Did you see that Newsweek editor David Noonan went vegan (see "I Can't Believe I'm Still a Vegan")? He clearly needs a bit of encouragement as he finds it "sort of a pain in the ass. And kind of boring, too." But congratulations to Noonan for doing it and writing about it and sticking with it!
There's already a fairly large number of comments that raise the usual topics against vegans and veganism and I didn't see any Animal Person readers in there, though there's no law that says you have to use the same username everywhere so that might not be evidence of anything.
Chime in, and because this article is in the magazine issue dated March 23, write a letter to letters@newsweek.com. Include your name, address and daytime phone number.
Thanks!
There's no indication that he understands the moral reasons behind veganism, or that he is really a vegan (he puts butter on his baked potatoes). He's made big steps in the right direction, but I wish he wrote about veganism as a form of non-violence and non-discrimination, as that would have a more lasting impact on his readers.
Posted by: Ken Hopes | March 19, 2009 at 01:15 PM