[split] "Some people eat animals, some don't."

[JustLikeYou]

Monica, I'm not here to debate with you since you walk into the conversation with your mind already made. For that very reason, I'm not going to unwind the many implicit assumptions in your rhetoric (or mine). You are free to see in my words whatever you like: I will not defend myself. I will say, however, that I do see the ramifications of my claims and will stand by them until my experience demonstrates otherwise.

You may be pleased to know that you have given me an opportunity to reflect, yet again, on the impossibility of avoiding hypocrisy, from the car I drive, to the organizations that pay me, to, indeed, the plants and animals that feed me. It's a painful thing to think about, but an important one never to forget.

Happy travels.