See what I did today? I posted a bunch of semi-silly stories so I wouldn't feel as bad for posting Michaels's submission about a man who forced his 7 year old daughter to stab the family cat.

The thing with stories like this is that they're not inherently vegan. It's not like we can write about these things and say hey, look at us, we don't do that kind of stuff. No kidding - most of the planet's population doesn't do that kind of stuff. The guy's deranged and needs help. Jail help. Check it out, we've got something in common!

But wait! How is this different from the father who takes his kids hunting and teaches them how to kill an animal? For that matter, how is this different from the parents who teach their kids how to prepare dead animals for dinner? Is it the level of attachment that one feels for a family pet? Why is that the basis of the decision of who lives and who dies?

The story here isn't that most of the meat-eating world finds it disgusting that this happened, but rather that most of the meat-eating world is somehow able to rationalize this complex set of contradictions and still live productive lives.