Spring Break
Beware the plant eaters
By: Vineet Tiruvadi
Issue date: 7/21/08 Section: Opinion
Battered and broken, they may then pull out a picture of a "cute" animal and mention the atrocious conditions the animals are grown in. They may even mention the artificial growth hormones and chemicals given to livestock and their potentially detrimental effects on human health. This may be too much for you to bear but stay strong, this is the defining moment. Look the vegetarian in the eyes, call them a tree hugger and watch your killing blow devastate. Perhaps one of the most tried and true techniques, I have personally seen this move countless times and not once has it failed to bring a tear to my eye. Simple and elegant, it's only a matter of time before the tree hugger falls.
In its death throes, the vegetarian may resort to outlandish and desperate arguments, such as food prices increasing because of the vast amount of produce needed to feed livestock, the higher incidence of E. Coli among non-vegetarians, the human body having the profile of a herbivore, ad nauseum. Through it all, it's important to keep a cool head. Sure, economically, biologically and ethically it may make "sense", especially in these times, to reduce the amount of meat in our diets. Getting more energy for your dollar, being healthier and ethically unambiguous may sound appealing but remember: Nothing is quite as filling to the soul as a four pound burger going into the burger hole. Stay strong friends.
In its death throes, the vegetarian may resort to outlandish and desperate arguments, such as food prices increasing because of the vast amount of produce needed to feed livestock, the higher incidence of E. Coli among non-vegetarians, the human body having the profile of a herbivore, ad nauseum. Through it all, it's important to keep a cool head. Sure, economically, biologically and ethically it may make "sense", especially in these times, to reduce the amount of meat in our diets. Getting more energy for your dollar, being healthier and ethically unambiguous may sound appealing but remember: Nothing is quite as filling to the soul as a four pound burger going into the burger hole. Stay strong friends.
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