You are wrong to say that the middle-east occupation is not a vegan issue

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Vegans care about the planet and the suffering of other, especially the

down-trodden the oppressed. So certainly other vegans on this list will want to

know what is happening, and what they can do about it.

 

michelle

 

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Michelle Galin wrote:

>Vegans care about the planet and the suffering of other, especially the

>down-trodden the oppressed. So certainly other vegans on this list will

>want to know what is happening, and what they can do about it.

 

Michelle, your message is off-topic and does not belong here. The first

part of your message is probably correct in most cases: most vegans have

probably chosen veganism for ethical reasons, and if they care about

animals, in most cases they probably also care about people (we, too, are

animals). But the second part is wrong. It does *not* follow that others

will want to hear about middle-east politics *on this list*, unless it

directly relates to veganism. The whole point of a mailing list is to have

a very focused discussion, and your messages typically do not focus on

veganism. I am interested in middle-east politics, and I read about

middle-east politics, but I'm *not* interested in reading about that *on

this list*.

 

In my opinion, people who persistently post off-topic messages on mailing

lists should be removed from the list (after due warning) by the list

owner. This is not censorship. It is merely a response to a breach of list

etiquette.

 

Gerry