To Ed Ward MD,

Yikes!
Regardng your comment "I TAKE OFFENSE TO BEING CALLED PART OF THIS PRESENT US TYRANNY OF TODAY.
Using capital letters in your post makes me realize that I caused you insult and anger —which is NOT what I wanted do do!!
I did **NOT** mean to imply that people who eat animals are fascists and tyrants!
Regarding your other comment
" Is everyone to be thrust in veganism and carnivores called fascist because we eat meat"?
NO! NO! NO!!! I wrote the article to inform meat eaters about facts they may not have known concerning the cruelty of the meat industry. Facts deliberately hidden from the public by the corporate media and the meat industry (such as mis information about the safety of meat and mad cow disease and the abuse of slaughterhouse workers).
I wrote the article because my hope is that, armed with this knowledge, meat eaters would **choose* to begin learning vegan alternatives to meat such as in cookbooks like The Compassionate Cook" which has many recipes (based on recipes containing meat and dairy which are **adapted** to vegan fare). These delicious vegan adaptatons are helpful to those beginning to shift away from meat and ease the transition.
I NEVER intended to imply that meat eaters ARE fascists and be FORCED to go vegan! This would be facist! I think rude vegans who deliberately insult meat eaters caused the term "Food Nazi" to be created!
Again, I believe any exploitation *legitimizes* ALL exploitation and that human abuse of power over animals **legitimizes** the abuse of power over humans, NOT that meat eaters are abusive facists.
I am criticizing the action of eating meat—not the meat eaters!!! I hope this clears things up.