What, really?

February 14th, 2010 by Anton Vowl

Did you know that being a vegetarian, which means you’re smug, is more damaging to the environment than eating meat?

What, really? No, not really. If you’re a vegetarian who happens to eat heavily processed meat substitutes all the time, then you could do more damage to the environment than by eating locally sourced meat. But that’s what’s known in the trade as a bit complicated, so the newspaper – our friends at the Mail – has to oversimplify it for thickies like you. VEGGIES ARE WORSE THAN CANCER AND HITLER, AND THEY’RE SMUG BASTARDS AS WELL, THE SCUM. It’s easier that way.

So, not quite the slam-dunk you may have been forgiven for expecting, had you read the headline. Being a vegetarian doesn’t do more harm than eating meat, it merely can, if X, Y and Z also apply. It’s funny, though. Had this been a story about immigration or political correctness, you just know that the readers would have swallowed every single word the Mail told them; but on this occasion, no:

Ah, poor, naive JH from Yorkshire: “I can’t believe your newspaper would publish such drivel.” Bless.

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