These assholes have achieved their aim. They've turned this into a "whackos wacking whackos" story, when in fact the book by the assaulted author is extremely sane and reasonable. It's not really "denouncing animal-free diets"; it's denouncing factory farming. She's promoting meat grown sustainably and humanely, not industrial meat. That's not whacko, it's dead on target.
SF's radical vegan assault teams, however, need to find something more productive to do with their trust funds.
man, i hope the pies were vegan, at least. also, i get super pissed when former vegans suddenly see the "light" and denounce veganism. it makes little sense to me. sure, maybe it's no longer for you, but just hold your peace. no one wants to hear it.
Chili pepper-laced pies? That sucks. I'm sure it got in her eyes, and, as a moderately absent-minded person who likes to cook spicy food, I can tell you that chili-residue-in-the-eye hurts like a sonofabitch.
Hilarious, though, that the "Animal Liberation" group quoted in the link said that the pie-throwers made their statement "eloquently". Yeah... might want to look up the meaning of that word, folks.
@23: Yeah, I don't go to anarchist bookfairs for this very reason.
Anarchists ruin everything. I mean, stupid people ruin everything. The woman is just talking about her book, and she's mostly on your side... What's that expression, "with friends like these, who needs enemies?"
What the anarchists might not have thought of is that while they're out there attacking other supporters in the struggle, they're not taking on who they should be taking on: imperialism was clearly the winner in this exchange.
@24 The next time a meat-eater plays the role of the food police (makes a fool of themselves in public) it should be posted. It would be just a silly for a meat-eater to tell others what to eat as it is for a vegan to do the same. It is all about choice and nobody has to answer to others for our dietary choices. (or what we wear in public)
@15 totally wins. although i thought it was a rubber chicken being thrown, which would be appropriate.
this whole situation is very much what's wrong with the left. it's pretty tough to present your ideas and be taken seriously when you've got dip shits throwing pies(!) at people they slightly disagree with. not to mention a whole crowd of slack-jawed, slouchy on lookers who can't even be bothered to twitch a muscle. these jack asses feed straight into every negative stereo type about the radical left.
i shouldn't have to type this statement at all but: pie throwing is not a form of rational discourse.
@28 It's not about the left, it's about extremist kooks. The fundies and teabaggers do the exact same thing. And then there's Lyndon Larouche, uniting right and left crazies everywhere.
What wasn't in this news is that those pies - silly little whipped cream pies - actually contained a number of toxic ingredients, including a large dose of capsaicin. Little Jimmy, in Comment #5, pointed this out. Methinks the jerk has something to do with all this.
How could anyone who advocates a less harmful religion like Veganism be willing to commit a brutal attack on a defenseless disabled woman?
The delicious irony in all this is not the pie, but the fact that this story has sent the sales of her book on Amazon through the roof.
The comments for that article on the SF Chronicle website has already passed 600 comments.
It's traditional, kind of like green beer.
SF's radical vegan assault teams, however, need to find something more productive to do with their trust funds.
I thought there was a flag on the play.
Hilarious, though, that the "Animal Liberation" group quoted in the link said that the pie-throwers made their statement "eloquently". Yeah... might want to look up the meaning of that word, folks.
Personal foul... they were giving her the business.
Probably a good thing.
Yes indeed I do believe that veganism is nothing more than a dietary choice.
Go omnivore!
Reg: Fuck off! We're the People's Front of Judea!"
One request, though: next time a meat-eater makes a public fool out of him or herself, please post a follow-up for balance.
Anarchists ruin everything. I mean, stupid people ruin everything. The woman is just talking about her book, and she's mostly on your side... What's that expression, "with friends like these, who needs enemies?"
What the anarchists might not have thought of is that while they're out there attacking other supporters in the struggle, they're not taking on who they should be taking on: imperialism was clearly the winner in this exchange.
...indeed.
Go Omnivore!
this whole situation is very much what's wrong with the left. it's pretty tough to present your ideas and be taken seriously when you've got dip shits throwing pies(!) at people they slightly disagree with. not to mention a whole crowd of slack-jawed, slouchy on lookers who can't even be bothered to twitch a muscle. these jack asses feed straight into every negative stereo type about the radical left.
i shouldn't have to type this statement at all but: pie throwing is not a form of rational discourse.
How could anyone who advocates a less harmful religion like Veganism be willing to commit a brutal attack on a defenseless disabled woman?
The delicious irony in all this is not the pie, but the fact that this story has sent the sales of her book on Amazon through the roof.