Why I am not a vegan

[Diana]

Dear Monica,

“The butcher does not relent at the bleating of the lamb; neither is the heart of the cruel moved with distress. But the tears of the compassionate are sweeter than dew-drops, falling from roses on the bosom of spring.”
Amenohis IV aka Akhenaton (“servant of the one, true god”), the Heretic King (1380 – 1362 BC) (Egyptian pharaoh, pacifist, banned animal sacrifice and traditional Egyptian religion and instituted a religion based on compassion and monotheism)

Akhenaton was the author of the above poem? That's beautiful. Thank you.

This is sadly true. I can tell you though, that the "tears of the compassionate" do sometimes have an effect. It happened to me once in Costa Rica, when my tears (though I tried to hide them) for a hooked fish moved our guide so much he felt compelled to rethink his "great white hunter" life.