Why the Grumpy Vegan Hates to Eat Out — Reason #1
The food is vertical.
The Defense of Gay and Lesbian Vegans Against the Straight Meat-Eating Enterprise Act
The Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act, which has passed both houses in the U.S. Congress but is not yet signed into law by President George Bush, provides special legal protections to such industries as biomedical research and rodeos against nonviolent animal activism. These businesses and their activities already enjoy protection under the law that prohibits violent or other illegal activities.
The Defense of Marriage Act, which was signed into law by President Bill Clinton in 1996, defines “marriage” to mean only a legal union between one man and one woman thereby denying gays and lesbians the same legal entitlements that most (read: straight) people enjoy.
The Defense of Gay and Lesbian Vegans Against the Straight Meat-Eating Enterprise Act is a stupid idea of the Grumpy Vegan for legislation to protect gay and lesbian vegans from living in a world where they are exposed to straight meat-eaters 24-hours a day.
Maurice by E. M. Forster
Forster was inspired to write Maurice during a visit to Edward Carpenter at Milthorpe, Sheffield, England, in 1913. He was touched by Edward’s lover George Meredith on his “backside — gently and just above the buttocks.”
The sensation was unusual and I still remember it, as I remember the position of a long vanished tooth. It was as much psychological as physical. It seemed to go straight through the small of my back into my sides, without involving my thoughts. It if really did this, it would have acted in strict accordance with Carpenter’s yogified mysticism, and would prove that at that precise moment I had conceived.
Forster understates Edward Carpenter as someone whose “prestige … cannot be understood today.” Among many aspects to Edward’s complex personality was an ethical socialist vegetarianism.
The Grumpy Vegan highly recommends the film Maurice produced by Merhcant Ivory Productions as a faithful and sympathetic dramatization. Of course, read the book! Learn more about Edward Carpenter, a colleague of Henry Salt.
PETA Celebrity Describes Her Non-Vegetarian Hollywood Lifestyle
I’m a basic eater. I love pancakes, burgers, salads and pudding but not fussy food like sushi and duck. I’m not vegetarian but I work for PETA so stuff like foie gras is a no-no. I don’t like wine with food, either. I like bourbon with Diet Coke. I’m diabetic and alcohol can lower your sugars but I make sure I have some carbohydrate before bed. I never think about having a drink in the house, though. In LA, people get in their cars after a few drinks and I’m very against that so one of the things I miss most about London is black cabs. My wedding car is a black cab. This is going to sound so LA, but I have my meals delivered at the moment because I’m doing Studio 60, Aaron Sorkin’s new drama with Matthew Perry, and I barely have time to go to the shops. I take a bag to work containing healthy, balanced, nutritional meals. Breakfast will be scrambled egg with bacon; there’ll be a salad with turkey and chicken; some ribs and vegetables; and three snacks of fruit.
Lucy Davis in The Observer November 19, 2006.
We’re all Neanderthals and Chimpanzees
The news that there’s only a 0.5 percent difference between us and Neanderthals is irresistible to the Grumpy Vegan. Why is this news? I see Neanderthals like others see dead people.
How does this fit with what we know about the similarities between ourselves and chimpanzees? The National Institutes of Health’s National Humane Genome Research Institute states
chimp and human genomes are very similar and encode very similar proteins. The DNA sequence that can be directly compared between the two genomes is almost 99 percent identical.
Oh how I wished the self-righteous Christians would shut up and keep their faith to themselves. I’m all for what’s truly Christian sentiment (e.g., charity, compassion, humility). But what seems to pass for Christianity nowadays is a self-centered, self-aggrandizement at the expense of everyone else, including animals. Their belief, which licenses their behavior, is the source of much prejudice and suffering in the world.
Aren’t we all Neanderthals and Chimpanzees? Shouldn’t we all be treated with compassion?
