In regards to eating meat

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Exactly what I was thinking. Sounds like there's some prejudice entering the conversation. There was no need to bring up fanaticism or what some people perceive as fanaticism. @ndy didn't even say anything about being a vegetarian or a total raw vegan. He just wants to be able to eat raw fruits and veggies. We vegans have just as much right to offer our opinions as everyone else, and he can choose which advice he wishes to use. Why does the conversation have to turn into a vegan-bashing?

I'm sorry, but where was the "bashing" part of the post?

It's fine to disagree about diet. But to seize every mention of vegetarianism to bring up fanaticism, equating every raw vegan with religious fervor, is prejudiced and disrespectful.

Prejudiced how? And disrespectful to whom? I have a right to my own opinion, and I believe that people have a right to hear that opinion.

Are Pickle's and my stories "raving" testimonials?

Why do you and Pickle seem to think that I am talking about you when I am not? We've established over and over again that I do not think you are "fanatics" or "zealots" or whatever you think I am calling you. I think you and Pickle are two fine, dandy, intelligent, and interesting individuals. At least as far as one could surmise through some Internet conversations. Please, stop taking it personally. I am not talking about you.

I mean, really, based on our conversation yesterday, you must really think I am some kind of psychopath or something.

If I am responding directly to somebody's post I will use the quote function. Making a post in a thread does not necessarily mean I have read the whole thing. Sometimes, I may even change my mind or get a new idea, so it is good to pay attention to the timestamps. I may even go back and edit a previous post after I have come to new information. Sometimes I write a post to nobody in particular, but instead thinking of a "future" person reading the thread for the first time. Sometimes I am happy, sometimes I am sad, sometimes I am drinking wine.

Folks, a forum like this IS 4D. Viewing it from a 3D linear time standpoint is folly.