Archive for the 'Food and Diet' Category

Veggies and Meat

Sunday, October 29th, 2006

The Vegetarian Dilemma

I am not a vegetarian because I love animals; I am a vegetarian because I hate plants.

– A. Whitney Brown

Here’s the problem. Coming from someone who swerves to avoid moths and caterpillars on the road, this might sound a bit strange. But it occurred to me that the ‘compassion for animals’ argument […]

Innocent Soybeans

Sunday, October 29th, 2006

Macabre Soybean Practices

Alright. Another little thought on vegetarianism. Does it strike anyone as weird that we take perfectly cute little soybeans, pluck them from the vine, take them to a factory, and chop and smoosh and flavor them until we can form them into a patty which eerily resembles meat? Then we […]