"Taut, violent, smart, and very, very technical. The Manuscript packs several kinds of punch – as if The Da Vinci Code were written by someone who wasn't an idiot." - Cory Doctorow
2006.11.23 : Happy Turkey Day
"We cut the throat of a calf and hang it up by the heels to bleed to death so that our veal cutlet may be white; we nail geese to a board and cram them with food because we like the taste of liver disease; we tear birds to pieces to decorate our women's hats; we mutilate domestic animals for no reason at all except to follow an instinctively cruel fashion; and we connive at the most abominable tortures in the hope of discovering some magical cure for our own diseases by them."
- George Bernard Shaw, The Revolutionist's Handbook
Chew on This
Isn't that short-haired woman gobsmackingly smarmy? Damn. But, still.
If you want the full shock/horror treatment (by which I mean, mainly, having to listen to Alec Baldwin narrate), then watch the PETA Meet Your Meat video.
And if you're still not feeling bludgeoned like a baby seal, you're invited to peruse my militant veg agit-prop rantings on the subject.
I've also decided unilaterally to declare myself beefcake pin-up posterboy for veganism:
