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organicAnt  ·  3693 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Hey, let's have a discussion about eating meat

I'm waiting for the discussion to begin. I think I've made my point clear, I await the counter-arguments... while watching cute videos of jumping goats : )





_refugee_  ·  3693 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I think you were over the top and self righteous and that's all I need to say about it.

organicAnt  ·  3693 days ago  ·  link  ·  

So much easier to attack the messenger than to refute an argument.

pseydtonne  ·  3693 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I will ask you one last time: what is your argument? Until you answer this, you have no argument.

organicAnt  ·  3692 days ago  ·  link  ·  

If you can't find it in my comments in this thread I can't help you.

pseydtonne  ·  3692 days ago  ·  link  ·  

You had sent it only after I sent my bolded request. You also know that I now have your three questions, since I answered #3.

Note that three questions are not an argument. They're the closest thing you have provided to an argument, so we've been working with them. They seem to boil down to "it's cute, so how could you possibly eat it?"

As you've seen, our answers vary. However it doesn't feel like an argument -- it feels like you've been manipulated and you want to manipulate us accordingly.

I have cats. I know what cute means. Cute means "I'd eat you if I were slightly bigger". Cute is a trick. It's a plot by Whitey. It's how you get away with murder.

Oh, and goats are absolutely delicious. Once you've seen them eat everything in their path, you can hardly wait to slow-cook one.

pseydtonne  ·  3693 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It sounds like you have a different meaning of discussion. Since this is Hubski, I shan't mock you or quote The Princess Bride. Instead I shall ask you what you want, not what you mean.

You are waiting for something. Is it antagonism? Agreement? Praise? Do you just want to be right? There are other parts of the internet for that.

You claim to have made your point clear. None of us can figure out your point, and we've all said this. We have only heard negatives: you have posited nothing.

Your approach has probably been crafted by growing up online. You walk into an angry room and can't wait for the pile-on. I spent enough of my life in mosh pits to know the type. You have a ton of energy and you need people to take it out of you so you can feel alive.

This is Hubski. We do not work that way. You will become a pariah.

Imagine Hubski is a quiet lounge surrounded by bookshelves. There is no fighting here. There are nice chesterfields. The stand-up ash trays from 75 years ago have been turned into cell phone holders. Cognac sits in a decanter, ice cubes and iced tea for those that need to get back to work soon.

If you have a position, a forward statement about what you seek, then please make it. "Meat is for losers" is not positive -- it's ad hominem. If you cannot boil it down to a single paragraph that does not create a proper discussion, then you have failed to meet the prima facia burden.

You wanna tangle? Take it outside. I won't be joining you.