But that definitions-are-sacred argument IS often used by anti-SSM posters on this board.
Oh; and my main problem with Vegans is that as a long time science fiction reader it just sounds wrong to call someone that if they aren’t from Vega. Sort of as if some dietary group called themselves Klingons.
I’m guessing it refers to Same-Sex Marriage.
HEY! We should enshrine the definition in law! Don’t you DARE call it an SSM if you’re using it to shoot down MiGs!
Yeah, I can see that.
Still don’t care though. No one’s trying to force the definition of “taco” into Law.
Ooooh! :smack:
That’s not related to veganism, and now he just comes off as a ranting lunatic.
Who comes off as a ranting lunatic?
No, I don’t think so. His point was that we’re using a lot of “the word “taco” means something, dammit, you can’t call it a taco if there’s not a corn or flour based shell!” logic here, the same as SSM haters often say, “the word marriage means something, dammit, you can’t call it a marriage if there’s not a man and a woman!”
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Yeah, I see it, I just don’t see it as sufficient reason to abrogate human rights, 'sall. If you mean to say that a married male couple calling themselves married is annoying and you wish they wouldn’t, well then…okay. But as no one’s trying to legally stop the OP’s wife from calling her creation a taco or gaining legal protections and benefits otherwise claimed by tacos with a shell, the situations aren’t equivalent, as **Rhythmdvl **acknowledges in his post.
It’s pointing out an insight into thought process, not claiming we’re all hypocrites…I think.
Thanks WhyNot. That’s pretty much it in a nutshell. I never quite got (and still don’t, really) most anti-SSM arguments or how anyone could really give two tacos what’s happening down the street. I was just pointing out that this thread/topic game me a faint understanding of what’s going on at the visceral, emotional level in their heads.
Okay, I understand now, and offer my apologies for the lunatical claims. First there was no context (define acronyms, please!), and then it seemed out of place, but I do see what you meant now.
I think you’ve got that backwards.
The first nutrition site I went to (which I don’t vouch for or link to) listed the protein for a one cup measure thusly:
Sunflower seeds: 27g
Black Walnuts: 30g
Garbanzos (canned): 12g
Black beans (canned): 15g
I’d guess those protein amounts are related to now much water is in beans vs nuts, and how much mass is in a cup of each one.
Only on the Dope can a “Dammit, vegans!” mini-rant reach out to bring gay rights into the fold. I love this place. Also, I want a taco. (A real one.)
Get two tacos and we’ll be back into SSM territory again.
That’s just wrong. A sausage taco is the way God intended.
Aren’t fish tacos very popular somewhere in California?
Yup, and they are yum!
And why the vegan hatred of cheese anyway? It’s not they kill cows to get milk.
I was always under the impression it was the killing of an animal that made animal products off-limits to them.
It’s only really an appropriate comparison if you were expecting to marry your blushing bride, but when you get to the church there’s a big hairy dude waiting for you at the altar.
They view some of the practices of the dairy industry (such as hormone treatment to force milk production) as abusive.
Some vegans view any use of animal products as exploitive. That’s why even honey can be verboten.
D’oh, missed runner pat’s post. Sorry.
There’s also this guy.
What I hate about how my mother makes tacos – she doesn’t like spicy and/or hot foods, so she uses sloppy joe seasoning. It still tastes good if you put on all the condiments, but it’s not the same.