Yes, I own this shirt. It’s amazing how many people it confuses at first blush - they read the “Meat is Murder” tag and fail to move on to the small subtext, thusly concluding I’m one of those tree-huggin’ types who eat tofu until it begins to peek out from aural orifices.

Would it suprise any of you to realize that showing compassion towards the animal proteins that you eat could be better for those animals’ lives than completely avoiding meat?

It certainly does not shock me, nor did it even phase Rachel Hutton of CityPages in the Twin Cities. She writes of a sheep farmer who takes animal husbandry to it noble end. Even if you can’t be a farmer, go see a slaughter of your favorite meat-producing critter. (If that’s pig, good luck. They are horrific when butchered, to hear Tony Bourdain speak of it.)

And then, at least buy GOOD meat, meat that was raised in known conditions, like on Keller’s farm in Colorado. Keller’s is one of my very favorite stores in town, for good reason - kick butt proteins.