\r\nMy phone interview with Anai Rhoads\r\n\r\n<\/p>
\r\nWith all this mad cow and mad that I had to write about it to clear my aching head. One\r\nside is telling you to eat the meat while the other is endorsing veganism and laughing in\r\nthe face of the eat meaters.\r\n<\/p>
\r\nLong story short, I tracked down the Vegan guru herself - Anai Rhoads. What would a Vegan \r\nsay about all this mad cow insanity? Check it out for yourself...\r\n<\/p>
\r\nNigel Chow:<\/b> Are you surprised that the British mad cow disease has reached our fine soil?\r\n<\/p>
\r\nAnai Rhoads:<\/b> Although England was the first country to have bovine spongiform \r\nencephalopathy cases (BSE) I wouldn't technically call it \"British\". Only the slang\r\n\"mad cow\" is. \r\n<\/p>
\r\nNo, I am not very surprised at the discovery. There was a proposed rule released in the \r\nFederal Register on 21 January 2003 where the USDA committed to using livestock that \r\nhad been killed while carrying malignant lymphomas, gangrene and even hepatitis. Its \r\nfairly easy to see how lackadaisical ethics result in the situation we are now facing. The \r\nThis was preventable. The USDA, and other careless cohorts, injudiciously put many lives \r\non the line.\r\n<\/p>
\r\nNigel Chow:<\/b> Do you feel a sense of vindication now that mad cow has hit home?\r\n<\/p>
\r\nAnai Rhoads:<\/b> Not at all. I cannot speak for other Vegans out there, but for myself I can only\r\nsay that I am disappointed and terribly concerned. I think some organizations may take\r\nthis as an opportunity to rub it in by saying 'we told you so' or may use the national\r\nconcern as a means to recruit new Vegetarians or Vegans. I would like to hope that their\r\ndedication to compassionate living extends to the welfare of humans as well.\r\n<\/p>
\r\nNigel Chow:<\/b> I noticed in the article called Meat \r\nIndustry in a State of Uncertainty dated December 24, 2003, that you did not mention\r\nVeganism at all. As a Vegan expert, do you think this was a poor choice to not speak up\r\nfor animals given the article was about mad cow?\r\n<\/p>
\r\nAnai Rhoads:<\/b> I don't think I made a poor choice by unequivocally voiding mention \r\nof animal rights in my article. When I cover a news story, I try not to offer my own \r\nspeculation but instead focus on information the reader should be aware of. In this \r\nparticular case, strictly speaking on mad cow, I felt it was enough for the readers to \r\nknow the dangers of meat consumption. I think ranting about animal rights all of the time \r\nsets Vegans back. There is a time and place for everything.\r\n<\/p>
\r\nThat was the only admissible \"lion's share\" I could detail. If anyone has interviewed other\r\nVegans, add your comments!\r\n<\/p>\n","contact":"","link":"","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/html","summary":"Long story short, I tracked down the Vegan guru herself - Anai Rhoads. What would a Vegan \r\nsay about all this mad cow insanity? Check it out for yourself...","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2004\/01\/99379.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}