Endure: How to Work Hard, Outlast, and Keep Hammering

by Cameron R. Hanes

To the vegans who want to clamor on about not eating meat, guess what? Animals died for you to live. If you drive a car, animals were displaced and killed to make room for the roads you drive. Furthermore, the wood to build your dwelling was made from trees that were cut down, killing woodland animals such as bears, large cats, wolves, amphibians, birds, and reptiles. If you’re living in that house, you’re responsible for the lives lost. The wheat field where your bread comes from … animals died during the growth and harvest of that grain. If you’re eating the bread, you’re responsible for that too. Rabbits, deer, mice—they all die by the truckload on agricultural land during harvest time. Don’t feel guilty, though … it’s the circle of life, and you’re part of it, regardless of how detached you are from that reality.