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|    George Plimpton to All    |
|    Re: The First Vegetarian Thanksgiving -     |
|    07 Oct 13 17:43:16    |
      XPost: alt.fan.jai-maharaj, soc.culture.indian, alt.religion.hindu       XPost: alt.animals.ethics.vegetarian, alt.animals.rights.promotion,       soc.culture.usa       From: george@si.not              On 10/7/2013 3:18 PM, Fuckwit David Harrison - *Gloo* - stupid,       illiterate cracker and convicted felon, defeated entirely in 1999 and       doing nothing but wasting time ever since, confessed and *lost again*:              > On 10/4/2013 2:03 PM, George Plimpton wrote:       >> On 10/4/2013 1:04 PM, Fuckwit David Harrison - *Gloo* - stupid,       >> illiterate cracker and convicted felon, defeated entirely in 1999 and       >> doing nothing but wasting time ever since, confessed and *lost again*:       >>       >>> On 10/3/2013 6:35 PM, George Plimpton wrote:       >>>> On 10/3/2013 4:00 PM, Fuckwit David Harrison - *Gloo* - stupid,       >>>> illiterate cracker and convicted felon, defeated entirely in 1999 and       >>>> doing nothing but wasting time ever since, confessed and *lost again*:       >>>>       >>>>> On 10/2/2013 1:23 PM, George Plimpton wrote:       >>>>>> On 10/2/2013 12:22 PM, Fuckwit David Harrison - *Gloo* - stupid,       >>>>>> illiterate cracker and convicted felon, defeated entirely in 1999 and       >>>>>> doing nothing but wasting time ever since, confessed and *lost again*:       >>>>>>       >>>>>>> We could also consider that animals       >>>>>>> raised for food aren't simply "killed" as the animals in crop fields       >>>>>>> are, but       >>>>>>> instead they experience whatever life they do, some of them good and       >>>>>>> some of       >>>>>>> them not good, ONLY because humans raise them for food.       >>>>>>       >>>>>> Meaningless. Their "experiencing" of life is not morally       >>>>>> considerable.       >>>>>> It has no moral importance at all.       >>>>>>       >>>>>> This is what I meant by you having no case, Fuckwit. While what you       >>>>>> wrote is true, it is trivial. It has no bearing on the ethical       >>>>>> decision       >>>>>> of whether or not we *ought* to raise animals for food. It offers no       >>>>>> clarity or ethical guidance at all. It's a complete waste of time.       >>>>>>       >>>>>> You have no case. You are not a man.       >>>>>       >>>>> Why don't you feel that way about considering the killing       >>>>       >>>> Because the animal was alive up to the point it was killed, Fuckwit.       >>>> *Once* it is alive, then its life has moral meaning. Merely having some       >>>> prospect of existing has no moral meaning.       >>>       >>> ONLY because it was raised for food       >>       >> Irrelevant, of course.       >       > Less irrelevant than              No, it's just irrelevant - period.                     >>>> *Once* it is alive, then its life has moral meaning.       >>>       >>> "the "getting to experience life" deserves NO moral       >>> consideration              Right. "getting to experience life", of course, means "coming into       existence." It does *NOT* mean continued existence, *Gloo*. We're       comparing coming into existence - "getting to experience life", in your       shitty way of putting it - with *never* existing. Coming into existence       is not a benefit - period. I've explained it, and you agree.              *Continuing* to exist, once one already exists, is something else.       That's why killing the animal deserves a *LOT* of moral consideration,       *Gloo*.              *Gloo*, you keep trying to play word games with me, and you *KNOW* you       can't win them. You can't win them, *Gloo*, because I'm smarter than       you, I'm more intelligent than you, I'm more articulate than you, and I       understand language *FAR* above your cracker limitation. You are       *SOOOOOO* far below me when it comes to use of language, *Gloo*, that       you don't have any hope of beating me.                     >>>> I get this, and you don't.       >>>       >>> If you think you do then       >>       >> I do, and you don't. You've admitted it.       >>       >> You are not a man.       >       > Then try explaining              I have explained exactly how coming into existence - "getting to       experience life", LOL - is not a benefit, and you have *agreed* with it,       *Gloo*. You were *forced* to agree with it, *Gloo* - you had no choice.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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