New letter!!!

I got this in response to my column on PETA:

After reading your pg on PETA, it is very clear to me that you are a person with a very low spirituality level. Your closed minded and slefish, and you will except and stand by anything that anyone says as long as it tries to justify your nasty ways. Ya know, your one of those horrible people that can only have some kind of compassion towards ANY life, human or non human, only if you were forced to live in a tiny cage for 2 years. And by the way, your wasting all that grain and water that can be given to millions of poor and miserable people that you pretend to care so much about. Instead, you feed it to cows and pigs which need A LOT of it, only to kill them and "gain" like a pound of their bloody flesh just for the taste of it. Also, you should REALLY concider going vegetarian since it looks like you spend many days in McDonalds or or licking cheese off a knife. Your fat dude, i'm just being honest here...not even trying to be mean!

I feel ashamed that you are a part of the human race. And don't bother bother calling YOUR SLEF a christian......your not a great person at all. Because great Christian people.....when they know about what hell animals live through....they try to stop it instead of working towards making more of it

Once again, name withheld, to protect the guilty.

So, in the classic Rob style, let's break this down piece by piece...

After reading your pg on PETA, it is very clear to me that you are a person with a very low spirituality level.

Glad it's clear to you, since you lost me on the fourth word (WTF is a "pg"?).

Your closed minded and slefish, and you will except and stand by anything that anyone says as long as it tries to justify your nasty ways.

I'm not closed-minded. If I was, I'd be liberal. :D

Ya know, your one of those horrible people that can only have some kind of compassion towards ANY life, human or non human, only if you were forced to live in a tiny cage for 2 years.

I have lived in a tiny cage for two years. It's called the University Village Apartments. You've also managed to insult how much I love my family, my friends, and my pets, which frankly, I find insulting.

I had one dog growing up. We played, we brought her inside to sleep when the weather became cold. When she started getting old, it was a struggle watching her walk around with arthritis. One of the hardest things I ever had to do was when I was 14 years old and had to dig her grave. So please, do not even attempt to tell me about compassion.

And by the way, your wasting all that grain and water that can be given to millions of poor and miserable people that you pretend to care so much about.

And, evidentially, from reading what you said those people would only deserve to get that food if they fit into your dietary profile. They would also be malnourished from lack of protein & vitamin B12, for starters. Nice. *thumbs up*

Instead, you feed it to cows and pigs which need A LOT of it, only to kill them and "gain" like a pound of their bloody flesh just for the taste of it.

We would still be feeding grain to cows and pigs anyways, wouldn't we? Wouldn't they die anyways? Go extinct? To withhold food from animals to give it all to humans? You seem lost here...

Also, you should REALLY concider going vegetarian since it looks like you spend many days in McDonalds or or licking cheese off a knife. Your fat dude, i'm just being honest here...not even trying to be mean!

Well, haven't set foot in McDonalds for two years, and I haven't eaten any sort of fast food in six months. Sorry to burst the bubble on your little theory and I use a cheese slicer. In fact, I only eat meat once a day. When the schedule of a college student gets hectic, white rice with soy sauce is a pretty good meal, as is spaghetti and veggie pasta sauce. After I'm done picking apart your little letter, I'll probably grab some celery and peanut butter.

My weight has nothing to do with eating meat, since I known many overweight vegetarians--who don't cheat. Besides, I don't see where you're having room to complain. Show your face.

I feel ashamed that you are a part of the human race. And don't bother bother calling YOUR SLEF a christian......your not a great person at all.

I would suggest a refresher on the 13th chapter of John and the 12th chapter of Romans. I still love you, and am happy you're a part of the human race, because that's what the teachings of Jesus taught me to do. Then Paul wrote on it a little bit. It's a great concept. You ought to give it a try.

In addition, I've been the lead vocalist/bassist in a Christian rock band, played bass for the worship band at my church, and volunteer my time in the maintenance of Onerock.com, one of the most popular websites in the world for Catholic teens (I'm not even Catholic, I just have that kind of respect for them...btw, your letter has been posted there, and all the vegetarians and animal rights supporters are having trouble getting your point), and I'm not allowed to call myself a Christian?

Because great Christian people.....when they know about what hell animals live through....they try to stop it instead of working towards making more of it.

Like I said in my article...five loaves of bread and two FISH.

Also, have any leaders of major denominations come out and said their members should be vegetarians? The Baptists? Presbyterians? Episcopalians? My group, the Pentecostals?

Has the Pope said anything on this?

Besides, how can you, and I'm a guessing you're a Christian, defend an organization like PETA, which supports the animal forms of abortion and euthanisia, both of which are blatently unethical, was founded by a woman, Ingrid Newkirk, who has stated in an interview with The New Yorker that sex between animals and humans can be a wonderful thing, and has often sided on issues with Princeton University professor Peter Singer, who fully advocates the killing of children after birth if it looks as though life might be too difficult for them. Where's God's love in all THAT?

So, thanks for letting me know about that splinter. Deal with your plank, and it'll be all good.

Cheers.