the egg conversation

see notes for reviewers.

one day a christian carnivore &

a vegetarian atheist had a conversation

 

the christian meat-eater asked the vegetarian

atheist

“if you don’t eat meat, do you eat eggs?”

 

the atheist responded,

“i’m not a vegan, i’m a vegetarian, so, yes, i eat eggs, i

eat cheese---i need to get my protein somewhere”

 

“but eggs are meat...they are baby chickens,” said the

christian

 

“um, no, eggs are not baby chickens,” said the atheist

 

“yes they are.  eggs are unborn chickens, and if you eat them,

you are eating meat,” insisted the christian

 

“when i crack open an egg, i don’t see a baby chicken walking around,

and until that day, i plan on eating eggs---specifically, scrambled, with ketchup or

frank’s red hot sauce,” remarked the atheist

 

and the christian carnivore let out a sound of

frustration & discontent

as christians do when

they don’t get their way.

Author's Note

"When you peel back the layers of the anti-choice motivation, it always comes back to two things: What is the nature and purpose of human sexuality? And second, what is the role of women in the world?" Sex and the role of women are inextricably linked, because "if you can separate sex from procreation, you have given women the ability to participate in society on an equal basis with men."

-Gloria Feldt, the former president of Planned Parenthood

"No woman can call herself free who does not own and control her body. No woman can call herself free until she can choose consciously whether she will or will not be a mother."

-Margaret Sanger, Founder of the American Birth Control League

“What is this ban on abortion? It is a survival of the veiled face, of the barred window and the locked door, burning, branding, mutilation, stoning, of all the grip of ownership and superstition come down on woman, thousands of years ago.”

- Stella Browne, socialist, feminist who campaigned for the right to abortion and contraception during the first half of the 20th century.

"And by the way, my belief is that if men were the ones getting pregnant, abortions would be easier to get than food poisoning in Moscow."

-Dennis Miller

“The only known cure for poverty is the empowerment of women and the emancipation of them from a livestock version of compulsory reproduction."

-Christopher Hitchens

Reviews

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. the post and the note for reviewers combination is an amazing way to enlighten the reader ... and i agree with you entirely ... without empowerment ... there's nothing ... no freedom to choose ...