You are inncorrect that it appears only once. Here is another example, beyond the one you already linked to previously which said "Humans are omnivores, which doesn't mean we HAVE to eat both plants and animals. It means we can survive on either" {link}", taken from the Vegan Society pages :Originally Posted by Mahk View Post
Even more perplexing for you is that the Vegan Society completely agrees with me for the exact same reason: science.
"Answers to Some of Those Tricky Questions/Challenges
"Eating meat is natural"
Vegan Society response: "Human beings are omnivores and don't need to kill other beings in order to live healthily - eating meat is no more natural than not eating meat."
[emphasis mine] Both are equally natural, then.
This, above, is from their most recent Winter 2009 newsletter, The Vegan, and is also linked to from their site directly, so it is quite up to date in reflecting their current stance.
Not enough? OK, here's yet another:
"Vegan Basics - FAQ's
Question: Aren't humans naturally meat eaters?
Answer: Human nature includes traits such as stealing and lying - this doesn't make these morally right." [emphasis mine]
Bingo! We have a winner! They nailed it right there. Rather than denying that humans steal, lie, kill etc they simply just admit it. The reason we shouldn't do these things is because of morals, not because it is against human's natural biological design.
It's no slip, Korn, it's them accepting current scientific wisdom. Humans can and do sometimes eat animal matter making them omnivores, not herbivores. Every single person in this thread, I believe, has at one point done so for that matter. [Unless there is a vebra here. (vegan since birth)]that statement could be seen only as the same kind of slip they had a while ago where they defined 'vegan' based on what people ate only.
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