Future vegetarians?

[Pool Hall Ace]

This photo was published in the Raleigh News & Observer on January 4, 2011. I couldn't find it in the online version, so I scanned it (sorry it's a little crooked). I like the caption. :)

[WillParkinson]

1. Don't want to eat my friends....

Believe it or not that's how I became vegan.

I came home one day and looked at my beloved Misty and realized that I would never eat her so how could I accept eating another creature with a face?

[Pool Hall Ace]

4. Bob Barker was a big influence for me

But also, believe it or not, Sarah Palin. Those photos of her leaning over those poor creatures . . . well, I don't care how "humane" the killing is, there are alternatives.

Plus, I was having cholesterol issues.

[Codeine]

2. Strange things can be the determinant factor.

I credit The Smiths song "Meat is Murder" for showing me the alternative.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xacRTqk5QFM

[Pool Hall Ace]

3. Comments have been suspended for that video.

Who knew choosing to eat healthy without killing anything would be controversial.