This is not verbatim but is a maxim that has resonated with me recently. I was discussing this with my wife who made the valid point that this is not always a good thing; Hitler for instance. I concurred. That being said, we learnt a frightful amount from the holocaust, which brings me to another Shaw quote - "All that we learn from history, is that we learn nothing from history." I would agree with this totally, we're it not for the actions of that vile, Austrian twerp.
My point for all this procrastinating is that I suppose I have an unreasonable request. I use the term 'suppose' because the life and world which I inhabit, it is far from unreasonable. However in the world outside my front door, the request is painfully, debilitatingly, falling on deaf ears.
So since the start of 2014, my wife and I have taken up pescetarianism. It's basically a halfway house between vegetarianism and eating the flesh of animals. Having been a meateater avidly for 32 years, it is difficult to go cold turkey. I don't believe many successful lifestyle changes derive from going cold turkey, the human brain clearly cannot cope. It prefers a slow burner, like a Springsteen ballad.
Anyhow, the point of this is not to convince the world to become veggie, the world is not ready for that. We SHOULD all be veggie and people are slowly coming around to this; numbers are growing rapidly by the year. But to ask the average man to throw down his meat and chips in the name of justice, progress or care, that is a bridge too far at this stage. I say this with previous, I have been an average man for all my years!
But surely, the world is ready to stop the production and sale of foie gras? Hundred percent, no strings attached, fucked off out of it.
No? Well why is that? Apathy, no doubt. Men and women in the western world are busy, I get that. Who knows how foie gras is made? Few. But if you did, you would boycott it. And if you don't, I worry for your soul.
Perhaps it's the posh connotation. We as Brits are fearful to retain our heritage and rightly so. Britain's demographic changes by the moment, so anything with a royal seal on it, i.e. A Fortnum and Mason Royal Warrant, must be ok, right?
So the way the world is in 2014, this is an unreasonable man granting an unreasonable request. Try and watch the video and then make your choice. Honestly, I have never watched it fully, I literally can't. If after seeing it you feel like I do and ghandi did and hundreds of thousands of enlightened souls are feeling, get on board.
And no I am not comparing myself to Ghandi. He had far better dress sense and could pull off flip flops like a champion.
