Cognitive dissonance illuminated

If you haven’t heard of an LED throwie before, it’s basically something that combines lights and magnets so you can throw it at something metal and it’ll stick and glow and stuff. Now, an LED throwie rat, as found by many pornstars including vegandinner, is basically the same thing stuffed into the body of a dead rat, and someone out there has decided not only to make one, but to post (very graphic) instructions on how to do it yourself. I expect that this wouldn’t appeal to most readers of this site, both vegan and omnivore, but the author’s defense of the concept is worth repeating: “I have two questions for you: do you wear leather, and do you eat meat? If you answered yes to either, can you/would you kill and prepare the animals necessary to procure this meat and leather? Willfully ignoring the source of your food and clothing hypocritically outsources the ethical questions and is ultimately disrespectful to the animals involved.” Of course, I don’t think that people who eat meat should start carving up dead rats, but people who eat animals yet are disturbed by this “invention” might want to stick around VP for a while and see if there isn’t a better way to go. Link (warning: graphic and disturbing)