It occurs to me

[MaggieL]

I think the vegetarian-mocking thread is already stared.

I'm a memeber of the Pink Pistols, a group that supports legal, responsible firearms ownership especially for GLBT folks (OK, acronym check: gay, lesbian bisexual and/or transgendered). One of the things we do is endorse political candidates whose stands on Sceond Amendment and queer issues we support, and for this purpose we have a questionnaire we ask candidates for office to respond to.

Hang on, the veggie part is coming.

So recently we had a response from Starchild in (where else?) San Fracncisco, running for City Council One of the questions was;

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3) What do you consider are "legitimate" reasons to own a firearm?
Check as many as apply:
[X] Personal Defense
[X] Home Defense
[X] Defense of your country (Unorganized Militia)
[ ] Hunting
[ ] Farm Use
[X] Competitive Shooting
[X] Informal Sport Shooting
[X] Informal Target Practice and/or Plinking
[X] Collecting
[X] Constitutional Rights
[X] Other FIGHTING FOR FREEDOM IN OTHER COUNTRIES (E.G.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN BRIGADE)
[ ] All of the above
[ ] None of the above

" I'm a vegetarian and animal rights supporter. Killing animals for
food and hunting them for sport are barbaric practices, and I wish
that humans had no desire to engage in such behavior. Someday I think our
race will outgrow it. However I realize that legal bans on hunting and
food-killing would be extremely impractical at present. There are
also important external considerations; hunting provides important funding
for environmental protection as well as an incentive to preserve the
populations of wild animals, while the meat, dairy and seafood
industries are so integrated into the economies of the world that legislation
that fully protected the rights of animals would cause enormous disruption
and human suffering to the extent that it was even enforceable...."

So it soundls like the only reason reason Starchild isn't up for a law against "food-killing" is that ot would be "impractical".
The other, more practical, planks in Starchild's platform (sie bills hirself as "Libertarian", BTW) are:

* Let residents decide where their tax money goes.
* Remove laws that restrict skateboarding, rollerblading, and bicycling.
*Allow these means of transportation to be used on city property such
>as colleges, sidewalks, etc.
* Authorize a volunteer effort by citizens to paint the Golden Gate
Bridge golden, as recommended by SF Poet Laureate Lawrence Ferlenghetti.
* Replace the city's business and occupational licensing systems with
certification programs run by members of the community and
voluntarily supported by local businesses and professionals.
* Require vandals and grafitti artists to pay restitution to the
owners and tenants of the property they vandalize.
* Stop the legal prosecution of women and men who charge money for
sexual services and eliminate the SFPD's Vice Squad
* Return public benches and similar conveniences removed in
meanspirited attempts to make public places less hospitable to the homeless.
* Make it illegal to arrest people for feeding the homeless without a
license.
* Refund money collected from parking tickets above and beyond a
reasonable cost of enforcement to city drivers.
* Make public parks leash-free zones except for children's play
areas.
* Amend city charter to require the repeal of one existing ordinance
for each new ordinance added to the books and require each new law to
include a sunset clause.
* Allow restaurants to place tables and chairs outside their places
of business at will; allow individual sales of goods on city sidewalks
* Pass Homeownership for Tenants legislation to create more affordable
housing by allowing apartment buildings to be legally subdivided into
less expensive units
* Negotiate with housing developers to build underground traffic
tunnels in exchange for the right to tear up the street surfaces above to make room for more apartments and housing. Require some of the newly available space to be converted to parks, plazas, etc.
* Invite the organizers of Burning Man to establish a permanent art
and entertainment zone in the city -----------------------------------------------

And I thought I'd never live to see Utopia. :-)