Letters to the Editor To the editor: I question your conclusion that WARN does its cause more harm than good when it uses tactics that you deem “confrontational” (Editorial, November 2). I find it especially curious that you decry Joel Bartlett’s Wespeak campaign, particularly his piece describing how factory-farmed chickens are killed, as ineffectual “rabble-rousing.” I, for one, have found Joel’s Argus contributions moving. Although I am a meat-eater, and I probably will not go vegetarian any time soon, Joel’s words haunt me almost every time I sit down to eat a meal. He has encouraged me to wonder how I can so easily consume dead animals while ignoring the pain that these creatures must have endured on the way to my plate. While I am not yet ready to give up my life-long habit of eating meat, I respect and appreciate Joel’s efforts to turn me around. I suppose I cannot argue with you if you find non-confrontational tactics more effective. You claim to be pleased with WARN’s cutesy, let’s-dress-up-as-lovable-animals idea, and I have little reason to doubt your sincerity. But I wonder if you noticed that not everyone respected this approach as much as you did — particularly the students who gave out roughly a dozen free burgers right in front of the WARN members just to mock their efforts. Despite discouraging words from knee-jerk critics of allegedly knee-jerk liberals, I would encourage WARN to continue challenging people’s attitudes about meat and to be sparing in its use of attention-grabbing measures like dressing up as innocent little chickens. Jesse Lava Lava is a member of the class of 2002

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