Monday, December 22

I WON'T EAT ANYTHING THAT HAS A FACE

That seems to be the prevailing opinion among not only vegetarians but meat-eaters. In yet another case of a food animal escaping imminent slaughter and being rewarded with a new lease on life, the slaughterhouse agreed to donate the animal (after getting paid for expenses related to the great escape) to a sanctuary. The change of heart is summed up this way: "He put a face on food," Dorothy Davies said. "Looking at hamburger meat wrapped in a cellophane package is not the same as looking at that face." It's another great example of the hypocrisy inherent in meat-eating, namely: An animal that does something remarkable obviously has an individual will and personality, a face, but get rid of that face, and sure, I'll eat it right up.

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