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Originally posted by Captain Sammitch:
I've read it. It's got angles, all right. And they're most [i] I'm not saying your argument isn't valid, Matt, I'm just saying its implications are not universally applicable and the core elements of the argument are not set forth in an objective way that takes the opposition into account. It's very easy to knock something you've distanced yourself from. It becomes a little harder sometimes once you start to see where folks are coming from.
Didn't you read my earlier posts? I know where your average meat-eater is coming from. I have little difficulty whatsoever relating to the average meat-eater, Cap. Like I mentioned earlier, I have only been a vegan for about 2 years now. I spent the first 30 years of my life eating animals and animal by-products, so I definitely find it easy to take the "opposition into account". And that's one of the things I ALWAYS try to stress when i'm talking to people about veganism/animal rights. I'm just a regular joe--- i'm not some hippie radical type. I'm not a vegan just because i love cuddly wuddly lil' critters. I was blind-sided by pure REASON, not emotion. I'm just a regular guy who became a vegan after reading a massive amount of info on the subject from a variety of sources.