Glorious Noise - Interview with the Mountain Goats' John Darnielle: "Protein? Don't get me started.
The 'recommended daily allowance' of protein
that you'll read about in nutrition books was determined by whom? You
guessed it: studies funded by the beef council and so on. Anyhow, yeah,
beans'll do the job. Miss bacon? Only until I think about the truly
staggering amount of suffering that has to go into each piece. Not just
death: suffering. Intelligent animal as friendly as a nice dog (and MORE
loyal, if you can believe it: hogs have been known to walk thirty-plus miles
back to their homes when they've gotten lost) being forced to endure living
conditions you wouldn't wish on your worst enemy, screaming in pain all day,
unable to move around, eventually going insane from the stress, often being
tortured by slaughterhouse workers who have become cruel after working so
long in an environment characterized mainly by blood and death...no, I don't
miss bacon."