I applaud Hightower's expose, certainly, and am reminded of a suggestion made by feminist vegetarian Carol Adams over a decade ago. In a comparable spirit of health-conscious consciousness-raising Adams proposed that food-corpses be helpfully labeled for their prospective consumers, rather as cigarette packages are today.
No doubt her suggested wording could use a little tinkering if it were to be slapped on the "food"-corpses in question by government agents rather than by vegetarian activists, say, but, come what may, she conveys the key insights clearly enough:
WARNING: This is a dead body. The decaying process has already begun. You do not need to eat dead animals to stay healthy. Reduce your risk of getting six out of ten diseases that cripple and kill Americans: Boycott this product and choose vegetarianism.
Now doesn't that just make your mouth water?
Those of you who are not yet ready to take such a vertiginous plunge away from the ubiquitous "commonsense" of our corpse-cuisine culture can take a fine first baby step in the right direction for now and hear what Hightower has to say about America's meat-is-murder merchants:
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