The act of eating is a service.

[Tenet Nosce]

As I recall, I got offended at the time not because I thought you were including me in that description, but because I perceived an implication that all activists=zealots.

Ah, yes. And I perceived an implication from you that all meat eaters=murderers. Or at the very least accomplices to murder.

But see, I was wrong in that perception, because you clarified later that you didn't mean that at all.

And it sounds like I was also wrong in my perception. Isn't it sometimes great to be wrong?

Although, you did seem to have strong opinions about activism in general...but even that, shouldn't have bothered me.

As I have attempted to clarify on numerous occasions, I don't have a problem with "activism" per se. I just question if some of the tactics employed by certain activists actually work to create the desired outcome.

In the case of meat-eating, you might be surprised to know that I actually support efforts to reduce the consumption of meat, for the sake of human health and the rest of the animals. It's just that, in my opinion, some of the more extreme tactics employed actually result in more meat-eating. For better or worse- when the average human feels like they are being judged they tend to respond by increasing the activity they are feeling judged about.

I may have grumbled, but I wouldn't dream of complaining to the mods, or, worse, asking them to shut down an entire discussion just because I got my panties in a bundle!

Gosh- I hope that wasn't an implied accusation that I asked the mods to shut down the thread, because I did no such thing!