Reply #36: Look at the intolerance you just displayed.

[Devils Advocate NZ]

I never said I have "no problem with their torture" but you accuse me of it because you have no other valid argument. In fact I abhor inhumane treatment of animals, but that doesn't mean I am going to torture myself by not eating meat.

The human body requires meat, no matter how much vegetarians may deny that fact, and I see no reason not to eat it. But as a consumer, I campaign to have the treatment of farm animals made more humane (where necessary). An analogy might be that I abhor the pollution of the atmosphere, and campaign to have such pollution halted, but I see no reason to stop breathing air.

To address your argument in more detail, what you are saying is it is perfectly alright for Clete to be intolerant of others (ie meat eaters) because she tries not to support the meat industry, even though, in the end, she supports them as well. You are condoning intolerance and hypocrisy merely because she tries to practise what she preaches.

Then, you accuse me of having no problem with the torture of animals merely because I point out the hypocrisy of her position, and the intolerant nature of her comments. How tolerant of you.