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Deconstructing Slate's "Pepper" Series

Animal Person

If Engber does a good job with anything, it's with pointing out the flaws in the strategies of pro-animal activists and in the outcomes of their campaigns. He writes as if what he used to do--and what he defends--is morally justifiable on its face, and it's just the details that might be questionable. The entire idea isn't justifiable.