Mickey Z

Cool Observer

Friday, January 26, 2007

The Nation wants you to eat meat

The (so-called) alternative press rarely “gets” vegetarianism, animal rights, and related issues. Case in point: The February 5, 2007 issue of The Nation featured a book review by Daniel Lazare called “My Beef With Vegetarianism.” The book in question was The Bloodless Revolution by Tristram Stuart (full disclosure: I have not read Stuart’s book).

The review (sic) reads like a personal vendetta against those who choose a plant-based diet as Lazare dedicates far more space to his own opinions than those of author Stuart. “My Beef With Vegetarianism” also includes a wide range of uninformed assertions. For Lazare, death at a slaughterhouse involves merely “dispatching” the animal “quickly and efficiently” for the “good utilitarian purpose of feeding the hungry.” He also engages in Fox News-level mind games with questions like: “If life is the highest value and taking it is never, ever permissible, then what are we to do in the case of a poisonous snake that is about to strike a sleeping infant?”

Read my veggie article here