Kirt: >> >> If you are so >> >> concerned with the hypocrisy you perceive in non-vegans, Ellie: >This conversation is giving me a headache. To repeat, I was judged on >moral grounds according to someone elses definition of mercy. There is >nothing hypocritical about my eating animals. Others may not believe in >mercy killing, but those who do have every right to use the word mercy >in that context. >As a last thought, perhaps vegans are killing themselves by not eating >animal food, and if death comes as a result of degerative disease, it may >be anything but merciful. Of couse there is a difference between merciful and unmerciful killing. MK is done with despatch. UK is called torture in other contexts. Regards, Lynton