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I just came across this great piece this morning on animal rights in The Washington Post. PETA should take note of articles like this. Well thought out, interesting and thought-provoking (and he didn't have to take his clothes off to get people to read it!).

In this piece Ramdas Lamb writes:

Actually, when most Americans eat meat, they don't stop to think about its source, how the animal whose body parts they are consuming was raised, treated, and killed. They don't stop to think if animals have souls. Meat eaters who otherwise care about the consequences of their actions or who argue for the rights of minorities or oppressed groups tend to create a psychological distance between what they eat and the fact that it came from the body of an animal that was imprisoned most or all of its life, usually suffered tortuous treatment, and was then killed, all to satisfy human taste buds and an addiction to flesh consumption. Meat eaters are typically raised to ignore these facts and rarely ever discuss or think about them. Meat is just food.

That is just one paragraph in a long essay he wrote on animal rights. It's an excellent piece. You can read it here, and be sure to pass it on!