Scroll down a little and you’ll find a post with seven comments. I tried to make the distinction between arguments for becoming a vegetarian and the reason I became one because they aren’t necessarily the same. My replies were obviously inadequate (I was pointedly avoiding making a broad argument for vegetarianism) even though I was really trying! It was frustrating but I think it illustrates why blogging can be valuable. It forces you to focus on what is said, not meant, or implied or anything which forces you to try to be clear and structured. In debates on butterflies and wheels, I was often astounded by how people were interpreting what I was writing. Conversation can be better; particularly if you are sympathetic to the person or what is being said, but so many other things are going on in a conversation -body language, sucking up etc- that progress can be elusive.
Anyway, I guess I should actually make a proper case for vegetarianism now. Well, soon.
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