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Quote by: StrongHeartsWin  The point I saw you attempting to make was that he was a hypocrite -- and not that he was just plain wrong or ignorant. The latter is the correct point. You were trying to paint him as a hypocritical vegetarian. That charge can`t stick because he is NOT a vegetarian. Saying someone eats meat but is a vegetarian is like saying someone is pregnant but not expecting.
Being wrong in a claim does not make one hypocritical. It just makes one wrong.
Now, if he were a confessed flesh eater not claiming to be a vegetarian but said it is wrong to eat flesh and everyone should be a vegetarian, then that would make him hypocritical. As it is now, he is just a flesh eater ignorant on what it means to be a vegetarian. | He is a confessed flesh eater, telling the world his diet for shooting The Machinist. Yet he also claims to have been a vegetarian on ethical grounds since he was 9 years old. Does hypocrasy require the hypocrite to understand their untenable position, or is ignorance an excuse?
Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.
Winston Churchill |