Once Sorkin went to a restaurant and the waiter suggested the special of the day, beef tongue.
"I'd never eat something that came out of a cow's mouth!" Sorkin shouted.
"Very well, sir, what would you prefer?" the waiter asked.
Sorkin replied, "Do you have any eggs?"
Animals are obviously thinking beings and need to be protected. We are way behind the times. In Europe, laws have been passed protecting the inhuman treatment of plants. The study of Plant Consciousness has come to mean that plants are sentient life forms that feel, know, and are conscious.
Although Europe has spawned two world wars resulting in the deaths of over one hundred million people, they can be proud that dandelions, crab grass and bushes have a right to exist too. How many countless millions of weeds in this country of been tortured and killed without a second thought?
If the cradle of democracy, the Enlightenment, the printing press, beurre blanc sauce and the bikini have realized the need for respecting the rights of kudzu, I would suggest that caribou without question should be given the right to vote and be part of the Obama health care initiative.