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by icebraining 5272 days ago
So what if he is an hypocrite? Since when do we expect journalists to be virtuous? They're simply reporting the facts. Their life is completely irrelevant.

Jonathan Safran Foer became vegan when he researched and wrote his book "Eating Animals" about animal cruelty.

We need more people like Foer, do we not?

Sure, people doing what they preach is great, if you choose a value we agree with. But I'm sure you'd prefer if Breivik had been an hypocrite and not done what he believed to be right.