How not to change my mind
Monday, March 29th, 2010I am confounded! Twice this past week I have read articles about individuals lashing out violently at people around them because they disagree with someone’s life choices, and in these cases, life choices involving the food.
The first incident involved Lierre Keith’s author of “The Vegetarian Myth”. So-called militant vegans attacked her at a recent speaking engagement and threw pies filled with cayenne pepper in her face. A video of the pieing can be seen here on YouTube. The second incident took place right here in Indiana, when a knife wielding vegetarian destroyed and contaminated packages of meat in a grocery store. Police had to be called because the man threatened employees at the store with the knife when they attempted to stop him. According to the article, his reasoning for the attack was “to save little girls from food he believes would make them chubby.” (more…)
