Vegetarians have this nasty habit of going "you know that thing that you do? That isn't fundamental to your being? That you don't think about much? Have you thought about it lately? Oh, you have? Well guess what you're impossibly guilty and all your behavior has to change at once as penance for everything you ever did no there's no way out I've been waiting for YEARS to unload this unholy fury on you because I've been telling you so since Clinton was president that everything you do is going to bring about the immediate downfall of mankind unless you absolutely utterly one hundred percent recant everything you've ever said and change every aspect of your lifestyle and there is no way out there is no moderation there is no possibility of staggering things out or delaying other things or attempting to do a little bit and yes we can talk briefly about institutional problems no we can't psych this is entirely about your own personal behavior and your behavior alone but not mine not me I'm righteous you're the bad one you're the evil one do you give up do you give up do you give up do you do you do you do you do you"

And I'm gonna eat another fuckin' burger just to spite the little bitch.

'cuz you know what? Uncle Sam buys me $38 billion dollars worth of burgers every year and Mr. Foer just sorta goes

If for a single year the government removed its $38-billion-plus in props and bailouts, and required meat and dairy corporations to play by normal capitalist rules, it would destroy them forever. The industry could not survive in the free market.

You know what? I'm game. But so long as American tax dollars go to producing beef, chicken, pork, cheese and corn, American food is going to be made of beef, chicken, pork, cheese and corn.