Do you agree with Richard Dawkins?

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Bolding is mine...I'm sure I've quote mined you somehow.

I was clearly not saying you said those things. I was explaining how those statements were likely to be interpreted by people reading them. I don't understand how you could be confused by that. It's incredibly simple.

I get that you dislike your personal interpretation of "my position" so much that you're infecting my words with your own biases. That's not helpful for furthering the conversation. Insults and smilies jerkin' it so right do make you seem the more intelligent of us, though, so maybe I'm in the wrong here.

Nope, no moral obligation, no argument and no explanation (because none is required, and it isn't an issue of morality).

Could you explain how it isn't an issue of morality? I've covered why it so obviously is an issue of morality before (all it takes is people claiming that it is). What is it that you feel makes something an issue of morality?

I could say that rape isn't an issue of morality, but you'd most likely disagree (and think me stupid for saying it). Why is rape an issue of morality? Because some people say it is. That's seriously all it takes.

Note that I'm not offering any judgments here or arguing for one side or the other. I'm only questioning why you don't consider this to be in the realm of morality at all.

I eat, some of the things I eat once drew breath. That's as far as it goes. It isn't that I don't care, because what would there be to care (or not care) about?

Note: bolded for emphasis.

If you're looking for the arguments different vegans have for veganism, you'll find a variety of them in plenty of places online. Just hit up Mr. Googs with a phrase like "why should I go vegan?" and he'll help you out. If you're not concerned with learning what "the enemy" thinks, I'm not sure what the point of what you wrote is.