killswitch, if you claim not to have those views I seem to think you have then don't present yourself that way. Any ad hominems I might have made are only arguments to what I thought the points you brough up were. If cambell doesn't have anything to do with what you originally said, then don't bring him up.
In fact, I suspect this whole discussion wouldn't even have started if you actually would use a way of writing that was your own in the first post. (I'm not saying I don't like fancy words, it's just that it feels highly unnatural given your other posts.)
My argument is toward the killswitch who says that 'but fine, if minotaurs are not beasts that must be contended with' giving the impression that the previous post was about minotaurs being beasts to be contended with, rather then about how minotaurs are mysterious beast that shouldn't be as clean as a civilised person but should still groom themselves. People usually repeat their arguments.
As for the other question:
Minotaurs are animals. All Animals, civilised, tame and wild, groom themselves. Minotaurs should groom themselves.
Wild animals have parasites. Wild Minotaurs should have parasites.
So, Minotaurs should be clean enough that heavy dirt like blood doesn't stick to them, but they should still be possible carriers of diseases and parasites.
In fact, I say they probly will be.