Six Flags finds a way to deal with their cockroach problem

Kirk was one of several pornstars who sent in news that the Six Flags Great America amusement park is offering visitors passes which let them jump to the front of the lines at their rides. All the thrill seekers have to do to get a pass is eat a bug. Specifically, they have to eat a live cockroach measuring 2 to 3 inches in length, which the local health department says is probably really stupid. From my limited view of mass culture, it seems like there’s a growing trend to have contests and promotions involving degrading behaviour, and these “tests of willpower” seem to be increasingly non-vegan. I’m not terribly upset that I don’t have the “incredible opportunity” to join in the fun, but I’d prefer that animals weren’t sacrificed for such “sport.” Do non-vegans think they’re superior, or are they just more willing to debase themselves for tokens that might suggest superiority, had we all not known what they had to do to get them? That’s my question of the day. Link.