Attack the vegan activist

It has been a while since I commented on Heather Mills McCartney and how her campaigning, which included a lot of promoting vegetarianism and veganism, was getting on many people's nerves, for some reason. Well, since then the tabloids have bitten her ankles like a rabid dog and refused to let go, to the extent that she's now being accused of being a former prostitute who took part in mass lesbian romps, or something like that.

Of course, it's not just down to her vegetarian preaching - gold-digging accusations, general personal dislike and a kick-em-while-their-down-cos-it-feels-good-and-sells-papers mentality are all at play - but I'm sure it all began with her telling Canada to stop killing seals and telling people to stop drinking milk. Which is all pretty scary, really, that you can invoke such hate for such blameless, virtuous sentiments. And it's hard to imagine many other issues that would provoke such a reaction.

It all links back to my even earlier point about the primitiveness of eating meat. It seems to me that people are unconsciously indulging their basic primeval instincts when they eat meat, which is not necessarily bad. However, it seems they may react in kind, with biting attacks, if you tell them not to. It's a lesson for any animal rights activists thinking of marrying a multi-billionaire rock star and then using their newfound fame to further the cause. For the rest of us, we'll just get the ever-so-slightly-annoyed raised eyebrows as usual.