Food?

At this very moment, I'm starving. It’s not that I can’t get food, it’s that I’m afraid to eat.

Why is this ?

It started a week ago

I was busy minding my own business enjoying a well done steak at my favorite restaurant when an old woman, with an uncanny resemblance to my grandmother, passed by. Her look of disdain was enough to cause my insides to curl up and refuse to accept anymore of the meal. I looked about trying to perceive any error I was committing unconsciously. There was none. It wasn’t till she walked up to me and said, “Areyou happy with yourself now?"
I stuttered for a reply.
“Devouring the flesh of a living being, you should be terribly ashamed of yourself. It’s because of people like you animals are getting extinct!”
That was Monday.

Some day later I was off in another restaurant, now a vegetarian. Being a newbie to the veggie ways, I requested the vegetarian menu. Immediately, a lady sitting at the next table shot me a ook of disregard. I tried to avoid the deriding glare, but it wasn't easy. Finally, she spoke. “You vegetarians!” she spat. “Always conforming to a stupid trend in order to fit in. Don’t you know how many plants are being destroyed in order to fulfill your all veggie diet.
Its because of people like you global warming is gaining the upper hand!”
That was Wednesday.


I’d just got back from shopping. I was holding bags upon bags of junk food because I was off ‘real food’ now. There was of course plant material in most of it, but it wasn’t readily discernible and that was good enough for me. This time I wasn’t getting a pair of eyes glaring at me, there were three pairs! A mother and her 2 kids.
“mommy look at that man…he’s just buying ‘fat’ food”
“yeah fatty food” the sibling echoed.
The mother walked up to me and lectured… “What kind of example are you setting for children everywhere. You shouldn’t be allowed to parade the streets young man. Look at that pool of cholesterol!
It’s because of people like you obesity is a killer disease!”
That was Friday.

Now its Monday again and I’m starving. But how can I eat without being an animal murderer, a global warming conduit or bad example for kids? It means eat something that doesn’t do any good.
Why am I the only one suffering? Everyone else is filling themselves and killing of the earth…wait a minute. That’s it! If I’m to eat… then the food mustn’t bring any harm to anyone. Humanities eating habits are the cause of all this, right?

Finally i can eat something.
and
Finally, I understand cannibalism!