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