point of bringing up pollution. Pollution
> isn't morally wrong, it's just undesirable from a
> utilitarian standpoint.


But it is like pollution. Less polution benefits the
human animal as well as other lifeforms. Less
land taken from nature to grow excessive crop
needs benefit humans and animals too.

> > Who are you to say whether pollution is morally
> > wrong or not?

>
> It isn't. No one views it as morally wrong.


I do. I think it's morally wrong to do what many
big companies do to the air and water. Any
effort to lessen damage on their part would
be a good thing in my view.




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Jay Santos > wrote in news:2LYzd.4737$qf5.66
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Didn't really want to jump into this thread, but this is too ridiculous to
ignore.

> But ethical values are different; they're not
> utilitarian.


There are a good many utilitarian ethicists who would disagree with you. In
fact, utilitarianism is the dominant, though not the only, approach to
moral reasoning, especially in Anglo-American academia.

Furthermore, not only utilitarians, but many ethicists favoring other
approaches, such as deontologists, would adopt some form of the "least
harm" rule. Sometimes doing no harm is not an available option. And
sometimes causing less of one harm may cause more of another. Thus the
rule, "do the least harm, all things considered, that the circumstances and
available choices permit."

> Polluting is not morally wrong, it's just
> something that makes us all worse off than we would be
> if there were no pollution.


Anything that may make anyone worse off or better off is by definition a
moral issue.

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In article >,
"Scented Nectar" > wrote:

> > Sophomore Ron, do believe sodomizing small children
> > with broom handles to be morally wrong? Yes or no,
> > Sophomore Ron - dispense with your usual blowhard windy
> > equivocation.
> >
> > If you do, Sophomore Ron, do you think someone who
> > sodomizes small children with a broom handle only two
> > or three times a week is entitled to feel virtuous in
> > comparison with his neighbor who sodomizes small
> > children with a broom handle on a daily basis?

>
> Careful with this one Ron. He loves to talk about
> sodomizing children and comparing it to meat
> eating. Why he loves to talk about it I don't know.


Meat eating is the sign of latent homosexuality.

Shh. You'll scare them away and I'm on a membership drive. Didn't you
get the memo. roflmao
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> Meat eating is the sign of latent homosexuality.
>
> Shh. You'll scare them away and I'm on a membership drive. Didn't you
> get the memo. roflmao


LOL Good luck. You get an extra chalk mark
on the wall for bedding a phobic troll! That's
a hard one to do (pun happened).


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In article .net>,
Jay Santos > wrote:

> Sophomore Ron wrote:
>
> > In article .net>,
> > Jay Santos > wrote:
> >
> >
> >>"If the spices I needed were available locally I would
> >>[consume only locally grown produce]."
> >>
> >>- Skanky Carpetmuncher, 27 Dec 2004
> >>
> >>
> >>The issue is why "vegans" don't make more effort not to
> >>cause the death of animals. First we need to recap the
> >>argument.

> >
> >
> > Why, oh why can't vegans be perfect?

>
> Sophomore Ron, do believe sodomizing small children
> with broom handles to be morally wrong? Yes or no,
> Sophomore Ron - dispense with your usual blowhard windy
> equivocation.
>
> If you do, Sophomore Ron, do you think someone who
> sodomizes small children with a broom handle only two
> or three times a week is entitled to feel virtuous in
> comparison with his neighbor who sodomizes small
> children with a broom handle on a daily basis?


That you equate veganism and forced sexual violence together is somewhat
concerning. In fact, all of your analogies seem to place her choice to
avoid meat where possible with such actions.

If the choice to avoid meat where possible is on par with sexual
violence, I guess that the choice to eat meat is on the same level.
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Ron wrote:
> In article .net>,
> Jay Santos > wrote:
>
>
>>Sophomore Ron wrote:
>>
>>
>>>In article .net>,
>>> Jay Santos > wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>"If the spices I needed were available locally I would
>>>>[consume only locally grown produce]."
>>>>
>>>>- Skanky Carpetmuncher, 27 Dec 2004
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>The issue is why "vegans" don't make more effort not to
>>>>cause the death of animals. First we need to recap the
>>>>argument.
>>>
>>>
>>>Why, oh why can't vegans be perfect?

>>
>>Sophomore Ron, do you believe sodomizing small children
>>with broom handles to be morally wrong? Yes or no,
>>Sophomore Ron - dispense with your usual blowhard windy
>>equivocation.
>>
>>If you do, Sophomore Ron, do you think someone who
>>sodomizes small children with a broom handle only two
>>or three times a week is entitled to feel virtuous in
>>comparison with his neighbor who sodomizes small
>>children with a broom handle on a daily basis?

>
>
> That you equate veganism and forced sexual violence


I asked you to respond with a yes or a no, sophomoric
shitbag. "Yes or no, Sophomore Ron - dispense with
your usual blowhard windy equivocation."

Answer the question, Sophomore Ron, and answer it with
a yes or a no: Do you believe sodomizing small
children with broom handles to be morally wrong? Yes
or no, shitbag; no one is interested in your sophistry.
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In article et>,
Jay Santos > wrote:

> Ron wrote:
> > In article .net>,
> > Jay Santos > wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Sophomore Ron wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>In article .net>,
> >>> Jay Santos > wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>"If the spices I needed were available locally I would
> >>>>[consume only locally grown produce]."
> >>>>
> >>>>- Skanky Carpetmuncher, 27 Dec 2004
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>The issue is why "vegans" don't make more effort not to
> >>>>cause the death of animals. First we need to recap the
> >>>>argument.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>Why, oh why can't vegans be perfect?
> >>
> >>Sophomore Ron, do you believe sodomizing small children
> >>with broom handles to be morally wrong? Yes or no,
> >>Sophomore Ron - dispense with your usual blowhard windy
> >>equivocation.
> >>
> >>If you do, Sophomore Ron, do you think someone who
> >>sodomizes small children with a broom handle only two
> >>or three times a week is entitled to feel virtuous in
> >>comparison with his neighbor who sodomizes small
> >>children with a broom handle on a daily basis?

> >
> >
> > That you equate veganism and forced sexual violence

>
> I asked you to respond with a yes or a no, sophomoric
> shitbag. "Yes or no, Sophomore Ron - dispense with
> your usual blowhard windy equivocation."
>
> Answer the question, Sophomore Ron, and answer it with
> a yes or a no: Do you believe sodomizing small
> children with broom handles to be morally wrong? Yes
> or no, shitbag; no one is interested in your sophistry.


Do you? Do you do everything possible in furtherance of this belief? NO?
You're having a discussion with me. Obviously, you are spending time
here rather than following through on your *belief* (ahem) that this
behaviour is wrong. I am only left to one conclusion: you don't believe
that this wrong, otherwise you COULD and WOULD do more.

Shame. She lets some animals die. You let children get sodomized.
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Ron wrote:

> In article et>,
> Jay Santos > wrote:
>
>
>>Ron wrote:
>>
>>>In article .net>,
>>> Jay Santos > wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Sophomore Ron wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>In article .net>,
>>>>>Jay Santos > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>"If the spices I needed were available locally I would
>>>>>>[consume only locally grown produce]."
>>>>>>
>>>>>>- Skanky Carpetmuncher, 27 Dec 2004
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>The issue is why "vegans" don't make more effort not to
>>>>>>cause the death of animals. First we need to recap the
>>>>>>argument.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Why, oh why can't vegans be perfect?
>>>>
>>>>Sophomore Ron, do you believe sodomizing small children
>>>>with broom handles to be morally wrong? Yes or no,
>>>>Sophomore Ron - dispense with your usual blowhard windy
>>>>equivocation.
>>>>
>>>>If you do, Sophomore Ron, do you think someone who
>>>>sodomizes small children with a broom handle only two
>>>>or three times a week is entitled to feel virtuous in
>>>>comparison with his neighbor who sodomizes small
>>>>children with a broom handle on a daily basis?
>>>
>>>
>>>That you equate veganism and forced sexual violence

>>
>>I asked you to respond with a yes or a no, sophomoric
>>shitbag. "Yes or no, Sophomore Ron - dispense with
>>your usual blowhard windy equivocation."
>>
>>Answer the question, Sophomore Ron, and answer it with
>>a yes or a no: Do you believe sodomizing small
>>children with broom handles to be morally wrong? Yes
>>or no, shitbag; no one is interested in your sophistry.

>
>
> Do you?


Answer the question, shitbag. Do you believe
sodomizing small children with broom handles to be
morally wrong?

Answer yes or no, shitbag. No one is interested in
reading yet more of your trite sophistry.
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In article .net>,
Jay Santos > wrote:

> Ron wrote:
>
> > In article et>,
> > Jay Santos > wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Ron wrote:
> >>
> >>>In article .net>,
> >>> Jay Santos > wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Sophomore Ron wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>In article .net>,
> >>>>>Jay Santos > wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>"If the spices I needed were available locally I would
> >>>>>>[consume only locally grown produce]."
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>- Skanky Carpetmuncher, 27 Dec 2004
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>The issue is why "vegans" don't make more effort not to
> >>>>>>cause the death of animals. First we need to recap the
> >>>>>>argument.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Why, oh why can't vegans be perfect?
> >>>>
> >>>>Sophomore Ron, do you believe sodomizing small children
> >>>>with broom handles to be morally wrong? Yes or no,
> >>>>Sophomore Ron - dispense with your usual blowhard windy
> >>>>equivocation.
> >>>>
> >>>>If you do, Sophomore Ron, do you think someone who
> >>>>sodomizes small children with a broom handle only two
> >>>>or three times a week is entitled to feel virtuous in
> >>>>comparison with his neighbor who sodomizes small
> >>>>children with a broom handle on a daily basis?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>That you equate veganism and forced sexual violence
> >>
> >>I asked you to respond with a yes or a no, sophomoric
> >>shitbag. "Yes or no, Sophomore Ron - dispense with
> >>your usual blowhard windy equivocation."
> >>
> >>Answer the question, Sophomore Ron, and answer it with
> >>a yes or a no: Do you believe sodomizing small
> >>children with broom handles to be morally wrong? Yes
> >>or no, shitbag; no one is interested in your sophistry.

> >
> >
> > Do you?

>
> Answer the question, shitbag. Do you believe
> sodomizing small children with broom handles to be
> morally wrong?
>
> Answer yes or no, shitbag. No one is interested in
> reading yet more of your trite sophistry.


We both must think it okay. Since we have time to discuss anything here.
Since neither of us is championing the poor broomed children, we must
not view it as objectively or absolutely wrong. Since neither of us is
doing everything possible, we both must think it okay. Since both of us
are not doing everything possible, we both must be complicit.

Join the club, wit**** or bagshit, or whatever those cute expressions are

roflmao


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