I was going to change Animal Person to Vegan Atheist 40+ Parenting and come back to blogging. Doesn't have a ring to it at all, but a young man at Whole Foods yesterday called himself an "animal person" while ordering a roast beef wrap and I thought: Note to self-must change blog name if going to resume blogging.
Hal Herzog writes about how many people who say they are vegetarians will also say they ate meat within the last 24 hours. And of course, many self-identified vegetarians eat fishes and/or chickens. A good friend said he "loved" animals the other day and my response was, "Yeah, you love them grilled." He laughed, but nervously.
Then there are the people who use the word "sacred" when they're talking about eating the flesh of other animals. You know, because of the prayer they said for the animal's "sacrifice." You say a prayer and Poof! The unnecessary killing of a terrified animal who was likely fighting for his life, becomes he lined up to be slaughtered so you may dine on his flesh. Oooo, pick me, pick me!
My doctorate in Applied Linguistics from New York University puts me at a considerable disadvantage. I pay attention to the words people say--and write. And sometimes I feel like words weren't made to get that much attention. They can't handle it. So many of them have become virtually meaningless, or at least unrecognizable from their original intentions.
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