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Old 03-07-2007, 10:56 AM posted to talk.politics.animals,uk.environment.conservation,misc.rural,uk.rec.gardening,alt.animals.ethics.vegetarian
Gloria Gloria is offline
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Default Now even spiders, squid and lobsters could have rights, and about time too!

On Tue, 03 Jul 2007 08:50:14 GMT, "Dutch" wrote:

"Rupert" wrote
On Jul 3, 2:53 pm, "Dutch" wrote:
"Rupert" wrote in message


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If the intended conclusion is "therefore, you have no valid
criticisms
of the status quo", then it certainly is a fallacy. You
apparently
acknowledge this below.

The intended conclusion is "those who live in glass houses should
not
throw
stones".

Get more specific.

Those whose comfortable lifestyles and diets depend upon the
systematic
harming of animals do not have moral standing to criticize others.

Right. So you don't have the moral standing to criticize anyone at
all. Is that the story?

No, stupid. I don't have the standing to criticize people for doing
essentially what I do myself. If I do so I become a hypocrite.


I don't agree with you that the people you're debating on this
newsgroup are doing that in any sense which you're not.


That was just another one of your argumentative statements. I don't
criticize people's diets and lifestyles here.


You're constantly doing just that. You're an argumentative, natural
bully and you don't even realise it.