No, not at all. But I think it's an untenably extreme position to impose on someone from without, in practice. We all have to find our own ways to maintain control. If some people try to hold themselves apart, that's their right. It's...

[He pauses, trying to think exactly how he wants to put it.]

Someone chooses to fast regularly, out of piety. They find it spiritually enriching; find it enhances their life. Very good. But if you observe that result and then forcefully take other people's food away, most of them won't find it spiritually enriching. They'll just be hungry. And hunger will make some portion of them reckless and substantially less serene.